I love a free flight! Yet sometimes I choose not to use my frequent flyer mile option. Why? Because I am booking way in advance and the flights are beyond cheap! Denver to Dallas Round trip 4 people $417.00 Denver to Dallas Round Trip 3 people $218.00 (with 2 pieces of luggage each, I love…
How to Find Private Home Stays for Budget Travelers
Image a cozy New Hampshire Town, complete with a church with a white steeple, an Inn with a gracious front porch, surrounded by a few scattered colonial style homes all blanketed in snow. Sigh, beautiful and quiet, compared to the three story walk up brownstone where we were living in Boston. As a young married…
Family Travel Destinations: Dauphin Island, Alabama
Dauphin Island, Alabama is the perfect place for a relaxed family vacation. If you are looking for a slower “island time” place in the states that is not covered by high rise hotels, this is the spot for you! Forty-five minutes from Mobile, Alabama, Dauphin Island (where fresh water meets salt water) creates a perfect living…
Airport Rules Flying Safely With Children
Living in a small town we know everyone and everyone knows us. How do you explain strange danger to a child who has never met a stranger? Thus, my husband and I designed Airport Rules. Three simple rules that cover a lot of issues associate with large public spaces. Airports are massive exciting places for…
How to Beat the Airline Luggage Fees
I secured a five day trip to Grammy’s house on a cut rate airline for four people for $413.39 round trip. Whoo hoo let’s go!! Problem, luggage, on this airline, even carry-ons, cost money. The airline luggage fees are steep, a carry-on is $55, 1st checked luggage fee is $50. All my ticket savings disappeared…