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
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.
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This is a story about two retirees who bought $753 round-trip tickets to Europe and wound up paying nearly $10,000.
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If you're smart, you can find bargains, an expert says.
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What's the catch to using debit and credit cards in foreign countries?
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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.
WORLD TRAVEL
Its value has declined in some places, but in these interesting nations the dollar can still stake you to a great vacation.
TRAVEL INSIDER
Here's a topic that inspires fear, loathing -- and boredom.
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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.
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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.
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An Upper West Side hotel offers amenities outdoors and in.
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The sun has set on fare discounts for hundreds of thousands of senior fliers. Blame airline cutbacks.
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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.
MORE FOR YOUR MONEY | TIPPING | FOREIGN TRAVEL
Over-tipping or tipping at all is bad form in some countries.
