Bargain Travel Destinations
10 great places for travel bargains in 2011
Bargain travel destinations still exist, if you know how to identify them. USA Today suggests focusing on countries in the news, like Greece and Vietnam, that often scare off would-be tourists because of economic or political problems. As a result, good deals await the less risk-averse among us.
"Even if your budget is stretched, 2011 can still be a year of travel. It's just a matter of choosing the right place.Tim Leffel, author of The World's Cheapest Destinations: 21 Countries Where Your Money Is Worth a Fortune ($14.95, Booklocker.com Inc.), says when problems put a nation in the headlines, tourists often shun the whole region -- even when it's perfectly safe. "You can get a deal of a lifetime," he says..."
