Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Not Traveling Again What's Your Excuse This Year

Have you not seen the world yet? What's your excuse this summer? If its that you cant get the time off work or you weigh half a ton and you cant fit into an airline seat, then I cant help you. However, if your excuse is, traveling is too expensive, then I have some ideas....

1) Getting rid of your cell phone will save you about $1,000 over the next 2 years. Are you really so important that you need one? (If you're an emergency surgeon, skip to #2)

2) Getting rid of that gym membership you never use will save you at least $500 over the next 2 years. (See: Jog in your neighborhood, invest in some home exercise equipment and/or walk places for a change!) If you take full advantage of your gym membership, skip to #3.

3) Getting rid of your digital television subscription (i.e. DIRECTV) will save you about $1,000 over the next 2 years. Just because you've seen an exotic destination on Survivor, doesn't mean you've been there. C'mon now TV Traveler!

That's $2,500 that you can use to take an amazing trip every other year. To stretch this amount farther you can travel during non-peak times of year and/or fly during the middle of the week.

Say goodbye to meaninglessly yakking on your cell phone about the last Desperate Housewives episode while you're waiting in line for the stair-stepper ... and say hello to a little adventure and sophistication.

Isaac Rau owns and operates several travel and destination sites including http://www.mycheapairfares.com and http://www.cheap-hawaiian-vacations.com, and enjoys administering the occasional swift kick in the arse to Procrati-travelers, TV travelers, and the like.

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