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Palo Alto : Travelers’ Tales, c2006.
Call No.: 910.4 LEF
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We often have that nagging feeling after traveling to a popular destination that we can get more mileage out of our dollars if only we stayed at less ‘touristy’ places or dined where the locals do. Now in his latest book, Make Your Travel Dollars Worth a Fortune: The Contrarian Traveller’s Guide to Getting More For Less, value travel expert, Tim Leffel shares how he and his family can travel around the world at a fraction of the cost.

He shares his tips through two families, the Smiths & the Jones. One travels to popular destinations at the most popular time aka, peak seasons and pays more. While the Jones family plans their family vacations in such a way as to avoid the crowds and saves a bundle while getting more value for their travel dollars.

One drawback of the book though is that it does not provide enough information as to when is the peak and low seasons to travel to certain destinations. Most of the information is helpful for people planning trips from North America as most of the bargain websites cited are deals that are probably cheaper if booked in the U.S.

He also shares many resources, both online and in books and magazines how one can save almost 70% in tour costs, how to save more than 50% off hotels and to find souvenirs for less. A good book for travel buffs as the author also shares ideas for finding deals for travels that are often not found on popular guidebooks and websites.

Tim Leffel is also the writer of the book: The World’s Cheapest Destinations.

Contributed by Penny Chow

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