Travel bargains

  “Yes yes, that’s all good advice,” she said, “but my editor really wants to focus on what’s new in budget travel. What are people doing now to save money that they couldn’t have done a year or two ago? New social websites, apps, that sort of thing.” This was from an interview I did …

I get asked for travel advice a lot: from friends, from readers, from random strangers at cocktail parties. That’s okay. I enjoy helping out. If I can help people find some travel perks they didn’t know about or some great bargains that will enhance their trip, that makes me happy.  Most of the questions are …

[This post on the cheapest places to travel for Americans in 2021 was updated in June.] In a normal year when I’m giving advice on the cheapest places to travel, I’m looking at prices, exchange rates, and special situations that are leading to temporary deals for travelers. This year it’s a crapshoot. Many countries are …

  What articles on cheap travel places, budget travel tips, and living abroad were you checking out the past 12 months? In a normal year, the most popular posts on this Cheapest Destinations Blog are a healthy mix of traveling well on a budget, lessons learned from traveling internationally, and updates on living abroad. There …

Want to figure out where the international travel bargains will be this year? Want to go to one of the most popular travel destinations and still find a great deal? Well you’ve come to the right place. As the author of The World’s Cheapest Destinations, I keep an eye on the trends constantly and watch …