My Two Dollars » travel http://www.mytwodollars.com A place to discuss money...for the rest of us. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:15:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Free iPhone & Android Apps to Save on Airfare, Hotels & Car Rentalshttp://www.mytwodollars.com/2011/04/16/free-mobile-apps-save-airfare-hotels-car-rentals/ http://www.mytwodollars.com/2011/04/16/free-mobile-apps-save-airfare-hotels-car-rentals/#comments Sat, 16 Apr 2011 16:00:06 +0000 David http://www.mytwodollars.com/?p=2694 Everyone likes to travel, right? Judging by how much of the year I am on the road and how full the airports are, people are always looking to jet off somewhere for a little R&R. However, travel costs a lot of money right now because of the economy and how expensive gasoline is, so we [...]

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No related posts.]]> http://www.mytwodollars.com/2009/05/12/new-passport-requirements-as-of-june-1-2009/feed/ 6 Save Yourself Money & Headaches On Travel During The Holiday Season.http://www.mytwodollars.com/2008/10/30/save-money-on-holiday-travel/ http://www.mytwodollars.com/2008/10/30/save-money-on-holiday-travel/#comments Thu, 30 Oct 2008 13:00:46 +0000 David http://www.mytwodollars.com/?p=1743 It’s that getting to be that time again – time to fill up the highways, airports, and railways with people on their way to visit relatives for the holidays. photo credit: lunchtimemama We are taking Amtrak across country again like we did last year (this time to Boston though) and we booked our tickets about [...]

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