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Cheap Vacations Ten Ideas
heap vacations can still Caretaker Gazette online.
be relaxing, fun and
whatever else you want them 3. Outdoor vacations. Outdoor
to be. Unlike cars and shoes, adventure doesn't need to be
vacations don't get better expensive. Just stay close to
according to price. Give up that home, and use your imagination.
expensive resort if you don't On "Tom Sawyer Day" we hike up a
have the money, but don't give up river for hours, then build a
your vacation. Try one of the raft from dead trees. Then we
following ideas instead. float on it back to the car. It's
cheaper and more fun than a
1. Visit your friends. The key guided river trip. Where can you
here is to have friends with hike or bicycle for free?
spare beds that live in
interesting places. You've 4. Treasure hunting. Take a trip
probably had friends tell you to to a ghost town or beach with a
come and stay a while, so why not metal detector. In Arizona an old
take them up on it? I'm hoping my Mayan Indian showed us where to
friends move to Hawaii. find arrowheads, semi-precious
stones, and ancient pottery.
2. Caretaking vacations. Someone Treasure hunting is cheap, and
in California, Costa Rica or you might find something valuable
Colorado wants you to stay in as well.
their house while they're away.
You'll have to water the plants, 5. Cheap beach combing vacations.
and maybe watch the cat, but What's more relaxing than sitting
you'll get to stay in a beautiful on the beach with a drink?
home. You may even get paid. To Restless? Start collecting
learn more caretaking seashells and driftwood. Bring a
opportunities, visit the metal detector to find more
valuable things. There are cheap. Spend nights around the
beaches in Florida where you can campfire and days soaking in hot
camp in your RV, and cheap motels water. My personal favorite is a
on or near the beaches in beautiful place in Arizona (106
Michigan. degree water), with hiking
trails. We paid the $30 annual
6. Stay home. Make a list of fee and stayed more than a week.
sights to see, and things you've
always wanted to do that are 9. Greyhound bus travel. Taking
within an hour of home. Spend a the bus is an alternative to
weekend or a week checking off expensive gasoline if you're
your list. No expensive hotels or traveling alone, and the trip
long-distance drives. itself is sure to be an
adventure. Pick a nice place
7. Shopping trips. Cheap within a day's ride, pack a bag
vacations don't normally involve and go.
shopping, but they can. Visit
flea markets and rummage sales in 10. Camping vacations. In Florida
some scenic corner of the we stalked alligators and watched
country. Have a shopping a dozen other forms of wildlife.
adventure for less than a day at Every night we sat around the
the mall. fire with new friends from
England and Texas. We escaped
8. Hotspring vacations. winter there for eight days in
Hotsprings in many parts of the our van. There were hot showers,
United States are free or and the campground was free.
inexpensive to use. Camp in an Camping can be the cheapest of
R.V. or tent to keep it really cheap vacations.
About the Author:
Steve Gillman hit the road at sixteen, and traveled the U.S. and Mexico alone at 17. Now 42, he travels with his wife Ana, whom he met in Ecuador. For travel stories, tips and a free Travel Secrets e-book, visit:
http://www.EverythingAboutTravel.com
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