I read a lot on traveling "cheap". If you are like me, you are NOT going to:
These are the kinds of "tips" I get delivered into my mailbox all day. Take a look at my blog post to see how to travel less expensively, without sacrificing luxury or comfort.
Our Traveling Professor tours are not budget tours, and with the exception of one tour we run, they are not super-luxury tours either. On our Traveling Professor tours we like to stay at good 3 or 4 star hotels in a central location that are a good value. But some people, when traveling on their own, like to plan a budget tour. Here are some of my ideas for saving money without sacrificing comfort.
The Traveling Professor just returned from a tour to Italy with about a dozen travelers. We visited Rome, Florence, the Amalfi Coast, Florence, Tuscan hill towns and Venice. When on a tour to Italy, food is a very important element of the tour. We ate in several kinds of places, some of them called a fattoria, trattoria, enoteca, or osteria. What's the difference between these eating establishments. Let's talk about it in my Italy blog post.