Family travel

Which are the best cheap hotel chains in the USA? According to the most reputable consumer satisfaction survey out there, it would be Drury Hotels, Home2 Suites by Hilton, Tru by Hilton, Microtel by Wyndham, and Woodspring Suites in the five lowest-priced tiers.  It was a close race in some of the categories though, plus …

If you never seem to have enough money for travel but a billion other people on the planet do, what’s wrong with this picture? Why don’t you have a travel budget that can pay for your vacations? It probably means that something else is a bigger priority. After all, a travel budget is simply a …

Vacationing in the USA can cost a fortune, no doubt. Although you can find deals almost anywhere, that’s a whole lot easier in a mid-sized city. You can find a lot of cheap things to do in San Antonio and I ran across a lot of great free attractions and events while I was there.  …

Most popular travel destinations in the world have a well-defined weather pattern that determines when to go and when not to go. Sometime between is that magic shoulder season where you can often find lower prices and still good weather, but if you go in the true off season, you could get stuck. Or worse.  …

What if you could visit any major tourist site in the Yucatan Peninsula without relying on long bus rides or a rental car? Wouldn’t it be nice if you could hop on a train near the Cancun airport and head south to Playa del Carmen? Or the other direction to Chichen Itza, Merida, Campeche, or …