Frugal Travel

Take a flight from Los Angeles (8 hours) or connect from San Francisco on Air Alaska for the same price and transfer to Hotel Tahiti Nui in a Standard Mountainview Room. Spend two days exploring this lush island, take an island tour or visit the downtown market and taste the local cuisine at the “Roulettes”. Next take a short ferry ride to the heart-shaped island of Moorea. Spend three nights at luxurious InterContinental Moorea, nestled between scenic mountains and a tropical lagoon. With excellent restaurants, an infinity pool and swim up bar, you do not even have to leave the resort. Go snorkeling or diving, try swimming with dolphins, take an island tour, or just lay back and enjoy the view. Fly back to Los Angeles or San Francisco (connection) on an overnight flight. From $1,599 per person. This is once-in-a-life-time saving of up to $1,000 per couple!

Take a 11-day romantic vacation to the tropical paradise of Bali via world class Singapore Airlines through 4 of its US gateway cities of Los Angeles, San Francisco, Houston and New York. For 5 nights stay at Rama Candi Dasa Resort & Spa, a 4-star first class hotel. Enjoy the beaches of Bali. Explore the artsy village of Ubud. Lounge by the resort's pool and relax your mind, body and soul with an array of spa treatments. Spend 3 more nights in the in the vibrant city/state Singapore. Walk near the Marina Bay Sands, stroll in the famous Botanical Garden, and shop for souvenirs. This romantic getaway featured on Groupon multiple times starts from $1499 including airfare from the US. There is an upgrade version of the same tour, in which three more nights are added in Bali for $100 per person double more.

Take an 11-day tour to discover the treasures of Spain by escorted coach. Begin with your tour of Madrid, seeing its magnificent fountains and visiting inside the Royal Palace. Take an afternoon excursion to Toledo, where you go inside St Tome Church, home to an El Greco masterpiece. The next day depart for Granada, discovering the region of "La Mancha" en route. Your Granada city tour includes the Generalife gardens, one of Spain's best-preserved Moorish gardens. Continue on to Seville, where you'll enjoy a Flamenco lesson and visit an Andalusian horse farm. After another night in Madrid, fly to Barcelona, where you stay 3 nights, including a walking our of the historic Gothic quarter and a day at leisure to discover this fascinating city before your return flight to the USA. Land and air, starting at $3375 per person based on double occupancy, from New York City's JFK airport.

Indulge in your own Italy fantasy on this escorted coach tour including the vibrant cities of Rome, Florence, Bologna, Venice and more. Some of the highlights of this trip will be a day in Florence, "the cradle of the Renissance, where Italian art reached its pinnacle; the elegant city center of Bologna; the St. Mark's Basilica in Venice; the medieval town of Montepulciano in Tuscany; and a guided tour of the Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel and St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. Starting at $2,610 per person from New York City's JFK airport.

Spend 8 days visiting the main attractions of Spain. First you will fly to Madrid, the capital of Spain, where you will stay three nights. Then you will take a bus to Granada, located in the south of Spain, a Moorish city with grand fortresses and so much beauty to explore. Spend three more nights before you return flight to the US. Starting at $1,199 per person based on double occupancy.