The Economical Excursionists

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Yearly Archives: 2015

Oktoberfest — Oktoberfest Tips and Tricks [This page may contain amazon affiliate links. We at EE thank you for supporting our site so that the mere pennies we make off of such links can eventually add up to buy a beer Maß one day for ourselves at Oktoberfest 🙂 ] Heading to Oktoberfest? Don’t forget to […]

Oktoberfest: Everything you need to know

This entry was posted in Destinations Europe Germany Travel Tips and tagged munich oktoberfest on August 24, 2015 by LeAnna Brown

Maya Bay Sleep Aboard — Living Life Like a Bucket List; Maya Bay Sleep Aboard Have you ever crossed a milestone in a new career that you have just been so stoked about!? When starting this blog a few months ago, I set a few “career” goals, one of them to start guest blogging […]

Maya Bay Sleep Aboard; Our First Guest Post

This entry was posted in Asia Destinations Thailand and tagged koh phi phi maya bay thailand on August 21, 2015 by LeAnna Brown

How to use credit card points for free travel — Understanding The Points Game in Travel Hacking Ever wanted to fly halfway across the world on a once in a life-time trip but just “couldn’t afford it?” You’ve tried saving for travel, but that only got you so far. Then you read my Travel Hackers for Beginners and […]

Travel Hacking for Beginners: What’s the point?

This entry was posted in Travel Hacking and tagged amex chase citi points travel hack on August 17, 2015 by LeAnna Brown

I’m convinced that in a past life I was a tropical fish and in another I was an alpine cow. Yes, a cow. The fish may make more sense considering I am at home in and near the water, but the cow part may take more explaining. Ever since I […]

Almabtrieb

This entry was posted in Austria Europe Germany and tagged almabtrieb on August 13, 2015 by LeAnna Brown

I have always had a strange infatuation for fireworks. I love the sound and smell as well as the overall feeling that you get when seeing such big, bright colors illuminate the sky. Therefore, we purposefully planned New Years Eve in Hong Kong. We had read about the magnificent […]

New Years Eve in Hong Kong; Not the celebration I ...

This entry was posted in Hong Kong on July 28, 2015 by LeAnna Brown

elefantastic — I had always had this vision of riding an elephant through an Asian jungle. Why? I don’t know, but I’m clearly not the only one. There are hundreds of tourist attractions throughout Asia that advertise spending time with the gentle giants, helping to care for them and learning about their […]

Elefantastic

This entry was posted in Asia India Personal Travel Adventures Top Travels Travel Tips and tagged jaipur on July 27, 2015 by LeAnna Brown