Jul 5, 2007
Continuing: the 10 Commandments of Smart Travel (part II of a III-part series)
We named the first three commandments earlier this week and have four more today:
4) As a tourist, eat one meal a day picnic-style. Pick up bread, paté, cheese, wine from the foreign equivalent of a delicatessen, or at the grocery section of a department store, and consume them on a park bench, alongside a river, or even in your hotel room. You'll save money and eat healthily at the same time.
5) When eating at restaurants abroad, split, share and divide with your travel companion. When two of you dine, order one appetizer, one main course, and then split those dishes between you; you'll still send uneaten food back to the kitchen, and you'll save 50%.
6) Never judge a hotel by its facade. Some of the best lodgings values are in period buildings centuries old. Don't be deterred by the lack of an impressive lobby. Go upstairs and inspect the rooms.
7) Visiting any large city, make a point of learning to use inexpensive public transportation. Sample the neighborhoods. You'll not only save money; you'll discover how people there live.
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4) As a tourist, eat one meal a day picnic-style. Pick up bread, paté, cheese, wine from the foreign equivalent of a delicatessen, or at the grocery section of a department store, and consume them on a park bench, alongside a river, or even in your hotel room. You'll save money and eat healthily at the same time.
5) When eating at restaurants abroad, split, share and divide with your travel companion. When two of you dine, order one appetizer, one main course, and then split those dishes between you; you'll still send uneaten food back to the kitchen, and you'll save 50%.
6) Never judge a hotel by its facade. Some of the best lodgings values are in period buildings centuries old. Don't be deterred by the lack of an impressive lobby. Go upstairs and inspect the rooms.
7) Visiting any large city, make a point of learning to use inexpensive public transportation. Sample the neighborhoods. You'll not only save money; you'll discover how people there live.
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