Giving a Vacation as a Christmas Gift – How & Why!
Ever Consider Giving a Vacation as a Christmas Gift? I don’t know about you, but I feel like these last …
Budget Travel
Beach Essentials for Baby
Heading to the beach is relaxing and fun, and the perfect spot for the entire family to enjoy time together. …
Family-Friendly Beaches on Oahu and Maui
There are so many choices to make when planning a Hawaii vacation for your family. We spent time going to …
ITA Matrix: How to Find the Cheapest Flight Possible
ITA Matrix – google’s magic flight finding software. If you’ve never used it before, your whole budget travel world is about to be rocked. (Or your flashy travel world, if that’s how you like to go!)
Planning a Disneyland Trip at Christmas Time!
The year is coming to an end, which means that holiday décor, seasons greetings and joyful music will be around every corner (YAYYYYY!!!). And if you’re lucky enough to be headed to Disneyland this holiday season, you’ll be able to immerse yourself in even more Christmas magic.
15 Ways to Have a Budget Hawaii Vacation
I never, ever, thought of Hawaii as a budget destination. Especially with the current weak Canadian dollar. But we chose Hawaii last year as our budget vacation spot, and for the same reason we chose it again this year! Hawaii did NOT disappoint. We spent under $3000 Canadian dollars total each time we went, for 10 days. That’s less $1500 per person!
How to Plan a Dirt Cheap Holiday
In April last year, G and I spent 8 days in Hawaii for $2995.31 – all in. Oh did I mention that’s 2995.31 CANADIAN dollars – So more like $2000.00 (at the time) American? I love love love making travel happen cheap. For me, a big part of living with intention is taking the time to enjoy life, but also being aware that I can’t blow all our savings on one trip. This is where the budget holiday comes in!
Travel Hacking for Beginners
Travel Hacking is becoming such a popular phrase. Especially in the budget travel world. I get it – I mean, who doesn’t want to travel for FREE? And possibly travel in style for free?
On the off chance that it’s a new to you phrase, Travel Hacking is the (refined) art of using credit card rewards and membership point programs to travel for FREE. It is legal. It works. It can be complicated.