Budget Travel: Summer’s Best Deals Are Close to Home

Jun 10, 2008 - Summer’s Best Deals Are Close to Home http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/08/travel/08pracdeals.html?th&emc=th By MICHELLE HIGGINS Published: June 8, 2008 LAST summer, Lisa Clark, a management consultant from Los Angeles, spent about three weeks in Europe, touring Scotland by car, spending a weekend in Paris and biking in Tuscany. Though it wasn’t cheap (France and Italy cost roughly $4,300 alone) Ms. Clark made it work by using frequent flier miles to get there and by buying packaged tours to keep her expenses contained. - 0 Comments