Apr 05 2009

3 Ways To Save On Your Next Family Holiday:

How to fly, stay, and eat for less…

The weather’s still bad and the news is gloomy; time to escape with the family for a week and decompress on a beach – right?  Unfortunately, the economy is just as nasty as the weather and the news, and many are opting for “staycations” or canceling their travel plans altogether.  For me, neither are appealing options…  If I stayed close to home I’d never relax or let go of the chores that need tending to.  If I cancelled our trip, I’d be even more miserable. 

Back pre-baby, I was the cheapest traveler around.  I flew on rickety airlines at awful times, I stayed at hostels and tiny b&bs, and I’d live for days on end on nothing but bread, cheese, and wine.  But now that travel involves more than a backpack on my back and time on my hands, I’ve found it a challenge to travel on the cheap while still maintaining a certain level of comfort and safety for my daughter.  However, I’ve now got a number of trips with her under my belt, and I’ve leaned some money-saving tricks along the way. 

The economic crisis has affected the travel industry as well, so if you’ve already socked away your travel money, you may find it goes further than you were expecting it to with reduced prices on different types of packages.  However, if you’re building a trip from scratch, here are some ways to fly, stay, and eat for less…

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Nov 20 2008

Tips For Walt Disney World With Toddlers…

Our daughter will be three in a couple of weeks, and is an absolute Cinderella nut.  This is why we decided to make the effort to include Walt Disney World during our trip to Florida.  We all had a great time, in no short part due to the fact that I had an ace up my sleeve – my friend Sandra.   Sandra and her family have visited Walt Disney World and other Disney vacation properties more than 30 times, and offered to me some invaluable tips for visiting WDW with a toddler.  Had we not had Sandra’s invaluable advice, I don’t think we would have had half the good time that we did. Read more »

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