Budget Travel for Dummies
Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- About This Book -- Foolish Assumptions -- Icons Used in This Book -- Beyond the Book -- Where to Go from Here -- Chapter 1 Wanting to Travel at Any Cost -- Ditching the Notion That Travel Has to Be Expensive -- Deciding Where to Go -- What kind of experience are you looking for? -- Ideas for first-time travelers -- Don't try to do everything at once -- Focusing on Less So You Can Enjoy More -- The challenge of planning to do less -- How to narrow your focus (one city, not five) -- Travel days eat into your adventure -- Budget Travel that Doesn't Feel Like Budget Travel -- Chapter 2 A Fist Full of Dollars (And Euros and Yen) -- What's a Realistic Travel Budget? -- Travel can be more affordable than you think -- Why 50 a day is a great place to start your budget -- Accommodations -- Food -- The rest -- Airfare considerations -- Unexpected costs -- Saving for Travel -- Saving money now saves stress later -- Automatic savings -- Choosing travel over other things -- Living cheaply so you can travel -- Cash? Credit? Both? -- The pros and cons of cash -- Spotting scam ATMs -- The pros and cons of credit -- Using credit cards that don't charge foreign transaction fees -- The insidious charge option that steals your money -- Some cards are bad for travel -- Unforeseen fees can eat into your budget -- The convenience and safety of using your phone instead -- Protecting Yourself and Your Belongings with Insurance -- The necessity of insurance (personal experience) -- Don't assume your current health insurance covers you -- What travel insurance covers, and what it doesn't -- Chapter 3 Plan Less for More Fun -- Planning Less Reduces Stress -- I used to be an extensive planner and I was wrong -- How planning less actually reduces stress -- Trading current stress for future stress.