The Encyclopedia of Cheap Travel (Updated Annually) (Paperback)
Review
Highly recommended to thrift-minded travelers everywhere and a valuable resource for business travelers on restrictive corporate resources. — Midwest Book Review, May 2002If you could have one guide on your bookshelf, this should be it…an indispensable reference for any traveler. — Larry Patton, WLXI-TV Public Report HostIf you want gourmet travel on a fast food budget, this is the book for you. — 15MinutesMagazine.comIn addition to being a good source for agencies and Web sites, the book has plenty of tips. — The Boston Globe, June 2002Look in this book for an inexpensive cruise, to get dollars off your hotel bill, fly on the cheap… — Detroit Free PressThe Encyclopedia of Cheap Travel is a must for travelers! — Peggy Denny, Peggy Denny TV Show HostThe Encyclopedia of Cheap Travel is definitely an excellent resource. — IndependentTraveler.com, April 2002The Encyclopedia of Cheap Travel offers useful overviews of traveling cheaply with plenty of tips and (more…)
Frommer’s San Francisco Free & Dirt Cheap (Frommer’s Free & Dirt Cheap) (Paperback)
You can leave your heart in San Francisco, but with this guide, you don’t have to leave the contents of your wallet! Perfect for residents and visitors alike, this outspoken guide is packed with free and dirt-cheap ways to get the most out of San Francisco without opening your Golden Gates…from food, drinks, and entertainment to shopping, events, classes, and more.
From the Back CoverThe cheapskate’s way to see the City by the Bay Can you really have a great time in one of the most expensivecities in the world on just a few bucks a day? Yes! And this isthe guidebook that will show you how. Whether you live inSan Francisco or are just visiting, you’ll find everything youneed to live large without spending big—on shopping, food,entertainment, places to stay, and more. You’ll discover 414 great ways to enjoy more for less (or fornothing), including: Free Music: Classical music, jazz quartets, and cutting-edge bands. Free Speech: Class (more…)
Cheap Motels and a Hot Plate: An Economist’s Travelogue (Paperback)
The road trip is a staple of modern American literature. But nowhere in American literature, until now, has a left-wing economist hit the road, observing and interpreting the extraordinary range and spectacle of U.S. life, bringing out its conflicts and contradictions with humor and insight.Disillusioned with academic life after thirty-two years teaching economics, Michael D. Yates took early retirement in 2001, with a pension account that had doubled during the dot.com frenzy of the late 1990s. He and his wife Karen sold their house, got rid of their belongings, and have moved around the country since then, often spending months at a time on the road. Michael and Karen spent the summer of 2001 in Yellowstone National Park, where Michael worked as a hotel front-desk clerk. They moved to Manhattan for a year, where he worked for Monthly Review. From there they went to Portland, Oregon, to explore the Pacific Northwest. After five months of travel in Summer and Fall 2004, they (more…)
Budget Living Home Cheap Home: A Room-by-Room Guide to Great Decorating (Paperback)
From Publishers Weekly
As any reader of Architectural Digest or Interior Design knows, it’s easy to make your home look like a million bucks?if you have a million bucks. But for readers whose budgets tend more toward the Ikea level of home decorating, here are “192 pages of proof that you can live the good life on the cheap.” Reminding readers that style is a matter of “attitude, not price,” Budget Living’s editors give tips for decorating every room of the home, from living rooms to kitchens to bathrooms to home offices, integrating anecdotes from real people who decorated their own homes without going broke. The editors lay out six tenets of low-cost decorating: think creatively, shop at the big chain stores and make their mass-produced items your own, use common items in uncommon places, make things yourself, splurge if you must and, above all, have fun. The book has a magazine-like feel to it, with sidebars, different sized fonts and chatty prose. This format works we (more…)
365 Ways to Live Cheap: Your Everyday Guide to Saving Money (Paperback)
Use cold water for most clothes washing and save up to $63 a year. Minimize your carload and reduce your gas mileage by as much as 5 percent. Invest in a deep freezer and fill it up with meat discounted at 30 percent or more.Take a look at your life and you?ll realize that there?s almost always a way to make do on less. This book offers up a bevy of ways to cut down on costs and still enjoy a satisfying lifestyle in any situation. From practicing good gas conservation habits to learning to love leftovers, this book will help every aspiring penny pincher stop the unnecessary spending and find the fun in frugality!
About the Author
Trent Hamm (Huxley, IA) is the creator of The Simple Dollar (www.thesimpledollar.com), a popular blog on personal finance, frugal lifestyle choices, and do-it-yourself projects. He lives in rural Iowa with his wife and two young children. His writing has appeared on MSN MoneyCentral and in Quill magazine.
What’s Cheap and Free in Cancun and the Yucatan (Paperback)
Cancun is the number one vacation destination in the world. The author lives in Cancun and gives you the real inside secrets to make your vacation more fun and more affordable. This new and innovative travel book is the first travel book to come with an interactive DVD that will teach you how to: Stay at beachfront hotels for 75% less than the big chain hotels, Eat first class meals at local restaurants at a fraction of the name brand hotels. Snorkel for free. Visit the ruins at your own pace, avoid the crowds and spend 50% less than packaged tours. All this and lots more! With more than 300 color photos, maps and charts this book is the only Cancun book you need. It includes the most comprehensive list of Cancun related websites, hotel phone numbers and restaurant reviews of any other Cancun travel book.
About the Author
Brenton S. Mulliner, formerly a yellow pages publisher, has traveled to Europe, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Tahiti, Fij (more…)
Cheap Ways to (Paperback)
Cheap Ways To… isn’t really about being cheap. While recycling is good, this book doesn’t advocate using Wal-Mart bags for your trash cans, using coffee grounds twice, avoiding flushing the toilet or taking advantage of other people’s generosity. The fun, innovative ideas found in Cheap Ways To… are designed to help you make your resources stretch a little further while avoiding, or escaping, the pitfalls of mass consumerism and credit card debt. The book is really about embracing a simpler life and growing in your appreciation of the little things. Get tips on cheap ways to … Travel. Buy a computer. Entertain. Buy a car. Decorate. Plan a wedding. Buy groceries. Have a baby. Find a pet. Get a Master’s degree. Buy clothes. Help the needy. Invest. And many more.
About the Author
Jason Boyett is a writer, musician, and occasional artist whose work has appeared in a variety of print and online publications. He is creative director for a marketing, design, and co (more…)
Discount Airfares : The Insiders’ Guide, How to Save Up to 75% on Airline Tickets 2nd Edition (Paperback)
Review
” The most complete book available on discount airfares, it presents a multitude of approaches…” — The Port Townsend Leader, Nov.18, 1998 George Hobart has created an incredibly useful tool. — Robert F. Kay Hobart has taken an incredibly useful tool DISCOUNT AIRFARES, and in the second edition made it even better. — Rob Kay, author of Lonely Planet Guides to Fiji and Tahiti?If you are willing to do whatever it takes to get the cheapest airfare possible, then you need Discount Airfares. — Garland Reeves, Birmingham News, December 3, 2000?Numerous strategies illustrating how to purchase discounted tickets, find useful Web sites and telephone numbers are given.? — Chattanooga Free Press, December 3, 2000
DISCOUNT AIRFARES is a step-by-step manual that will show you the simple strategies others are using to save hundreds of dollars on every purchase of airline tickets. This is the most comprehensive book ever written explaining airline ticket pri (more…)
Sandra Gustafson’s Cheap Sleeps in Spain: A Traveler’s Guide to the Best-Kept Secrets (Paperback)
More and more quality-conscious travelers are choosing Spain as a destination for living inexpensively and well without compromises. These exciting additions to the Cheap Eats/Sleeps series spotlight three of the best-loved and most popular Spanish travel destinations: cosmopolitan Barcelona; romantic Seville; and the vibrant capital, Madrid. Sandra Gustafson’s lively, detailed personal reviews are just the thing for ending the best paella, most enchanting pensin, or perfect glass of sangria. Including advice on transportation, shopping, reservations, and holidays, these guides are sure to be instant hits with value-minded travelers.
About the Author
Sandra A. Gustafson knows a bargain when she sees one. An intrepid traveler, she is the author of all the Cheap Eats/Sleeps volumes. Home, when she is there, is Southern California.
FLIGHTPATHS: Exposing The Myths About Airlines And Airfares (Paperback)
240 pages.