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Planning Tools and Strategies for Budget Travel

The Internet provides tools travelers in previous decades could only imagine. You can access guidebooks and magazines, language translators and calculators, even help with packing! We also show you where to find senior adult deals, budget travel clubs and coupons.
Book Review: The Europe Book by Lonely Planet
Lonely Planet presents The Europe Book, a travel guide to 52 nations within Europe. Budget travelers can preview countries and sites they want to visit and plan budget travel accordingly.
Book Review: Night + Day Series
The Night+Day series is a directory of the best urban attractions, nightlife, restaurants and hotels for the world's trendiest cities.
Xe.com: The Basics
International travelers must stay current on exchange rates to be certain they are getting the best values. This look at xe.com shows how an Internet travel tool can help budget travelers plan to save money by knowing up-to-the-minute financial information that can be used in bookings and other buying decisions.
Kango: Search for Value and Low Price
The lowest-price ticket or room isn't always the best budget travel buy. You must search for value and get more for your money when you travel. Kango is a new aggregator of travel information that will help you make better budget travel decisions.
Back to School Travel Bargains
When school opens, so do some excellent travel bargains in places like Florida, the Caribbean, national parks and Europe.
Book Review: Deals You Can't Get Unless You're Over 50
Unbelievably good deals and great adventures that you absolutely can't get unless you're over 50 is a long title for a book, but it describes a guide that is needed for budget travelers who want to take advantage of age-based discounts. Joan Rattner Heilman provides details for senior deals on airfares, hotels, trains, car rentals and other travel products.
Book Review: How to Europe
For the first-time budget visitor to Europe, there might not be a more complete handbook on the market. You might think you're ready for your trip, but John Bermont will show you what real preparation is all about.
Book Review: How to Travel Practically Anywhere
Billed as a manual for shaping smart travel decisions, this book is packed with practical, easy-to-read strategies for planning, booking and navigating your trip.
Book Review: Make your Travel Dollars Worth a Fortune
Tim Leffel advocates what he calls a contrarian approach to travel. He looks for the tourist crowds, then avoids where they eat or sleep. The result is a more memorable--and economical--way to see the world. Budget travelers find the best deals when they look in the right places.
Book review: The World's Cheapest Destinations
Tim Leffel outlines a strategy that is all but lost on most travelers: find an inexpensive destination, and your other money-saving plans become effortless.
Budget Travel Book
You know that frequent flier miles lead to free trips. But how good are you at managing and maximizing those miles? David Crandall shows you how to earn free airfares and cut travel expenses in his book "Fly Free: As Easy as 1-2-3."
Guide Review: Budget Travel Book
Readers searching for discount airfares and last minute flights should also take notice of another potential expense in travel: lost luggage. Find a strategy for minimizing the risk of lost luggage in the airport and save on travel.

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