Timeshares: Deal or No Deal?

I am not sure that everyone has had experience with timeshare companies or “vacation memberships”, so it is worth mentioning in my blog about family travel on a budget. Especially since you can get some pretty awesome deals if you are willing to sit through a timeshare presentation. I am about to unfold the secret […]

Best Deal on anything from Theme Parks to Nail Salons? Start with Groupon

If you aren’t using Groupon yet, you are definitely overpaying for something. I’m serious, you can definitely find online deals on products, but they also have hotels, waterparks, fun attractions, restaurants, and salons. Every time I look at spending money on restaurants, attractions, or travel (whether it’s rural Iowa or Orlando), I check for Groupon […]

What can you expect here? (Not $5,000 vacations…)

So I spent the weekend looking around the internet to see if there are other websites offering tips for “affordable” family travel, and of course, there are TONS. However, one of the ones I saw talked about their trips to Tokyo and compared Disney locations around the world… please don’t expect to see that here. […]