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Inexpensive travel can be accomplished in two basic ways. First, get the best deals on the specific things you want. This approach is very limited though.

For example, if you find the lowest price on the best hotel in Honolulu at the height of the season, you’ll save money, but still have a very expensive room.The other approach to inexpensive travel is to be an opportunist. This may be difficult for some, and entirely unacceptable to others. Nonetheless, the travelers who get to travel the most, learn the most and do the most, are the opportunists.

Can you drink rum at a dollar per bottle, instead of your favorite beer? Can you eat chicken instead of steak? How about visiting the free sights first, and dancing in the street festival instead of the disco?

As an opportunistic traveler you’ll have more fun, and almost everything you want - eventually. Just stop trying to get exactly what you want exactly when you want it.

There are many things to learn about how to travel cheaply. Good information can save a lot of money. A flexible, open approach, however, is the real key to cheap travel.

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