Share This week I discovered another money saving travel website. The website is called Beat The Timer (www.beatthetimer.com). Beat The Timer is a Starwood Hotel Brand website. The concept is simple: for 72 hours, they offer highly discounted rates at over 250 participating hotels. Of course, your dates of availability will be limited, but if [...]
Priceline and Hotwire Hotel Bidding Tips | Book Early or Book Late?
February 15, 2011 By 2 Comments
Share I got an email this week from Jerry. He asked: Is it cheaper to wait until closer to your travel date to bid on a room? Or is it about the same if you do it months in advance. Opaque Websites: Book Early or Late I had some hunches and assumptions before writing this [...]
27 Websites to Visit Before You Book Your Next Vacation
January 20, 2011 By 5 Comments
Share Not everyone is a travel geek like me. For me, vacations are as much about the journey as the destination. The journey, of course, is the planning process where you get to scour hundreds of websites looking for the best deals. Folks who don’t like all that souring often overpay for travel because they [...]
How to Visit London’s Top Theatres Without Going Bankrupt
October 11, 2010 By 2 Comments
Share The following is a guest post by Yuli Linssen-Kaminitz. Visiting London, yet alone living there, can be extremely expensive. What can make the situation even worse is the fact that the city has so much to offer, the temptations are too hard to resist! One of the things London is mostly famous for is [...]
How To Plan An Affordable Ski Trip | First Timers Guide
June 14, 2010 By 2 Comments
Share The following is a guest post by Timothy who is a personal finance writer and part of the team at Credit Card Finder. For more information on travel tips simply visit his website. If you need to go on a ski trip on a budget there are lots of ways to cut costs. Skiing [...]
7 Principles for Having an Amazing Family Vacation
February 15, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Share In the first year or two of our marriage, my wife and I attended a class on missionary families – “Keeping the family strong on the mission field”. The class was taught by Gary and Danita Jackson. In today’s post, I want to introduce you to some of the notes they left on how [...]
7 Tips For Planning Fun Affordable Family Vacations
January 11, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Share The total cost of your family vacation is not out of your hands. Sure, airlines and hotels will set their prices, but you still have a lot of control over the vacation cost based on your activities, actions, and plans. 7 Ways To Book Fun Affordable Family Vacations Buy an Entertainment Book. The Entertainment [...]
