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Two Week Itinerary: Egypt on a Budget with Affordable Luxury

January 7, 2019 By John Widmer 72 Comments

Admiring temple from cruise pool

Note: This Egypt on a Budget Travel Guide was last updated January 2019. When planning a trip to this bucket list destination, we were determined to pack in all the quintesential stops while still experiencing Egypt on a budget. While planning a two-week Egypt itinerary during the summer low season, […]

Filed Under: Travel Tips Around the World, Destination Guides, Hotel Reviews, Travel Bargains Tagged With: Africa, Egypt

How We Afforded a Cheap Cruise Entirely Around the World with These Travel Tricks

August 12, 2018 By John Widmer 31 Comments

Cheap world cruise itinerary map and title

Is a cheap world cruise actually possible? That’s the question we asked ourselves. So we thoroughly investigated this seemingly unlikely potential, as we planned a trip entirely around the world without flights. Over the past five years of our nonstop travels around the world, we make concerted efforts to pursue […]

Filed Under: Cruising Tips, Preparing, Travel Bargains, Travel Tips, Travel Tips Around the World Tagged With: cruise

10 Secrets on How to Get a Free Balcony Upgrade on a Cruise

July 23, 2018 By John Widmer 26 Comments

A towel animal sits on the bed that we show how to get a free balcony upgrade on a cruise ship

It sure is nice to have a balcony stateroom on a cruise. You gotta love those mesmerizing ocean swells, the warm sea breeze, those beautiful island vistas on the horizon, the occasional seagull flying by, and the soothing sound of the surf. But balcony cabins on cruises can also be […]

Filed Under: Travel Tips Around the World, Cruising Tips, Travel Bargains

Inca Jungle Trek Review: The Most Adventurous Route to Machu Picchu

July 20, 2018 By John Widmer 90 Comments

Inca Jungle Trek to Machu Picchu activities: ziplining, mountain biking, whitewater rafting, and hiking

The Inca Jungle Trek is such an awesome way to get to Macchu Picchu! If you’ve been following this travel site, then you know there are two things we often look for in a travel experience: awesome adventure, and great travel values. So when considering the many different ways to […]

Filed Under: Adventures Around the World, Travel Bargains, Travel Tips Around the World Tagged With: Best of, Peru, South America

Imlil, Morocco: Trekking the Atlas Mountains

January 6, 2018 By John Widmer 21 Comments

Imlil, Morocco, is such a pleasant escape into the Atlas Mountains. Most people traveling to Imlil will be coming from Marrakesh and hence will discover the cooler and more tranquil environment found, in comparison. In Imlil, the heat is gone and so are the touts that often bother travelers in […]

Filed Under: Adventures Around the World, Destination Guides, Travel Bargains, Travel Tips Around the World Tagged With: Africa, Morocco

Best Hotel Booking Websites: Where To Find The Best Hotel Deals

May 22, 2017 By John Widmer 31 Comments

5-star hotel deal in Thailand

There are so many hotel booking sites out there today, it can be a painstaking task to attempt to filter through them all to truly find the best hotels deals. Advertisements suggest that a great solution is to use a hotel metasearch that aggregates all the other websites. But we can tell you […]

Filed Under: Travel Tips Around the World, Preparing, Travel Bargains Tagged With: Best of

Pullmantur Monarch Review of a $159 Transatlantic Repositioning Cruise

January 18, 2017 By John Widmer 42 Comments

Pullmantur Monarch ship deck and pool

Taking a cruise across the Atlantic on the Pullmantur Monarch was an interesting proposition to take. For those who’ve been following our round the world adventures for a while, you know that we love utilizing repositioning cruises as an affordable yet luxurious way to get around the globe. We believe […]

Filed Under: Cruising Tips, Travel Bargains, Travel Tips Around the World Tagged With: Best of, cruise

Oasis Overland Review: Across Africa – Nairobi to Cape Town

December 10, 2016 By John Widmer 45 Comments

Oasis Overland truck on a dirt road traveling from Nairobi to Cape Town

It was an incredible adventure to take an overland trip across Africa, 56 days coast-to-coast from Nairobi to Cape Town. Finding it difficult and costly to pursue such a trip independently we put our faith with adventure tour operator, Oasis Overland, to pursue this trip. And since returning from this […]

Filed Under: Adventures Around the World, Travel Bargains, Travel Tips, Travel Tips Around the World Tagged With: Africa, Best of, Namibia, Tanzania, Zimbabwe

An Amazing Nile River Cruise: Luxor to Aswan Egypt

September 6, 2015 By John Widmer 15 Comments

M/S Amarco II Nile cruise top deck and Nile shore line while cursing down the river

Our recent Nile River cruise on the M/S Amarco II has been our most enjoyable experience in Egypt so far and one of the nicest excursions we’ve taken in some time. During this 4-night Nile River cruise from Luxor to Aswan, we were quite the shutterbugs, managing to take over […]

Filed Under: Cruising Tips, Travel Bargains, Travel Tips Around the World Tagged With: Africa, Egypt

How To Find Last Minute Oktoberfest Accommodation & Transportation

September 5, 2015 By John Widmer 24 Comments

Update: If you came here looking for last-minute Oktoberfest accommodation, be sure to check out our comprehensive travel guide to this year’s Oktoberfest. Find our big follow-up post here: Oktoberfest on a Budget 2018. As we wind down our second year of nonstop travel, we’re stoked to be going to […]

Filed Under: Drinking Around the World, Travel Bargains, Travel Tips Around the World Tagged With: Europe, Germany

Top 3 Wildlife Adventures You Can Do in Borneo on a Budget

August 2, 2015 By John Widmer 45 Comments

Borneo pygmy elephants spotted along the Kinabatangan River in Sabah, Borneo

One of our greatest motivations for exploring Malaysian Borneo was to explore the incredible wildlife that inhabits this region. But many of these wildlife-viewing opportunities seemed only to be offered on super expensive packaged-tours. Although many of those tours look absolutely amazing, they’re completely out of price range for us […]

Filed Under: Adventures Around the World, Destination Guides, Travel Bargains, Travel Tips Around the World Tagged With: Asia, Malaysia

The Asian Beach Polo Championship Hua Hin Thailand

April 30, 2015 By John Widmer 1 Comment

Thailand plays India in beach polo

Sometimes we wind up at the most random places and having the most unplanned experiences. Attending the Asian Beach Polo Championship in Hua Hin Thailand was one of those times. We didn’t know a thing about polo but sometimes random experiences like this are the best. How We Wound Up At […]

Filed Under: Drinking Around the World, Blogs, Eating & Drinking Around the World, Travel Bargains Tagged With: Asia, Thailand

Surviving a 5-Day Flight

March 11, 2015 By John Widmer 16 Comments

Route map from Santiago to Atlanta to LA to Sydney to Christchurch

Due to some strange circumstances, we’ve wound up on a 5-Day Flight. We’re leaving on a Tuesday from Santiago, Chile and arrive to our destination of Christchurch, New Zealand on Saturday. This is the ultimate of long-haul redeye flights. So how do you cope? We’ve developed some tips to survive […]

Filed Under: Travel Bargains, Travel Tips Around the World

Panama Canal Cruise Tips, the Transit Experience, & Celebrity Infinity Review

February 3, 2015 By John Widmer 14 Comments

Bow of the Celebrity Infinity entering the Gatun Locks of the Panama Canal

This is a three-part post about taking a Panama Canal cruise full transit. For our own personal experience transiting the Panama Canal on the Celebrity Infinity, simply continue reading. For Panama Canal cruise tips: skip here. For our brief Celebrity Infinity review of the Panama Canal transit: skip to the end. Our Panama Canal Transit Experience The […]

Filed Under: Travel Tips Around the World, Cruising Tips, Travel Bargains Tagged With: Panama

Budget Travel Cappadocia: A Guide to Goreme, Turkey

October 7, 2014 By John Widmer 29 Comments

Budget Travel Cappadocia Turkey Guide

Cappadocia is such an incredible area with so much to offer. We found it difficult to narrow down the top things to do in Cappadocia on a budget. We did manage to uncover some really great value here while still having incredible experiences. You can have a very budget-friendly Cappadocia experience with a […]

Filed Under: Adventures Around the World, Destination Guides, Travel Bargains, Travel Tips Around the World Tagged With: Europe, Turkey

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