Travel Tips Inspired Weekend Reads

I’m REALLY excited about today’s post.  It’s a travel tips inspired weekend reads, where I’m sharing all of my tips and tricks for traveling on a budget.

I saw the movie, “Where’d You Go Bernadette” this week.  And for one, it really made me want to go to Antartica.  But it also got me thinking about what it means to get out of your own world and all its ruts, and explore and expand yourself.  That’s what I love most about travel.

I’m fortunate now to have the time and money to do so a few times a year.  And a lot of people think it’s out of reach, but I’m here to tell you it isn’t.  It’s amazing what you can do on a budget!

Even when I was making under $20k a year and burdened with loads of student loans, it was always something I tried to make space for in my life, even if it meant a road trip to a neighboring city instead of taking an international flight.

When it comes to saving, it’s out of sight, out of mind for me.

When I first graduated, I opened a totally different savings account and automatically routed a little bit of my paycheck in every pay period.  I didn’t even keep the card in my wallet.  Sometimes it was as little as $40 a month, but you’d be surprised at how quickly this adds up over time.

Another one of my favorite travel tips is using SkyScanner.  This site allows you to put in a home airport and the month you’re looking to go, and it searches the entire world for what’s cheapest and when.  This is great if you’re not tied to a particular destination.  We did this to decide on a trip to the Dominican Republic years ago.

I also love Scott’s Cheap Flights, which is an email service you can sign up for that sends you daily cheap flights from your selected airports.  I usually put in Portland, Seattle and San Francisco, since it’s reasonably cheap to get to the other airports.  Today’s email told me that I can get to a ton of different cities in Europe from Seattle in the months of October to April for around $492.

Don’t forget to sign up for airline and hotel rewards programs; that stuff SERIOUSLY adds up.  And if you have a travel points credit card, even better.  We flew to the Maldives and back in first class on our honeymoon for a ton of miles and a few hundred dollars; a ONE-WAY ticket in first class normally costs about $20,000.

More on that in a future post!

Bucket List Places

– Mallorca

– Bali

– Giraffe Manor in Africa

– everywhere in South America

-Vietnam

Favorite Places

–Maldives

-London

-anywhere in Italy

-Chiang Mai, Thailand

-Barcelona

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Ideas on how to save money for a year of travel.

Looking for more unexpected trip ideas?  Check out this list from Damsel in Dior.  We’re considering going to Argentina next year.

Dreamy vacay destinations right here in the good ol’ U S of A!

London is my favorite city in the world.  Five of the most Instagrammable brunch spots.

Andddd how to take better travel photos.

Travel outfit inspiration!  When in doubt, I love a sweatsuit.

Best beauty products and how to pack them from nine beauty editors.

Dream travel luggage: everything at Paravel.

Blonde Atlas is a travel blogger that I really enjoy following.  An inside peek on how to travel full-time.  I WISH!

Cozy Airbnbs to escape to this fall…send me recommendations if you have any good ones in the PNW.

A less cozy read with Airbnb…why you shouldn’t use the wifi…according to a hacker.

We often run into this problem since the MLS offseason is late fall-winter, but here’s a list of where to go for a warm weather vacation in October.  And other suggestions for the fall.

Can’t miss sights and sips on the Amalfi coast.

One of my favorite travel tips if you’re headed to Italy!

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Weekend Sales | 8-8

Abercrombie: Take 30% off your purchase of $150 or more, 20% off $100, 10% off $50 and free shipping over $75.

American Eagle:  Take 25% off your purchase.

Aerie:  40% off sweaters, joggers and leggings.

Anthropologie: Extra 30% off sale items.

Bauble Bar: Take 15% off full priced items with code SUNSHINE.

DSW:  $10 off $49, $20 off $99, $60 off $199 with code FEELINGFINE.

Express:  50% off summer essentials.

J. Crew: Take an extra 50% off sale styles with code WEARNOW.

J.Crew Factory: Take 20% off your purchase of $100 or more with code REWARDSPERK for J.Crew Rewards Members (free to sign up!).

Loft: Take 60% off select full priced styles.

Madewell: Up to 75% off sale styles with code SEEYA.

Sephora:  Summer Bonus Sale.  VIB members get 15% off, ROUGE get 20% off with code SUMMERSAVE

 

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