Archive for the ‘vacations’ Category
Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008
Last week I mentioned that we were leaving on a cross-country road trip and that I was going to conduct an experiment to see how much our gas mileage improved with mid-grade gasoline. Deamiter was quick to point out many potential problems with my experiment. He was right and the ...
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Monday, December 17th, 2007
My family recently took a trip to visit family. We have three children, ages 5, 3, and 9 months. The trip required 4.5 hours of actual time in the air and a lay over of approximately 2 hours both ways. I originally intended to keep careful track of our expenses and ...
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Friday, November 23rd, 2007
This is a repost from my old blogspot blog. I was prompted after reading an article about a NY Times travel writer's trip to Chicago that was analyzed on Less Than a Shoestring.
My wife and I love Chicago and we have made it a tradition to spend a night or two in Chicago ...
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Monday, November 19th, 2007
. . .sometimes. Actually, travel is very expensive, but if you happen to work for a company that takes care of your expenses, you can make money on the road. Here are some tips:
1) When on the road, you use less heat, electricity, water and other utilities around the house. ...
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Sunday, October 21st, 2007
Note: This is a repost from my old blogspot rocket finance, slightly edited and updated:
I am always looking for cheap ways to entertain my little family. I have made several posts on this topic in the past. We are taking another little weekend trip this week. I will let you ...
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Tuesday, September 18th, 2007
I applied for the American Express Business Gold card in July and just recieved my 25,000 points. I don't think that Amex reward points are quite as useful as Citi Thank You Points, but 25K will get you a round trip air fare on many different airlines. I am probably ...
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Thursday, September 13th, 2007
We have been using our Southwest Visa Rapid Rewards Visa for years and we just earned our last free round-trip flight anywhere that Southwest flies. We would like to continue using the card, but the nearest airport that has Southwest service is three hours away - not bad when it ...
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Thursday, August 2nd, 2007
I am always looking for cheap ways to entertain my little family. I have made several posts on this topic in the past. We are taking another little weekend trip this week. I will let you know how it goes.We also like Dairy Queen ice cream, but usually it is ...
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Monday, July 16th, 2007
I have not used Megabus yet, but I have heard great things about their services and prices. Megabus provides transportation between major cities for incredibly low prices.Oregongirl and I like to fly on Southwest and have earned several free flights with our Southwest Visa. However, the nearest SW airport is ...
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Thursday, July 12th, 2007
I love cheap vacations.Furthermore, I am pretty easy to please. A vacation for me simply means that I don't have to go to work. Actually, now that I think about it, a chance to sit in my house all day with nothing to do seems like a great vacation. ...
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