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Most Annoying Travel Fees (and How to Avoid Them)

Nothing seems to irk travelers more than paying travel fees. What’s especially maddening about these charges is that in many cases—think checked luggage and in-flight pillows and food—we’re paying for things that were free until very recently. The good news is that if you’re aware and proactive, you can avoid paying some of the worst [...]

How to Reverse Engineer Your Travel Plans (and Realize Your Dream Vacation)

Amanda Kendle explains how to reverse engineer your travel plans to realize your dream vacation.

4 Ways to Save Money Now So You Can Travel Later

Four ways to combat the “I can’t travel” blues and get together the money you need to hit the road.

6 Places to Live for Super-cheap

Over at the Cheap Destinations Blog, guest blogger John Linnemeier reveals six places to live on the uber-cheap: I’ve traveled to over 120 countries, and along the way, I have discovered some affordable paradises. In my book How an Average Man Lived an Adventurous Life, I included a chapter called, “Six paradises where you can [...]

HotelTonight: New App for 11th Hour Hotel Deals

Any frequent traveler is all too familiar with this scenario: Let’s say you arrive late at night in a major city and you unexpectedly need to book a hotel on the spot. Last-minute rates for hotels can be sky-high, and finding a cafe to do a half-an-hour’s worth of Internet searching isn’t practical. A (promising) [...]

5 Reasons You Should Be Traveling in January

CheapOair’s Spencer Spellman rounds up Five Reasons you Should be Traveling in January.

7 Highly Amusing Ways to Deal With Aggressive Touts

You’re bound to come across aggressive touts nearly everywhere you travel. Kyle Crum reveals seven ways to effectively disarm them … and have a little fun in the process.

Jaded With The System: Insider Perspectives from an ESL Teacher in Asia

Turner Wright has taught English as a second language in three countries. Ironically, he finds that the goal does not seem to be to actually help the students learn the language.

$5 Jobs: Earn Extra Travel Money with Fiverr.com

For backpackers and budget travelers looking to earn a little extra travel cash, Fiverr.com is “the place for people to share things they’re willing to do for $5.” Here’s how it works: That’s it. Stupid simple, right? Current Fiverr.com gigs include everything from technical help (setting up your WordPress blog), to gambling (“I will teach [...]

Matrix 2: The Awesome Flight Search Engine Behind … the Other Flight Search Engines

In case you blinked, the travelsphere was all atwitter last week over news of Matrix 2, the flight search engine behind … many of the other big name flight search engines. It’s the same backend that powers Kayak, Orbitz, CheapTickets and countless other travel sites.

How to Master the Art of Bargaining: Haggling Made Easy

In many countries, prices are not only negotiable, but oftentimes merchants expect you to haggle. Amy Baker explores the finer points of getting everything you bargain for.

iStopOver: Earn Extra Income or Travel on the Cheap

Many people have put their vacation on hold with the current economic downturn, or are searching for alternative ways to travel on the cheap. Other people yet are looking to earn some extra income on the side to help pay the bills. iStopOver is a solution for both of these groups. And they are offering [...]

How to Have a Frugal Vacation and Still Treat Yourself

I recently found myself in Melbourne Australia killing some time between a sponsored trip and my next caretaking gig. Suddenly, I was on an official “vacation”! But as a Professional Hobo, I travel full-time, work in trade for accommodation, and earn money through the internet to cover off incidental expenses. So I had to keep [...]

The Easiest Way to Save Money on Vacation

You are enjoying a sunny vacation on the beaches of Mexico. Some of the locals are wearing native garb, or at least peddling it. Vendors walk up and down the beaches selling their wares, from coconut shell jewelry, to crocheted sundresses, to key chains. You want something to remember this moment with. The smells of [...]

Taco Tuesday: The Inner Mechanics of Budgeting on Vacation

I recently found myself sitting around a dinner table in Hawaii with a number of new traveling acquaintances. We met at the place of accommodation we were staying at, and enjoyed each other’s company, sharing travel tales of adventure and misadventure alike. So when “Taco Tuesday” presented itself as a way to get super cheap [...]

The Cost of Full-Time Travel

“How much does it cost to travel full-time as a Professional Hobo?” I am asked this question regularly by readers of my personal website. And while I maintain that the cost of full-time travel is dependent on oh-so-many factors that are unique to every individual, I have just finished my year-end accounting for 2008 and [...]

Can You Travel Light? Great – Fly Free Internationally!

Can you travel with carry-on luggage only? Do you fly solo? And can you fly last minute? Great! Now you can fly for drastically discounted rates, and sometimes even for free. All you have to do is become an air courier. Courier agencies often find that it is less expensive to fly cargo on a [...]

A Practical Guide to Vagabonding and Long Term Travel (Part 6): The Cost of Living on the Road

Nora Dunn wraps up our six-part practical travel guide series with answers to that singular burning question: how much does it all cost?

A Practical Guide to Vagabonding and Long Term Travel (Part 5): Making Money on the Road

Nora Dunn explores the ins and outs of making money while on the road.

A Practical Guide to Vagabonding and Long Term Travel (Part 2): Money Matters

Nora Dunn explores how much money you can expect to need for a life on the road.

Capitalize! Beijing Hotels Cutting Rates for Olympic Season

Lodging demands for the 2008 Olympics fell short of predictions, so some hotels in China are lowering stay rates by up to 30%, CNN.com reports. This presents a fabulous opportunity for travelers to explore China on the cheap; amidst the Olympic broo-ha-ha perhaps, but for those of us who are adventurous, it won’t be difficult [...]

Practical Trip Planning (Part 3): Finding Cheap Accommodations

Chris Cook continues with the third installment in his Practical Trip Planning series on how to find cheap accommodations.

How I Saved Over 66% on Airfare in 20 Minutes

It’s amazing what you can accomplish with a little investigative legwork these days. You can save on fancy hotel accommodations by finding auctions. Heck – you can save even more by finding ways to stay rent free. You can save on car rental charges by getting free upgrades if you know how. But how about [...]

Practical Trip Planning (Part 2): Creating Your Itinerary

Chris Cook continues his series on practical travel planning with a little advice on how to create your itinerary.

Kayak.com: One Travel Search Engine to Conquer Them All?

Are all flight search engines created equal? That is a question I’ve pondered over and over again while surfing – searching and clicking, searching and clicking. Some search engines seem to use only some carriers, while others search different carriers entirely. And from one search engine to the next, I’m sure I’ve seen different prices [...]

Passport Pictures for Under a Dollar

Qatari Passport 1968 © banoootah_qtr As a traveler, very little irks me more than walking into a store and paying $7-12 for passport pictures. You need them not only for passports, but also visas, international driver’s licenses, and other miscellaneous pieces of photo id. At about ten bucks a pop, this cost of traveling can [...]

Practical Trip Planning (Part 1): How to Maximize Your Travel Budget

Chris Cook walks through his entire travel booking process to uncover a few tricks to best maximize your travel budget.

Colombia’s Underground School for Pickpockets

© GrooverFW It’s comforting to know that even pickpockets know the value of a good education. The School of the Seven Bells is a legendary, possibly apocryphal, and deliciously plausible school, said to be based in Columbia. Pickpocketing is largely a skilled combination of timing, and distraction, but South American pickpockets are particularly notorious. There [...]

Frugal Ways to Stay in Touch on the Road

Staying in Touch, Singapore © Delgoff. When I left “home” for a life of travel and adventure, I needed a way for family and friends to stay in touch (and despite the internet age we live in, I have some family members who refuse to venture into cyberspace). I had a smokin’ deal on my [...]

Farecast Your Flights for Big Savings

I find booking airline tickets online to be a soul-sucking task. With dozens of windows and tabs open, and search engines galore finding me the “guaranteed cheapest” tickets available, all I find are discrepancies. When I am blessed with an open itinerary, what I want to know is when the cheapest flights will become available, [...]

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