Until recently, my air travel booking “strategies” were limited to: 1) searching with flexible travel dates; and 2) booking early. I didn’t expend much energy and always wondered if I was paying too much. That all changed a few months ago when I sat down with the calendar and realized that we’d planned 6 trips…
If you’re headed to Ireland and hoping to visit castles, abbeys, cathedrals, forts, gaols, or other historic spots, spend a few minutes browsing the Heritage Ireland website. It’s brimming with information to help you find fascinating historic sites, build out your travel itinerary region by region, and quite possibly save a bunch of money on…
About three weeks ago I wrote about how we plan to handle spending in Ireland. Now that we are over two weeks into our trip and have traveled in both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, I can update you on how things have worked so far. Cash is still king here. We’ve been…
I think there are two kinds of people when it comes to spending money in a foreign country: those who don’t think twice about what card to use or how to exchange money, and those who constantly fret that they are messing things up and getting screwed over by the banks. I tend towards the…