Group tours

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 …

When you’re traveling for an extended period or are on a budget vacation, you often choose the cheapest option available for getting to where you need to go. You have more time than money, so a little extra hassle of a crowded local bus or walking long distances isn’t such a big deal. In a …

If you are finding that the idea of planning your travels is stressing you out more than your budget is, it may be time to look for affordable tours on your next vacation. It might be worth letting someone else take care of all the nagging details. When I wrote the first edition of The …

On my three long trips around the world as a backpacker, I was a staunchly independent traveler who definitely looked down on the sheep who were on an organized travel tour. Those idiots! Now that I’m making a real living though instead of living off meager savings like I was in those days, my eyes …

If a travel destination is cheaper, will an organized adventure tour to that destination cost proportionally less? That depends on where you make the booking. I once got an e-mail from a reader asking this: “I understand what you are saying about the destination making the biggest difference out of anything in your travel budget, …