SPECIAL REPORT: TRAVEL

Staying Home for the Holidays

Strapped vacationers are discovering the attractions in their own backyards. Bad news for the global economy.

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  • Posted By: quintabelina @ 07/24/2009 9:27:05 PM

    When times where tough for us, we'd take vacation in our own city. We'd check into a hotel with a nice pool and make believe we were somewhere far away. We wouldn't tell anyone where we were and we'd turn into "tourists" checking out the tourists attractions and doing everything we would in a "regular" vacation. Much cheaper and just as much fun, sure, we didn't get to know an exotic local but we did "get away", even if only for a weekend. We always considered this an option and still do, try it, it works.....

  • Posted By: quintabelina @ 07/24/2009 9:26:53 PM

    When times where tough for us, we'd take vacation in our own city. We'd check into a hotel with a nice pool and make believe we were somewhere far away. We wouldn't tell anyone where we were and we'd turn into "tourists" checking out the tourists attractions and doing everything we would in a "regular" vacation. Much cheaper and just as much fun, sure, we didn't get to know an exotic local but we did "get away", even if only for a weekend. We always considered this an option and still do, try it, it works.....

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