Budget Travel

There are certain times of the year when travel is cheapest. These are when the fewest number of people are traveling. September, October, and the first weeks of November. The kids are in school and the snow birds haven't started seeking warmer pastures yet. The week following Thanksgiving and the week following New Years are the cheapest. You get great deals just before Christmas also. New Years and Christmas are the most expensive. Read more!

Summer Vacation

Time to start planning your summer vacation. The earlier you make your reservations the cheaper they are as a rule. The more cruise cabins or hotel rooms or airline seats there are available the less they costs. If you wait until the last minute and the hotel is almost full there is less incentive to discount the price.

As a general rule plan your trips at least six months in advance.

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Reservation? What reservation?

Here's how to assure that your hotel has your reservation when you book online. Even tho you booked the reservation online the hotel may get it on a fax machine. If your luck is like mine when the internet sent the hotel the reservation the machine was out of paper. Nothing can ruin a vacation faster than getting to paradise only to find out that you've got spend your fun money on another, more expensive, room. If you can get one. The day after you make your reservation call the hotel and make sure they got it. Read more!