Expensive destinations

How can you be in one of the most expensive cities in the world, take a train or bus for a couple hours, then be in one of the cheapest places to travel? How is it that one of the most expensive countries to travel in can be right next to one that’s a fantastic …

Even seasoned travelers sometimes end up in a travel destination that stumps them when it comes to costs. “I can’t believe how expensive this place is”—that’s a statement you’re not happy about uttering. It’s a painful realization when you thought a place would, at worst, be on par with what things cost at home. Then …

Yesterday I was sucked in by one of those slideshow stories SmarterTravel.com put out meant to make you click through a dozen pages so they can pump up their visitor numbers. Fine, lots of other media companies pull the same tricks, but it was the content that was so far off the mark. In a …