JS 97: World Travel On A Budget with Elaine Alimonti Publisher of Budget Travel Magazine

Jason Hartman invites Budget Travel president Elaine Alimonti to the Jet Setter show to talk about some of the top locations to travel to in 2015. Elaine talks about what to do if you're a solo traveler, how today's sharing economy has made it easier than ever before to travel on a budget, and some great travel hacks relating to airfare prices on today's episode. 

 

Key Takeaways:

2:00 – Price never needs to be impediment to great travel.

6:50 – Budget Travel has a roundup of some of the top places to go to this year.

10:10 – First time solo travels tend to hit English speaking locations first. 

13:20 – Tuesday is the best day to purchase an airfare ticket. 

17:30 – Elaine explains what hidden city ticketing is. 

20:10 – Budget Travel publishes an app called Road Trips, which lists 100 of the best US road trips. 

 

Mentioned In this Episode:

TouristEye

Viator 

Trafalgar

Contiki

Skiplagged

BudgetTravel.com

Road Trip