Stretching your travel dollars


Don't let your dollars weigh you down on your travels. Here are some hints and tips for stretching your budget, whether you go domestic or international.

MORE FOR YOUR MONEY | PARIS
By Susan Spano
The euro's up, the dollar's down, what's a tourist to do? Do this: Go, enjoy the City of Light and follow these tips.
April 27, 2008

MORE FOR YOUR MONEY
By Jane Engle
This is a story about two retirees who bought $753 round-trip tickets to Europe and wound up paying nearly $10,000.
March 30, 2008

MORE FOR YOUR MONEY
By Jane Engle
If you're smart, you can find bargains, an expert says.
March 9, 2008

SOURCEBOOK 2008
By Christopher Reynolds
What's the catch to using debit and credit cards in foreign countries?
February 3, 2008

MORE FOR YOUR MONEY
By Jane Engle
Americans visiting London these days may feel as destitute as the young Oliver Twist. And with $400-a-night hotel bills, $80 cab rides and $8 Tube tickets, they won't need Fagin's band of pickpockets to empty their wallets.
December 30, 2007

WORLD TRAVEL
By Jason La
Its value has declined in some places, but in these interesting nations the dollar can still stake you to a great vacation.
December 2, 2007

TRAVEL INSIDER
By Jane Engle
Here's a topic that inspires fear, loathing -- and boredom.
November 11, 2007

MORE FOR YOUR MONEY
By Jane Engle
Fliers, get ready for the cashless cabin, where you need a credit or debit card to buy food, drinks, headsets and anything else onboard. No currency needed -- or wanted.
October 7, 2007

MORE FOR YOUR MONEY
By Diana Dawson
Before 21-year-old Neel Bhuta spent a semester abroad last year, the New York University economics and history major carefully studied the cost of a beer abroad.
September 16, 2007

MORE FOR YOUR MONEY
By Ann Brenoff
An Upper West Side hotel offers amenities outdoors and in.
August 19, 2007

MORE FOR YOUR MONEY
By Jane Engle
The sun has set on fare discounts for hundreds of thousands of senior fliers. Blame airline cutbacks.
July 29, 2007

MORE FOR YOUR MONEY
By James Gilden
You know those frequent-flier miles you worked so hard to accumulate? If you're not vigilant, you'll be kissing your hard-earned miles goodbye by year's end.
July 22, 2007

MORE FOR YOUR MONEY | TIPPING | FOREIGN TRAVEL
By Rosemary McClure
Over-tipping — or tipping at all — is bad form in some countries.
May 20, 2007