If you are finding that the idea of planning your travels is stressing you out more than your budget is, it may be time to look for affordable tours on your next vacation. It might be worth letting someone else take care of all the nagging details. When I wrote the first edition of The …

If you tell me, “I want to fly to Turks & Caicos on January 15 from my home airport,” and ask me if I can help you find a cheap flight deal, that’s an automatic no. You’re going to pay what you’re going to pay—probably a lot. If, on the other hand, you say, “I …

The first time I went to Salt Lake City for a convention, I was in a crappy Econolodge motel with stained carpets, intermittent Wi-Fi, barely working heat, lukewarm hot water, and a lumpy bed. The next time I stayed in a pristine room with a heavenly mattress, in a craftsman bungalow house in a quiet …

How can you be in one of the most expensive cities in the world, take a train or bus for a couple hours, then be in one of the cheapest places to travel? How is it that one of the most expensive countries to travel in can be right next to one that’s a fantastic …

If you’re going to be in Bangkok for a while, it would be a shame not to make the short trip north to Ayutthaya. This is one of the most interesting sites in Thailand and it’s quite easy to get there. One option, if you want to leave it in someone else’s hands, is to …