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Category Archives: Budget travel

Travel the World Rent Free

I get such a thrill when I check my e-mail first thing in the morning and there is a message like this sitting in my in box: ‘House sitter needed for 1 month in Tuscany’. As I click further I see a picture of a gorgeous cottage in the hills of Tuscany.  The owner writes,…

16 Unique Gifts for the Traveler at Heart

Do you know someone that loves to travel? Or is planning a trip somewhere fabulous soon? Perhaps you are stumped for ideas on what to get that die hard traveler that seems to have all the gear they need. It can be challenging giving travel gifts because you want to give something lightweight, easy to…

How to Travel without Leaving your Hometown

Ah travel… when I hear the word I immediately envision myself speeding down California’s Highway 1 in a red convertible with the radio blaring,  screaming along to Tom Petty’s ‘Free Falling’ or zooming down the zip line in Costa Rica.  As much as I’d love to travel full time to exotic places, it’s not always possible, especially in…