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Advice on cheap Latin America travel from Tim Leffel, resident of Mexico and author of The World’s Cheapest Destinations book, now in its 5th edition.
There’s no such thing as an average travel budget for a two-week vacation or a trip around the world. Whether you’re going to circle the globe or just hit four different places in Mexico, you need to give a calculator a workout and do some math. After all that though, you need to be honest …
Most people breeze through Peru in a hurry, in a big rush to get to Machu Picchu and snap their identical selfie. If they see the Sacred Valley of the Incas at all, it’s often from a train or bus window or on some whirlwind day trip from Cusco that hits six sites in one …
With the Magic Towns in Mexico program being watered down more every year, which of these designated destinations are really worth visiting? The list is crazy long now, so this Mexican resident is going to narrow it down so you have a curated list of places to consider. Mexico launched its Pueblos Mágicos (Magical Towns) …
If you want or need to travel in the summer months, are there any places you can go that are a bargain? Well it’s certainly the toughest season for traveling for cheap, no doubt, but if you open up your horizons you can find plenty of places to enjoy summer vacation spots on a budget. …
One reason I’m not a country counter is that travel shouldn’t be a competition, but the other is that I like to return to countries to explore them in more depth. As far as what to see in Colombia, I have really only scratched the surface in my four visits there. I’m sure I’ll be …