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How We Saved $6,500 in Travel for 2016
A small summary of how much we saved on travel for 2016. This gives you a view of how much we have spent, and the destinations we've been to.
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A budget trip to New York City
New York is an expensive city to live and visit – with higher tax rates, limited space, and millions of tourists converging to the Big City, there’s only so much resources and space to share. However, in this article, we try to give you tips on how to survive New York City on a budget by breaking down our costs so you may replicate our travels as well! A Budget Trip to New York City The back story: One of my friends (and old roommate) moved to the Big Apple last year, so we find ourselves going there to visit for a couple of days just to see her &…
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First Impressions of Alaska
Greetings! This is the first of our (hopefully) many blogs about Alaska. aptly titled our First Impressions of Alaska. Below are some links that may interest you if you want to read more about Alaska. Just a note: all these photos (including the wildlife ones) are taken by either me or Ruby. Some of them look like they are close encounters with wildlife, and trust us, they are close encounters. You can also read about how we fund and afford our travels, or about travel hacking, which was how we scored our airline tickets to Alaska in the first place. If you have any other questions, feel free to leave…
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Three Faces of Canada: Niagara Falls, Toronto, and Vancouver
Oh, Canada! The first thing I think of when I imagine Canada is the vastness of it. It’s the second biggest country in the world by total area, behind only Russia. If you wanted to drive across the whole of Canada, it would take you 2 full weeks! I also think of hockey rinks, maple syrup, moose, Arcade Fire, and bears. And also a weird accent which seems to hook words and twist them (how about becomes ah-boot). In truth, Canada is very urbanized, since more than 80% of people live in big cities. We recently had a chance to visit two of the three biggest states in Canada: British…
