The biggest expenses are airfare, lodging, and tours. Here are three ways you can do these fairly cheap… Find cheap airfare using strategies found in Chapter Four of THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CHEAP TRAVEL. Or you can simply go to sites, such as www.Hotwire.com and www.AirFastTickets.com. Find cheap lodging. You can refer to Chapter Five of my cheap travel book or… Read More
FREE ADMISSION TO AMERICA’S NATIONAL PARKS
National Park Week Photo by Sarah Evans Start making your plans now! Looking for something fun and fantastic to do with family and friends? Head out to America’s national parks where millions of stars light up the dark night sky, deer and antelope (and a few other critters!) play on the wide open range, and history is… Read More
Three FREE Trips
As some of you are aware, I have been traveling from March – June. Most of this travel has been work-related (but I’ve managed to have some fun too). Rest assured, now that I’m back in the office and summer vacations are uppermost on everyone’s mind, I will be posting lots of good travel information. I would like to start… Read More
Watch Out For These Hidden Fees When Booking Your Summer Vacation
The good news is that the economy has improved. The bad news is that travel deals will not be as plentiful now that things are better. But you can still save money on your summer vacation if you’re savvy. The best thing to do is to draw up a budget so that you know what you can afford to spend… Read More
Three Ways to Save $$$ at the Kentucky Derby
It’s Derby time! Are you planning on attending the 139th Kentucky Derby on Saturday, May 4th? If so, here are a few tips: 1. Don’t fly. It’s too late to snag a good fare and Louisville is a day’s drive from most U.S. cities. 2. Don’t stay in Louisville. It’s too late to score a hotel room anyway. But if… Read More
FREE TRAVEL
Travel is great, but can anything beat FREE travel? Here are two contests that reward winners with great trips… If you enter Virginia’s Family Fun Sweepstakes, the package includes hotel accommodations, airfare, rental car, seven-day pass to area attractions (such as Busch Gardens and Colonial Williamsburg) and more for a family of four! This prize package is valued at… Read More

Terrance Zepke studied Journalism at the University of Tennessee and later received a Master's Degree in Mass Communications from the University of South Carolina. She has studied Parapsychology at the renowned Rhine Research Center. She began her career as a freelance writer and photographer, ...