This Cheapest Destinations Blog is written for the budget traveler out there trying to get the most bang for the buck, so most of my posts are on how to accomplish that. But there’s a dark side to this ethos that can mean giving up a lot of great experiences and missing out on some…

Flying on Delta Airlines this week gave me some faith that you can actually get somewhere far in relative safety during this crisis.  When I got on a plane for the first time since the current pandemic swept the world, it was a disaster. It was almost a pleasant surprise that we didn’t come down…

Here’s some advice you don’t hear very often in the travel world: when you fly into the country, bring as much cash as you can, preferably in $100 bills or €100 notes. That’s because we’re talking about the strategy to visit Argentina, where your money is worth more in cash than if you use a…

Take it from someone who made Mexico his adopted home after vacationing in the country since 2003: you can definitely travel Mexico on the cheap if you know the right steps. Mexico only got upgraded to a full chapter of the fifth edition of The World’s Cheapest Destinations because when the peso is not near…

Most travelers, moneyed or budget, come into Mexico via Cancun, Mexico City, or Puerto Vallarta. For the first and third options, you probably won’t want to stick around there too long if you’re traveling on the cheap. There are greener pastures—or perhaps I should say brighter beaches—down the road. So if you head to PV…

Kick back wherever you are sheltering and travel with us from Kenya to Rapa Nui, from Italy to the waters of Scandinavia.  Back in March and April, we stopped publishing new material from Perceptive Travel, instead doing a Salute to the Guides issue and one called You Weren’t Going to Go There Anyway. Those were…