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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

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

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

15 ways to save for a vacation — For the sake of honesty and putting it all out there, I am going to show everything from the good, the bad and the ugly as well as finances and more in this blog. Let’s start with a very common, misunderstood and frustrating comment I often get: “The way you […]

15 Ways to Pinch Pennies to Save for a Vacation

This entry was posted in Budget Traveling Travel Tips on July 18, 2015 by The Economical Excursionist