The Economical Excursionists

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LeAnna Brown

About LeAnna Brown

Former teacher turned blogger turned mom turned full time travel addict, LeAnna has never been one to live life by the rules. Whether she is moving to a farm in Switzerland to learn to make cheese (Yes, CHEESE), jumping off a mountain to paraglide over Cinderella castles, or taking her baby all over the world with nothing but a backpack on their backs, LeAnna designs and defines her OWN life. LeAnna, her husband Andy, and kiddo, "Lil B" love to live a minimal lifestyle, not only for the "thrill" of pinching pennies but in order to save for traveling the world. Considering over 40 countries and 90+ cities have been explored, we'd say they are doing something right!

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

I like to say that I go with the flow and am footloose and fancy free, but the truth of the matter is that when it comes to trip planning, I like things to be figured out beforehand. Now, I don’t tend to be TOO anal and have every minute […]

Jaipur in 2 Days

This entry was posted in Asia India Travel Tips and tagged amer fort elefantastic Galtaji hawa mahal monkey temple palace of the winds on July 27, 2015 by LeAnna Brown

UPDATE: There are no official Delta award charts. There are old ones and ones that SUPPOSEDLY are accurate, but nothing that Delta has put out officially. However, because many people do decide to fly Delta, we have used what charts are available and added them the FlyerMiler database. Please note […]

Why Isn’t Delta in the FlyerMiler

This entry was posted in Travel Hacking and tagged delta travel hack on July 25, 2015 by LeAnna Brown

RFID Credit Cards — We’ve all heard stories about credit card fraud and there are plenty of ways thieves can steal your information without you even knowing it. Most people know of someone that has been jipped at a gas station in one way or another or some have just blatantly gotten their cards […]

RFID Credit Cards: What you don’t know WILL hurt you!

This entry was posted in Travel Tips and tagged credit cards rfid on July 21, 2015 by LeAnna Brown

The Taj Mahal has to be one of the most iconic images in all of India, and one of the most popular in the world. It’s grandeur and beauty alone is stunning and the love story behind it touching. However, there are more things to do in Agra city than just the […]

Beyond the Taj: 5 things to do in Agra

This entry was posted in Asia Destinations India Travel Tips and tagged agra taj mahal on July 21, 2015 by LeAnna Brown