At the San Diego Travel and Adventure Show @travadventure this weekend, I got a chance to talk with Unhooknow.com Wayne Dunlap. Wayne is one of the top travel bloggers in the country. So I was super excited to hear his tips for budget travel.
Wayne's top tip for cruises is to check out vacationstogo.com. According to Wayne, cruise companies know which weeks do not sell well and they make incredible deals with third-party companies to fill the ships.
I entered February 2020 3-6 night cruises and here's what it pulled up. Some nice bargains.
In fact, I did another search for longer cruises and I found a 30 day cruise that was cheaper than staying home! Wayne said he had been on a few of these cruises and they were great. He recommended repositioning cruises if you have the time. Other top tips from Wayne:
- follow the disaster - this sounds predatory, but think about it. If a natural disaster hits an area, tourism will drop. In order to bring the tourists back, there will be lots of deals. We booked a trip to Cabo San Lucas during the swine flu scare a few years back. Even though our trip was planned for months later, we got a great deal because tourism had dropped.
- travel during shoulder season - you can google "what is shoulder season for a certain country". This is the season that the weather is nice, but the crowds are less. If you have the time or toddlers, this is by far the best time to travel. I just went to London in October, weather was awesome, flights were cheap and no crowds.
Next blog post, I'll share some of Wayne's favorite websites for budget travel.
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