The Economical Excursionists

Showing that travel doesn't need to be expensive…only memorable!

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!

After a few days in Goa, India and then almost two months backpacking through Asia, I was starting to get tired. I wasn’t sure I wanted to head back to the busy, overwhelming, poverty stricken India that started our trip. However, the last week of our mega-adventure had a […]

Two Days In New Delhi

This entry was posted in Asia Destinations India Travel Tips on July 17, 2015 by LeAnna Brown

10 Tips On Daily Life in Europe That Will Help You Enjoy Your Trip Like a Local For many people, visiting somewhere in Europe is on the top of bucket list. Rightfully so, considering there is so much culture, heritage and history all packed into about half the size of the US. You […]

Insider Tips on European Travel

This entry was posted in Europe Travel Tips on July 15, 2015 by LeAnna Brown

What you don't know about credit cards — Credit Card Myths: 10 misconceptions you probably had about how credit cards and score work Alright, so you’ve read my Beginner’s Guide to Travel Hacking and you’ve already made up your mind; travel hacking isn’t for you because of the credit cards. You have too much debt […]

Credit Card Myths and Misconceptions for Travel Hackers

This entry was posted in Travel Hacking and tagged credit cards credit myths travel hacking on July 14, 2015 by LeAnna Brown

Travel Hacking for Beginners Andy and I started Travel Hacking about five years ago. I’ll never forget him saying, “I want to start getting credit cards to earn miles to travel.” And me saying “NO WAY!” I (thought I) knew about credit cards, credit scores and debt and this had […]

Are Free Flights Possible? A Beginner’s Guide to Travel Hacking

This entry was posted in Travel Hacking Travel Tips and tagged budget travel credit cards travel hacking on July 14, 2015 by LeAnna Brown

Polish Pottery in Bolesławiec — [This site may contain affiliate links. We at EE thank you for supporting our site so that the mere pennies we make from these links can go towards maybe having enough to buy a polish pottery spoon or other tiny and cheap pottery] I’m not going to lie; before moving to […]

Polish Pottery Shopping in Boleslawiec: The ins, outs and everything ...

This entry was posted in Europe Personal Travel Adventures Poland Travel Tips and tagged Boleslawiec polish pottery on July 13, 2015 by LeAnna Brown

There are some countries and places that you visit and you just know you have to go back to see more of it. Croatia, while sorely overlooked by most travelers, is one of these places. In fact, we have been to Croatia on two separate trips because it is […]

Best Places to Visit In Croatia

This entry was posted in Croatia Travel Tips and tagged dubrovnik plitvice pula split zagreb on June 29, 2015 by LeAnna Brown