We see these types of promotions all the time: One time only sale! Make your dreams come true now! Travel for free! Short marketing statements that almost seem to good to be true. Most often times, they are. But let me tell you why the Paradise Pack is different. What is the Paradise Pack? In...

Whenever someone has no frequent flier miles, no ability to get travel-rewards cards, and really wants a cheap domestic flight, I always send them to Kayak. Kayak.com is a popular travel search aggregator that scans all the other travel search aggregators and shows you the cheapest rates it finds. It does all the comparison work...

It is odd to realize that a luxury hotel can be the means for budget travel, and therefore, sustainable travel for my husband and I. But strange as it sounds, we have found this to be the case. For instance when we arrived in Venice a few weeks ago and needed a place to stay,...

When we think of a "travel hacker," the instant image that springs to mind is Ryan Bingham, the corporate road warrior memorably portrayed by George Clooney in the film "Up in the Air." Can young people get in on the frequent-flyer game? Yes, says Hao Tran, a college student featured in the Million Mile Secrets...

Business travelers, also known as "road warriors," are some of the most experienced trip hackers around. Although here at Vagabonding we espouse slower wandering, these hard-core types have streamlined the process to a science. Their advice appeared in this New York Times article: How the tough get going: Silicon Valley travel tips . Prominently featured...