Travel Rivals

While the USA, UK, and other countries set new records for daily Covid-19 cases and deaths, the situation in Africa is still looking relatively positive. If you have an African wildlife safari on your bucket list for the future, you might be able to make that happen sooner than a …

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Which are the best cheap hotel chains in the USA? According to the most reputable consumer satisfaction survey out there, it would be Drury Hotels, Tru by Hilton, and SureStay Hotel by Best Western in the three lowest-priced tiers. It was a close race in some of the categories though, …

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Friends asked me throughout 2020, “When will you return to Europe?” My answer last March and April was, “Who the heck knows?” But now, as we’ve said goodbye to that ridiculously challenging year and hello to 2021, my answer has changed to, “hopefully Autumn.” Do I have a direct line …

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  What articles on cheap travel places, budget travel tips, and living abroad were you checking out the past 12 months? In a normal year, the most popular posts on this Cheapest Destinations Blog are a healthy mix of traveling well on a budget, lessons learned from traveling internationally, and …

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  At the end of the year, we usually take stock, set some goals, and maybe make some new year’s resolutions. After the god-awful year we experienced in 2020 when our movements were so confined, many people want to travel more in 2021. If you’re one of them, you should …

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  Each year I do an updated rundown of the cheapest places to live in the world. If you move abroad from a country like Canada, USA, UK, or Australia to any of them on this list, you should be able to cut your expenses in half at the very …

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  In a normal year, this time on the calendar brings lots of articles about holiday travel: we read about packed airports, expensive flights, weather delays, and other tales of woe. This is not a normal year, however, so holiday travel safety tips take on a whole new dimension.  The …

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The November issue of Perceptive Travel is out and one of the stories is from me. It’s about my first visit to Machu Picchu in 2005, back before the “wonders of the world” designations, before Instagram, before the rush of the crowds to come. We didn’t have the place completely …

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