Flickr Photo Credit: Reef Raff Think you don’t have the money for long term travel? Consider the possibility that life on the road may actually be less expensive.

Flickr Photo Credit: Scumfrog By David A. Dickinson Recently I had a government job offer which required me to attend an interview in Boston.  This touched off a debate that seems to come up a lot in the Aroostook (or as we locals say, “the County”); What is the cheapest way to go from here to [...]

Flickr Photo Credit: PSD We’ve all heard about the idea of degrees of separation when it comes to how far removed we are from knowing a particular person. For example, you have a friend who’s aunt works on a committe along with a specific public figure . . . something along those lines. But have [...]

Flickr Photo Credit: Lance and Erin Hi Guys! I found this link to a great budget travel article.

Flickr Photo Credit: Savannah Grandfather David and I have been discussing this option on and off for several years. While we are both still intrigued by the possibility, I have to say that personally, the jury’s still out on this one for me. Here’s why.

Flickr Photo Credit: Mil8 OK. I admit it. I have let my sewing skills atrophy far too much to jump in and do this right away. However, if your skills are sharp, here’s an article with several sets of directions for various types of gear, as well as a list of books on the subject. [...]

Flickr Photo Credit: Rick David and I have heard many success stories about this over the years, and are hoping to try it out soon. What are we referring to?

Flickr Photo Credit: BabaSteve During the Middle East leg of our around the world trip, a friend and fellow traveler recommended a new regional budget airline.

Flickr Photo Credit: GabeAndChry Personally, I’m feeling a bit too old for this. But, if you feel you need to pinch out an extra day or two of travel by saving on hotel costs, this might just be for you.

Flickr Photo Credit: Ebifry Before leaving Tucson to drive across the country to Maine, we attended a holiday open house hosted by our Tucson State Farm Insurance agent, Rebecca. In addition to fabulous food and entertaining conversations with her young and energetic staff, David and I also had a lengthy and very interesting travel conversation [...]

Flickr Photo Credit: Riza One area that can rapidly spiral out of control in both travel and household budgets is automobile fuel consumption. Since this in an area David takes care of almost exclusively, I asked him to brainstorm with me both the household strategies and the ones he’ll be using on this cross-continental drive [...]

Flickr Photo Credit: Jennie R.F. Saving on travel accommodations might be easier than you think. Numerous money saving options are available.