Weโre a married, age-gap couple with a passion for exploring the U.S., one road trip at a time! Our travels focus on national parks, scenic drives, and hidden gems, with detailed itineraries to help you plan your own adventures. While we cover destinations across the country, we have a special love for Southern California, Las Vegas, Florida, and our current home baseโDayton, Ohio.With a background in hospitality and tourism management (B.A. & M.S.) and experience in hotels, theme parks, guided vacation sales, and special events, we bring both industry expertise and firsthand travel experience to our content.Follow along as we uncover the best weekend getaways, off-the-beaten-path spots, and foodie finds across the U.S.!
Discount Travel Secret: A few budget trip ideas from around the U.S.
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Discount Travel Secrets Hi Reader, Have you started going to any America250 events yet? We went to a Revolutionary War festival with demonstrations and re-enactments in Washington Court House, Ohio yesterday (kind of like Colonial Williamsburg), and I'm excited to find even more local events to attend this Summer. Have you heard about the the Great American State Fair on the National Mall in DC? It's set for June 25 - July 10 and the best part is that admission is free! But now onto this week's email: This weekโs reads are a nice little mix across the US, with Arizona, Nevada, Missouri, and Florida all in here. ๐ข ๐๏ธ Attractions ๐ข ๐๏ธ๐จโบ๏ธ Lodging ๐จ โบ๏ธ๐ฝ๏ธ Dining ๐ฝ๏ธ๐ โ๏ธ Transportation ๐ โ๏ธSee you next week, Eva and JP ๐ P.S. Ready to plan your next trip? Find some of our favorite travel-related resources below. Follow us on Social Media! ๐ |
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Weโre a married, age-gap couple with a passion for exploring the U.S., one road trip at a time! Our travels focus on national parks, scenic drives, and hidden gems, with detailed itineraries to help you plan your own adventures. While we cover destinations across the country, we have a special love for Southern California, Las Vegas, Florida, and our current home baseโDayton, Ohio.With a background in hospitality and tourism management (B.A. & M.S.) and experience in hotels, theme parks, guided vacation sales, and special events, we bring both industry expertise and firsthand travel experience to our content.Follow along as we uncover the best weekend getaways, off-the-beaten-path spots, and foodie finds across the U.S.!
Discount Travel Secrets: Self Guided Audio Driving Tours Hi Reader, One of my favorite things to book for road trips lately has been self guided audio driving tours. Not regular tours where you have to show up at a certain time and follow a giant group around. These are the kind you download on your phone and do completely at your own pace while driving. They make road trips SO much more interesting. We first started using them in Maui because thereโs so many stops along the Road to Hana, the...
Discount Travel Secrets: Save On A Florida Vacation Hi Reader, I just spent 2 weeks in Florida and my grand total of spending was $389.78! Here's the breakdown by sector of the tourism industry: Transportation = $190.42 I drove my own car, so no rental costs or airfare costs I spent $190.42 on gas and drove about 2,500 miles round trip Toll expenses are still TBD I did get an oil change before the trip, which was like $70, but that's something I would have had to regardless, so I don't...
Discount Travel Secret: New and Updated Blog Posts! Hi Reader, I have been VERY busy overhauling our website this year, so this week I wanted to share our blog posts that got major overhauls since I last sent an update at the end of March! For the future, I'm thinking of sending updates every 6-8 weeks or so in larger batches like this to share these posts, so we can stick to the traditional Discount Travel Secrets structure more frequently. So to start off, here are 2 BRAND NEW blog posts...