Vacationing in a recession

Even in an economic downturn, as long as you still have an income, you can take some pretty nice vacations. And depending on what you do, this economy may have placed enough stress on you that a vacation is needed. A little research and some phone calls or emails can yield you some pretty nice results. In researching this article I used a number of sources including booking each piece individually.

The prices I have here are from Priceline which does a pretty good job of “negotiating” as they put it.

The first example is a trip from the east coast using Baltimore as the departure airport and I came up with a price of $550.00 flight plus hotel staying at The Stratosphere from March 23 and departing March 27.

That is an extraordinary price for a trip that would take 37 hours to drive and cover approx 2400 miles one way.

Another excellent things to look at is a cruise. There are some very affordable cruises if you do some looking. You can get a 3 night Bahans cruise for as little as $99.00 a person. That, of course does not include the cost of getting to the embarkation point but any way you look at it that is a good deal. That particular deal sails out of The Port of Fort Lauderdale. That is very convenient for flights because the Fort Lauderdale International Airport is almost right next door. It would be I would guess perhaps a 10 or 15 minute cab ride to the boat.
Using Baltimore as the example again you can get to Ft Lauderdale for as little as $144.00 per person round trip flying Southwest Airlines . You may very well be able to find a somewhat lower price but Flyinf Southwest for that next last week in March there quite a few nonstop flights which means that you can leave Baltimore and be on the ground in Ft Lauderdale about 2 ½ hours later.

The point to this article is that you can have some stress relief during the recession without spending an arm and a leg.