Category Travel Tips

Travel Budget China: Will Your Visit Leave You in the Red?

Watch out if you're visiting China in summer! We were there in July and August, just in time for all the university students and families to snatch up the budget-priced seats on the trains. We were stranded on several occasions without any option of where to go. In one case, we ended up having to buy an airline ticket rather than lose more days when we were more than ready to move on. This obviously increased spending in the overall "Transportation" category.

Travel Budget Japan

In the case of Japan, the rumors are true: it can be VERY expensive. If you've got hotel reward points or friends/family to crash with, this is the place to use them! In our month in Japan we used some cost-saving methods to make our trip more economical. See below for details.

Bon Voyage

We are sitting in the international terminal at LAX. Off again. The past few days were a whirlwind of mental checklists: travel insurance, notifying credit card companies of travel plans so the fraud department doesn’t block the account, paying bills,…

Relaunch

It’s been too long since we’ve posted regularly, and hopefully that’s about to change. Part of the silence has been due to the fervent planning and plotting that’s been going on for the past month or two since our contract…

Proposed Routing

Since the year-long Coke Zero tour ended a couple of weeks ago, we’ve spent lots of time contemplating what’s next.   Inevitably, between the snow and the lack of income, our thoughts quickly turn to travel.   Below is a map…