I love to stay at a hotel when we go out traveling.  There is nothing like a freshly made bed and a hot shower in the morning.  This is in stark contrast to tenting - you’d be lucky to have a cold shower if one at all.

But, I have noticed that over the past few years that the hotel rates just keep going up.  It has even got to the point where I get worried that I won’t even be able to travel anymore - each night is just too expensive.

Thanks to my thrifty wife and her handy coupon toolbar she has installed on her computer, we have been able to find some great hotel coupons that work at the many hotels we like to stay at.

Now, only if she could find some gas coupons - that would make traveling even cheaper.

Each year that I go on a holiday, I try to visit a new country.  I figure that I only live once, so I’d like to see the world before I die.  I don’t mean to sound morbid, but I feel that there’s no real point taking a vacation each year and not trying something new.

In an effort to continue taking cheap holidays, I decided to do so research online to see if I could find a really good deal and location to travel to.  After a bit of digging, I found some cheap flights to Turkey and I decided that I would travel there for the first time in my life.

After reading some travel forums on the Internet, it was clear that I should go to Icmeler Turkey to experience their amazing beaches and the wonderful food.  It seems that anyone that has gone there has had an amazing time and I was unable to find any complaints.

So I will be visiting Turkey later on this year and I just can’t wait.

My husband called me from work today to get some Hopper tickets information from me. Apparently, one of his coworkers is taking his family on vacation in a few weeks and, as it was the biggest one ever for his family, he said he was looking for any advice that people had for him.

I gave my husband a website that his friend could click for more info. I told him that it was what I had used and the whole planning and ordering process had been virtually painless. It was definitely a place I would go to again, when wanting to order tickets.

He and his friend checked it out at work and my husband was happy to report to me that his friend had ordered Walt Disney World tickets that day and was excited to go home and tell his family. I only had one more piece of advice-when traveling with kids, drive at night!

I know that the whole concept of saving money while in Las Vegas may seem a little bit out in left field, but let me tell you there is definitely opportunity to do so.  I will even go as far as saying that you don’t have to give up anything including your accommodations, shows, or shopping.

The way that I would suggest that you do save money while in Las Vegas is take advantage of the many Las Vegas hotel promotions that are going on at any given time.  These hotels put them on in an effort to fill their hotel rooms during slow times of the week.  For them, it is better to have a full hotel paying a discounted room rate than having many rooms making no money at all.

Some examples of hotels that do offer deals on the room rates can be found if you do a search online.  Some of the more common terms searched for would include MGM Grand promotion codes and Mirage promotion codes.  These are both fine hotels and with getting a discount on the rooms, you could enjoy luxurious accommodations at a fraction of the price.

So the next time that you are heading down to Las Vegas be sure to take advantage of the many hotel promo codes that are available online.  Do yourself a favor and save yourself some money while in Vegas.

I was so excited that, five years after we got married, my husband and I were finally going to take our honeymoon. We decided to go with an all inclusive vacation in Mexico. Neither one of us had been there before and it was something that we had both always wanted to do.

Our dream trip ended up being a little less than perfect. Okay, make that a lot less than perfect. When we arrived, the hotel had misplaced our reservations. They eventually found them, but by then, we had already wasted half a day.

We got food poisoning on the second day and spent the whole day in bed with a bucket and on the third day, my husband broke his tooth. I spent most of that day calling dental offices in Mexico, trying to get him in to see someone.

The fourth day, we got into the dentist and on the fifth day, it was time to go home. So, needless to say, we did not do much sight-seeing, as we barely left the hotel. What a trip!

When my husband planned our honeymoon, he wanted every single detail to be absolutely perfect. He wouldn’t tell me where we were going, but when I accidentally saw the pamphlet for hummer limos, I knew that it was going to be the best experience that I ever had in my life.

I figured that if he had every detail planned right down to the limo hire, that it would be an incredible adventure for us to start out our married life with. He was incredibly romantic and I knew that would play a big part into the activities that took place over the course of the two weeks in which we were planning on being away.

I did not find out that we were going to Paris until we were at the airport, waiting to board our flight. When we arrived in France, the limousine hire drove us to the most fabulous hotel I had ever seen, with a complete view of the Eiffel Tower. The trip was amazing and I often wonder if Mr. Romantic will ever be able to top that.

For many years, we have been going on vacations in a tent.  Sure, I don’t mind camping at all, but with three kids, we have had to make our choices based on our finances.  So tenting became the way that we went on vacation, and quite honestly, our children loved it.

But, as time went on, our income increased to the point where we finally had some options when it came to taking a vacation.  Not only was this exciting, but we felt that it was time for us to give the kids a broader experience of the world.

So, our first trip in the post camping era, was to Costa Luz.  It was the most impressive trip that we had made in our lives, dazzling our eyes with amazing sights that we had never seen before.  In fact, I would even dare to say that our trip was perfect.

In fact, I think we will be hard pressed to go on a trip as amazing as last years again.  But, we have a bit of time to plan before we have holidays - I  guess we will have to see what we can come up with.

I had the “bright” idea that I should just take a road trip with a couple of buddies to Vegas when I was in college.  Now, we were not that far of a drive away, so it seemed like the perfect spot to take a break and go away for a weekend.

It was a spur of the moment trip, and we hopped into our car and went.  A couple of hours later, we found ourselves in Las Vegas and began to enjoy our trip with some fine dining.  Okay, maybe it wasn’t fine dining, but it was the best burger that I ever had in Vegas (and it was my first).

Things were going great until we tried to check into a hotel for the night - all the Las Vegas hotels were booked solid, with no vacancy in sight.  So, we ended up sleeping in the car for the entire trip - next time I will plan ahead.

A few years ago, my cousin got married in Portugal and I had the opportunity to attend the wedding. I was really nervous because I knew that there was going to be a language barrier and I knew that my cousin would be so busy enjoying her day that she would not have time to explain everything to me.

I decided that I would hire somebody from a translation service to stay with me for the day so that I would be able to fully understand everything that was happening. It was a really god idea, as I learned things I would have never known if I had not had a translator.

I had a great time and I decided that I was going to be doing more traveling in Europe in the near future. I also knew that I would not think twice about hiring a translator so that I could get the full experience of everything. What a wonderful time I had.

Last summer, when I was getting remarried, my son wanted to go and stay with his dad while I was away on my honeymoon for a month. I told him if it was alright with his dad than I did not have a problem with it. He called and asked his dad and for once, his dad said that he would be glad to have him. This made me happy as their relationship is very strained.

I figured that his dad would come and pick him up, but with scheduling conflicts, we learned that my son was going to have to fly to his dad’s house on his own. This made me extremely nervous, as he is only seven years old. The thing that concerned me the most was the five hour layover in Philadelphia.

I went to talk to the people at the airport about having a child fly solo and they assured me that my son would be very well taken care of. We were told that during his layover, the Philadelphia airport transportation people would take very good care of him and would not let him out of their sight. I decided to let him do it and we all survived the ordeal.