Seeing Berlin, Germany – Free!

Last year, Brian and I travelled to Germany for three weeks in the summer.  It was an amazing trip and we are itching to go back!  We budgeted spent $3000 each, including all accommodations, food, flight, and spending – not bad!  We spent some money on attractions and events, but there are there...

Frugal travel tips on the West Coast

The following is a guest post from Pauline Paquin, a French girl who has recently started to blog over at Reach Financial Independence. Born and raised in Paris, Pauline blogs about how she has been traveling the world for the past 10 years, while trying to build wealth and achieve financial...

Eating well while traveling

Brian and I often travel together in conjunction with his business trips. In fact, just last week, we were in Washington DC. Luckily, Brian receives a pretty generous food allowance $55 per day while traveling. That’s a lot of food money for us – we usually only spend $100 each per month on...

Seeing Washington, DC – Free!

Brian and I are headed to Washington DC this fall for a work/fun trip.  There is lots to do, but that doesn’t mean we need to spend a lot of money.  Here’s some free events that visitors to Washington DC can check out.   The National Theatre’s free performance series “Saturday...

Seeing Vancouver BC – Free

Summer is the best time to visit Vancouver.  It’s sunny (usually), warm (usually), and there’s lots of free events and attractions to take advantage of.  Even though I live here, I still do all the touristy things during the summer, especially if they are free.  Here are some of my...

Vacation recap – Student card success!

As you know, CF and I recently returned from our vacation in Germany. In addition to saving lots of money on accommodations and a little money on neck pillows, we found the attractions to have very good deals for people with student cards! Thanks to a clerical error before I graduated, my student card...

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