to each his own but I much prefer to travel cheaply, mainly so I can travel more. But I generally go on 3-4 week vacation vs. 10 days.

Even if I didn't, I would still prefer it this way. When you pamper yourself, you lose a bit of the experience of visiting a different country.

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Posted by VABuckeye

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Posted on 2/4/15 at 4:06 pm to Hawkeye95

Perhaps, perhaps not. Believe me I don't get short changed on travel when it comes to quality or quantity.

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Posted by shaqazoolu

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Posted on 2/4/15 at 5:16 pm to Hawkeye95

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Also you can cook your own bfasts and maybe pack a lunch a day or two. Also, avoid tours they are usually overpriced.

If I am going to a place like Italy, I'm not brown bagging it. One of the best things about traveling is trying the destination culture's cuisine.

Also, avoiding tours altogether is terrible advice. Avoiding a lot of tours is good advice, especially in larger tourist cities like Rome where you are almost certain to get taken advantage of, but they aren't universally overpriced and/or a waste of time. My wife and I did a couple of really specific tours while we were there and I thought they were worth every bit of money we spent on them.

If you are in ultra penny pinch mode though, my wife and I met a British travel agent while we were out there and he said that he had downloaded these public domain MP3 tours for free for his group. They come with route maps that you just put on your phone/iPod. Follow the route on the map and the MP3 tells you what you are looking at as you walk. Sounded like a slick plan to me.

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Posted by Zappas Stache

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Posted on 2/4/15 at 5:51 pm to Hawkeye95

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When you pamper yourself, you lose a bit of the experience of visiting a different country.

This. Wife and I can do 3 weeks in Europe for under $5k + flight....so $8k. We always rent an apt in a neighborhood rather than stay in a hotel so we can get a taste of the way the locals live. And since we have an apt w/ a kitchen we can eat breakfast or lunch there if we want and save money. When we do eat out, we rarely eat in the tourist zones. You save a lot of money by eating where the locals eat.....and I can't stand being in a bar or restaurant with nothing but tourists.

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