Stretching your travel dollars
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Think you have to settle for a summer in staycation mode? Here are some savvy tips to stretch your budget in surprising ways.
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Did an email from your favorite airline warn you that your miles are going to expire?
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Southwest Airlines offered coast-to-coast round trip flights for $180, hotels are engaging in rate wars and cruises are throwing high prices overboard.
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Some companies are offering terms under which someone who suddenly loses a job can get a refund.
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The world economy may be schussing down the fall line, but you would never know it from the price tags on lodging-and-ticket packages for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada, which start at more than $3,000 for two nights.
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As a former resident of England and Northern Ireland, I’ve flown across the Atlantic too many times to remember, but I’m not boasting.
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Overall, trips are cheaper than in 2008, and some discounts are still available. Even a student who didn’t ace econ may find a deal.
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Here’s a siren song for the stressed-out traveler: “all-inclusive vacation.”
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Fasten your seat belt. Car rental rates have hit overdrive.
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The economic tailspin ensures that 2009 will be a travel year like no other.
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Even though I’m a travel writer, I sometimes use a travel agent.
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Longing for a vacation but can’t quite afford it?
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How to protect your computer and data while on the road.
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Many offer simple dorm-style quarters, but some are installing cable, flat-screen TVs, new beds and using nicer linen. The prices may be a little higher, but they’re still less than hotels.
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Using a credit card is your first line of defense. Also consider buying trip insurance, booking with a group and researching the travel provider.
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Become a premium customer, ship your bags or just pack less.
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With the travel industry raising fares and adding surcharges, it’s better to book early.
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There’s a prediction of lower room rates in a gambling town that has seen a dip in business.
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This is a story about two retirees who bought $753 round-trip tickets to Europe and wound up paying nearly $10,000.
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If you’re smart, you can find bargains, an expert says.
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What’s the catch to using debit and credit cards in foreign countries?
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Its value has declined in some places, but in these interesting nations the dollar can still stake you to a great vacation.
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Here’s a topic that inspires fear, loathing -- and boredom. Yes, we’re talking travel insurance.
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Fliers, get ready for the cashless cabin, where you need a credit or debit card to buy food, drinks, headsets and anything else onboard.
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Before 21-year-old Neel Bhuta spent a semester abroad last year, the New York University economics and history major carefully studied the cost of a beer abroad.
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An Upper West Side hotel offers amenities outdoors and in.
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The sun has set on fare discounts for hundreds of thousands of senior fliers.
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Over-tipping — or tipping at all — is bad form in some countries.
