Vacation deals

One of the themes of this blog and a whole book I published once is that the best way to make your travel dollars worth a fortune is to be a contrarian traveler. When the sheep are all headed to one place, take the other path to an alternate spot with smaller crowds. While you …

Where should you go this year if you’re trying to stretch your travel budget? As I write this heading into spring of 2025, you’ve got a lot of places to choose from if you’re American. There are plenty of popular travel destinations on sale this year thanks to a strong U.S. dollar—for now. Don’t wait …

You’ve seen them in almost every big city you’ve traveled to, ads for them on the official tourism site, half the unofficial sites, and on half the travel blogs with an article about things to do in that destination. For one price, these city passes or sightseeing passes you buy get you admission to a …

I do a lot of media interviews and write a lot of short travel articles for other publications on how to get good deals on travel. Many times the editor or person interviewing me is looking for insider, little-known advice they haven’t seen before. What they really really want is some secret travel tip that’s …

Hey, did you hear the one about local residents using squirt guns on tourists eating outdoors in Barcelona? About the TV ads that Amsterdam telling rowdy British tourists not to come? Did you know that additional tourist fees have been added for visitors to Venice, Bali, the Riviera Maya, and Greece? Tourism numbers are setting …