Traveling to Hawaii can be a once in a lifetime trip. And if you take your whole family there, it can be a trip that you end up paying for many years after you get home. As a matter of fact, a family of 5 (like mine) could easily spend $15,000 or more to go to Hawaii. I knew that we wouldn't want to spend this much money to travel anywhere besides space or maybe Antarctica, so I worked hard to save a lot of money on this trip. I even wrote about how we saved $7,264 on the trip, before we even went. While we were on this trip,…
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We Saved $7,264 on Our Trip to Hawaii: Here’s How!
Hawaii! For many of us, especially people who live in the United States, going to Hawaii is a once in a lifetime, bucket list type of experience. Many people really want to go to Hawaii for the beautiful beaches, tropical scenery, and amazing diversity of climates. For my family and I, Hawaii was definitely on our bucket list. Not necessarily as a once in a lifetime experience, but as one of the many great vacations that we want to take. However, Hawaii is extremely expensive! For two people like my wife and I who make middle-class, teacher salaries, going to Hawaii can almost be prohibitively expensive. I suppose that we…
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How to Travel to Las Vegas for Cheap (or Even Free)
As you know, one of the best things in life is travel. It can bring you closer to your family, allow you to experience new cultures, and see sites that you only read or dream about. However, instead of spending thousands of dollars on travel, there are a lot of ways to get travel for significantly less than most people spend. We can even get our travel for free! One of the easiest places to travel for free is Las Vegas. Let's check it out.
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First Class Travel to NYC for the Cost of a Pizza
Instead of actively trying to save money with every travel decision that we made, we decided to spend a little bit more money and make the trip a first class experience. Now I know that spending excessive money on something does not automatically lead to a better experience. I would even argue that most of the things that make us happy don't cost too much money. But we wanted to splurge a bit on this trip and do something that is completely unique and different for us. Therefore, we did almost everything first class. From a flight in first class to staying in some of the top hotels, we wanted…
