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This is the fourth post of the “15 Tips for Cheap Travel” Series. You can navigate the rest of the series by going to the 15 Tips for Cheap Travel Index. I used to be of the opinion that the best travel deal was always one that you put together yourself. Recently, though I’ve found [...]

Yesterday I had my first experience with the “Digg Effect.” Early in the day my post about “How to Find Cheap Plane Tickets” made it to the front page of Reddit.com (It was as high as #4 at one point.) My site was running a little slowly, but managing. At some point in the evening [...]

This is the third post of the series “15 Tips for Cheap Travel.” You can navigate the rest of the series by going to the 15 Tips for Cheap Travel Index. The second biggest expense in traveling is usually the cost of lodging. I’ve listed some options below, but there are always new and creative [...]

This is the second post (part b) of the series “15 Tips for Cheap Travel.” You can navigate the rest of the series by going to the 15 Tips for Cheap Travel Index. Wouldn’t it be nice to just go to one website or call just one phone number and find the cheapest plane ticket? [...]

This is the second post of the series “15 Tips for Cheap Travel.” You can navigate the rest of the series by going to the 15 Tips for Cheap Travel Index. Finding a cheap ticket is a lot like getting rich: It doesn’t just happen over night. The best way to get the cheapest ticket [...]

Yesterday I wrote about being treated differently because you are young and the economic consequences for companies who treat their young customers differently than their older ones. Not only do the offenders lose out when they discriminate, but as young people know, they too lose when they are treated differently because of their age. Here [...]

Day-to-day we all are blatantly or unintentionally judged or discriminated against for various reasons. But there is one form of discrimination that makes me angrier than all others: ageism. I hate it when people treat me poorly because of my age. Yes, part of the reason I hate it is because I don’t like being [...]

When completing the final edits today for my post about finding cheap airplane, bus, and train tickets I came up with a brand new and better idea about how I want to structure the travel posts. Because I want it to be the best it can possibly be, I’m going to wait until I’ve made [...]

I have recently started using Google Documents and Spreadsheets to manage my budget. If you haven’t heard of Google’s Docs and Spreadsheets here’s the lowdown: With Documents and Spreadsheets you can upload, create, or email yourself a document or spreadsheet and it will be saved online allowing you to access it from any computer (provided [...]

Summer is quickly approaching which means it’s time to plan that annual summer vacation. In order to help you plan the cheapest vacation possible I will be posting “15 tips for Cheap Travel.” This is the first post in the series and over the next 3 weeks I will post advice about everything from “How [...]