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trip. Don't overlook the obvious fact that using restaurant.com in your own home town is a good way to save for vacation year-round basis.

3)Next, check your local public library's website to learn whether it offers a museum pass program for library card holders. These programs, which are quickly growing in popularity, permit you to borrow passes for free or deeply discounted admission to attractions of all sorts in your area. Passes are usually lent for one to three days only and often cover admission for groups of four or more people.

3)Finally, should you decide to venture more than a day's ride away from home based on restaurant and gas savings, you will want to shop wisely for lodging. Here, again, by combining the services of two great websites, you should be able to secure great accomodations for a mere fraction of the rack rate. First, go to Biddingfortravel.com to see what people are paying, through Priceline for hotels at various star ratings in your destination city. At that site, individuals post what bid amounts were accepted by Priceline for hotels in a particular city, and which hotel accepted the bid. Armed with the substantial information you will find there including hotel lists and corresponding reviews for your destination city, you can bid as an educated consumer on Priceline. By following this simple one-two strategy, it is often possible to secure great hotel reservations for far less than half of the price advertised on Orbitz, Expedia, Travelzoo, Hotwire, and even Priceline, itself. Depending on the destination, it is not at all unusual to be able to purchase a hotel room for $60 which is advertized on Orbitz or other discount travel sites for $189 for the same dates of travel. What's more, using BiddingForTravel helps eliminate some of the uncertainty as to exactly which hotels are participating in the Priceline program.

With just a little saavy planning, the cost of a first class family vacation can suddenly seem perfectly within reach, so happy surfing and bon voyage!

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