Vacation deals

Where to find the best vacation deals and how to get the most out of your budget when time is limited. From Tim Leffel, author of Make Your Travel Dollars Worth a Fortune and The World’s Cheapest Destinations books.

vacation spending mindset

The Vacation Spending Mindset and Ways to Offset It

The less often people travel, the more they tend to overspend when they finally get away. The vacation spending mindset is influenced by a lot of external factors, including marketing from some deep-pocketed international hotel chains. Step back and think like a contrarian traveler though and it doesn’t have to be that way. “Yes,…

cheapest places to travel

The Cheapest Places to Travel in the World in 2025 and Beyond

This is a terrible year for foreigners to travel to the USA. I can’t advise anyone to do it unless there are family or business reasons. Going the other direction is a different story though. This is a great year to travel abroad for Americans. The strong U.S. dollar has made some “premium” destinations…