Dream it. Plan it. Go there.
Mendenhall Glacier (Photo by Mel)
Juneau, the capital of Alaska and brief home of Sarah Palin, is a must see stop on any Alaskan adventure. As part of the inside passage into Alaska, it has slightly better temperatures than lots of other cities in America’s biggest state, making summer a great time to check it out.
Here are the top 5 things to do in Juneau: [Read more…]
Photo Credit: By RHL Images from England (G-FBEM Flybe Embraer ERJ-195Uploaded by russavia) [CC-BY-SA-2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
I think this is because America is so large, unless you live on the Canadian or Mexican border, you’re probably pretty far from another country. That’s not how it is in Europe, so people in London don’t think much about going to Prague for a long weekend; it’s just like a person from New Jersey going to Myrtle Beach for a few days.
I’d see Living Social deals for 2 night stays in Switzerland and think why not? When will I ever be in a situation where I could weekend in Europe in such an inexpensive manner again? But how do I get there? Turns out, Europe is prepared for that too. [Read more…]
Photo Credit: By Let99 (http://www.hostelmanagement.com/) [GFDL or CC-BY-SA-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
We’d heard of hostels, but only in the terrifying, horror movie kind of way. Nonetheless, we started doing some more research, reexamined our budgets again and decided it was pretty much a hostel or a tent in the park. Since the latter was illegal, we hostelled it.
My first experience in a hostel was [Read more…]
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London: Tower of London £22. Globe Theater Tour £13.50. Westminster Abbey £18.
Edinburgh: The Edinburgh Dungeon £16.20. Literary Pub Tour £14. Edinburgh Zoo £15.50.
Sightseeing is expensive. But if you’ve gone through all the trouble to get to these cities, how are you going to pass it up? Or decide which places to pass up? Without a plan, the admission fees to city hot spots can really add up. I’ve found that City Passes are often the way to go. They let you see more and compromise less. What I love is it let’s you budget ahead for exactly what you’ll spend sightseeing while saving you a good chunk of change.
What’s a City Pass? It’s a card with a set fee that offers you admission to a collection of popular sites. Sometimes it offers you admission to a number of different sights. Other times, it offers you a large list of things that you can do in a given amount of time.
Two that I recommend to every traveler are [Read more…]
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