Destination reports

Round about six weeks ago, I was having something that really can be called “the trip of a lifetime,” in the Okavanga Delta area of Botswana. I’ve put off writing about this supercalifragilisticexpialidocious trip for a while because, frankly, it had nothing to do with cheap destinations or budget travel. Botswana might be poor, but …

If you’re not convinced that your choice of destination will have the biggest impact on your travel budget, mosey on over to the New York Times’ travel articles. A recent one had a nice rundown on hip and stylish places that won’t cost you as much as a night at the Four Seasons, but for …

If you want to really stretch your travel budget, you need to uncover the local “screaming bargains” for each location. When you are traveling to a foreign place, it is sometimes hard to get your bearings and you end up spending lots of money on things you didn’t realize were expensive until it was too …

I just returned from a two-week trip to the Yucatan region of Mexico, with time in Merida, Uxmal, and the Gulf coast around Progreso. But then we spent the last three nights in one of those all-inclusive vacation factories in Cancun. I’d be lying if I said I didn’t enjoy the free-flowing booze, the decadent …