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!

Can Day Trips Be Better Than Vacations? — 5 Reasons Why You Should Take Day Trips We’ve been blessed to have been able to live and travel around Europe for almost 3 years. In these 3 years, I’ve had my share of overnight trips and day trips. I love both types of travel. But today, I’ll be sharing […]

Day Trips: Are they even better than vacations?

This entry was posted in Budget Traveling Europe Germany on May 12, 2016 by LeAnna Brown

You can actually take a bath in a tub full of beer in the Czech Republic! How fun!!! — {This post may contain affiliate links. We can’t thank you enough for supporting the EE site. We’ll put the mere pennies we make towards our next mug ‘o Czech beer. Na zdravi!} As an adult, what are two things that you thoroughly enjoy? For me, it is 1) A nice dose of […]

Czech Beer Baths: You want me to bathe in what!?

This entry was posted in Czech Republic Europe Travel Tips and tagged beer chodovar czech republic on May 10, 2016 by LeAnna Brown

Escape Room Games: The newest trend in real life, interactive games. A blast to do with both friends and family to solve puzzles, codes and secrets — Imagine you are locked in a dark room. You only have one hour to escape. You have no idea how to get out, but you know that if you don’t, there will be consequences in 60 minutes. You have entered one of the Escape Rooms! While this may sound […]

Escape Rooms; the newest trend in interactive live games

This entry was posted in Czech Republic Destinations Europe and tagged escape room mind maze on May 5, 2016 by LeAnna Brown

Stockholm on a Budget — {This post may contain affiliate links. We’d be lucky if the proceeds could buy us a hot dog on the streets of Stokholm, but still profusely thank you for your support to the EE site!} Sadly, credit card points can’t get you everywhere when traveling (or it’s not the best […]

Stockholm On a Budget

This entry was posted in Budget Traveling Sweden and tagged sweden vasa on May 3, 2016 by LeAnna Brown

Riga is such an overlooked gem in Europe!! — The beautiful Riga, capital of Latvia and the biggest city of the Baltic States, is still unexplored terrain for many international tourists. Founded in 1201 Riga has a rich history and, thanks to its location at the crossroads between Western Europe and Russia, it has always been a cosmopolitan city. […]

Latvia Like a Local: Riga

This entry was posted in Latvia Travel Tips and tagged Riga on April 29, 2016 by LeAnna Brown

Economical Excursionists do monthly giveaways, I would love this beautiful tote for the summer! — It’s that time of year. We are all itching for it to warm up just a wee bit more so that we can kick off summer with a bang. In fact, the more you think about summer, the more you can FEEL it… You slide your toes deeper […]

Summer Beach Bag Giveaway

This entry was posted in Travel Tips on April 22, 2016 by LeAnna Brown