Saving On Hotels and Other Vacation Expenses

Do you have any tips about how to save on hotels when traveling?

We were considering making a trip to Florida from Kansas. As we were trying to figure out what it would cost we discovered, with our family of six, that we would have to have two hotel rooms for our family, which would significantly increase the cost. As we were checking rates, almost every hotel said that we could legally only have four people per room. The only exceptions were for large suites which would be even more expensive.

 We’ve also been trying to decide whether it would be better to drive or fly if we go.  It looks like no matter how we figure it, driving is less expensive, would allow us to stop at a couple places along the way and would save us from having to rent a car when we get there. Most of our vacations since we’ve had kids have been trips to visit family that live one day away, so this is new to us!

If you have any good tips about how to save when traveling, post them in the comments section below!

Tawra