Ten Destinations Where Your Dollar Will Go Far

Lisbon, Portugal

What $20 Will Buy: A Lisboa card provides use of nearly all public transportation and discounts on some tours and admission to museums and monuments.Why It's Hot: It's affordable, charming, sophisticated and near the beach.When To Find Deals: September and October, when four-star hotels in central Lisbon generally go for $100 per night and round-trip airfare from Chicago starts at $800.Top Bargains: At the Instituto do Vinho do Porto (Port Wine Institute), you can try more than 300 vintages of the country's signature liquor. Tasting prices start at 1 euro.

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Travel Well on the Weak Dollar

Tim Leffel (author of Make Your Travel Dollars Worth a Fortune), skipped London and Lisbon this summer, and instead, took his wife and daughter on a two-week trip to Guatemala. There, they stayed in a "gorgeous" hotel with a panoramic view of a volcanic lake for $60 a night. With a bit of planning and research, you too can maximize the worth of the dollar and enjoy an affordable international vacation.

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Off Season Travel In Europe - Tips and Tools for Off-Season Vacations

By James Martin

Travel Cheap - Enjoy Europe's Culture - Go in the Off-Season

You'll hear seasoned travelers extolling the virtues of September-May off-season travel so often you probably know them by heart: fewer tourists, greater cultural options and mingling opportunities with the locals, more relaxed atmosphere, cheaper airfares and hotel rates, and the lack of that summer swelter. But there's a reason folks travel in high season in Europe: it seldom rains, there's maximum daylight, it's easy packing light, and there are abundant tourist resources. But off-season travel still aces out high-season travel in my book, because all those problems with off-season travel can be overcome with a few tricks seasoned travelers call upon to make their vacations meaningful and fun. Read on.

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