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One of the areas of North America I have always wanted to dedicate some time to travel around are the Great Lakes. Yesterday I came up with the idea of a Great Lakes road trip to focus on circumnavigating all five Great Lakes: Lake Erie, Lake Ontario, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan and Lake Superior. Turns…
Greta Thunberg, a Swedish high school student from Stockholm has become the activist voice for millions of young people and launched a climate change revolution with her school strike for climate campaign over the past year. In recent weeks she traveled around Europe by train to meet with Pope Francis at the Vatican and British…
My wife is an elementary school teacher in a traditional school calendar meaning her two biggest work breaks in the year are summer vacation and the Christmas-New Year holiday break. While she gets nearly 12 weeks of vacation period, her biggest blocks of time available for international travel, mid-June and July and the Christmas-New Year…
For the budget traveler, the cost for a trip to Europe varies widely depending on where you go. Miles and points can significantly reduce the cost of your travel without needing to fly Norwegian economy class or stay in hostels. Still, there is a wide range in cost for food, drink, transportation, shopping and entertainment…
Peak season for airline ticket prices between California airports to Europe is mid-June to early August. If you can travel to Europe starting in the last week of July and first week of August, then you have the dual benefit of cheaper airfare and summer weather. Fare differences between June, July and August are illustrated…
“How about a week in Paris?” I posed this question to Kelley. “Pear-iss!” she replied in a way that signaled to me with no uncertainty she was not thrilled about the idea. Kelley’s memory from her one trip to Paris in 2002 are interminably long walks in the cold December rain on canyon-like streets surrounded…
Amsterdam on a budget tips for managing one of Europe’s most expensive tourist destinations.
This is my second article in a series about traveling expensive European capitals inexpensively. A recent article in Matador ranks the European capital cities from most expensive to cheapest for a tourist. Every European capital ranked from most expensive to cheapest, by Matthew Meltzer ranks 49 capital cities in Europe by average price in four travel expenses:…
Do Europe’s Capital Cities Ranked By Cost Match Your Own Experience? is an article by Shelli on TravelwithGrant, in which she references an October 2018 Matador piece – Every European capital ranked from most expensive to cheapest, where Matthew Meltzer ranks 49 capital cities in Europe by average price in four travel expenses: Hotel, meal, beer, taxi. I think…
New Year’s Eve can be an expensive hotel night in many cities and you might find New Year’s Eve is not available for a one night reward stay with points. After checking dozens of hotels in several cities, I found many hotels not available as a one night reward stay for December 31 can be…
