Free Walking Tours in Buenos Aires are not only Affordable, they are Very Fun! We took several awesome “free” walking tours in Buenos Aires during our week-long visit. I put “free” in quotes because although the tour guides don’t charge a fee…
Affordable Wine Tasting in Mendoza, Argentina On Your Own with BusVitivinicola We have gone wine tasting in California, France, Germany, New Zealand and Australia. Each region has had its own approach to wine tourism. In all of these cases we…
Getting to and visiting Machu Picchu really isn’t a budget trip. Entrance alone is about $45 for the day. But it’s a world heritage site and a bucket-list destination so here are some tips that might make it a bit…
$15 Extra per Night for A Lot More Comfort in Ollantaytambo We are staying in Ollantaytambo, Peru and we originally booked a hostal called Janaxpacha Backpackers for US$35 per night including breakfast. (In Peru, small inns are called hostals but…
Free Accommodations in Cusco Peru and Cheap Fun, too! I have said this many times before in this blog, as soon as you start planning a trip, you need to start racking up the points and miles. We have been…
You have the miles but to search for award flights is a pain in the a**. Most of the time, finding award flights is like a treasure hunt. You know the gems are there but they are hidden from ordinary searching.…
Two weeks ago I had a family emergency and needed to book a roundtrip flight from Los Angeles to Nashville at the last minute. The lowest-priced ticket I found was over $900 so I knew the best bet would be to…
Back in January I realized trying to book tickets for our South America trip on LAN using American Airlines and British Airways miles was futile. Many blogs make it seem so easy but it often isn’t. I had been trying to…
We just got back from a quick trip to Estes Park, Colorado to visit Rocky Mountain National Park using Southwest Airlines points and Companion Pass. I got 100,000 points at the end of 2013, and a little additional spending earned…
We just got back from a quick trip to Santa Fe, New Mexico. Our primary reason for taking this trip was because Bob and I are flying free all this year with Southwest Rapid Reward Miles and Bob’s companion pass. Our…