Africa Travel Sale: 20% Off Tours

Starting tomorrow, you can save 20% off of selected trips to Africa if you book with the Adventure Travel Company.

Bookings must be made and paid in full by July 31, 2009 and travel must occur before March 31, 2010. Be sure to mention promo code ACA20_0709 when you book.

Trips that will be on sale include the 14-day Gorilla Encounter through Kenya and Uganda, the 11-day Highlights of Tanzania, and for those with a lot of travel time available, the 58-day Ultimate African Overlander from Nairobi to Cape Town.

The website has a longer list of trips, and agents can provide you with even more trips that aren’t listed on the site.

The closest I’ve come to Africa is the elephant habitat at the Oakland Zoo, so all of these trips look good to me. Take advantage of these great deals, and let me know where you’re going!

One-Day Travel Sale: June 30, 2009

The Adventure Travel Company has announced a one-day sale. they’re offering:

• 60% off selected trips in July
• 30% off selected trips in August
• 15% off any trip

For example:

13 days in Cambodia: Was $670, Now $268
8 days in Egypt: Was $775, Now $310

These are some incredible prices, so mark your calendar for Tuesday!

The Travel Version of “Would You Rather?”

My friend over at The Adventure Travel Company blog just posed this question to his readers:

“If you were given the choice between a 60” high definition plasma flat panel television with Dolby Surround Sound or a luxury two-week South African safari with private guide, which would you choose?”

Not a safari, but Taronga Zoo in Sydney has excellent giraffes with big tongues.

Since most of us aren’t in the position to purchase either right now it might be easy to say that of course we would take the safari. (If you chose the TV, maybe you should be reading this blog instead.)

But one of the points he makes is that it’s not just a choice between one big purchase or one amazing vacation. Even if you manage to save small – a few dollars a week – it adds up fast, so that this time next year, a safari might be something you could afford.

Money adds up fast the other way too. Eating dinner out instead of cooking at home, buying CDs and DVDs, stopping for a morning latte a few times a week – all of these things pick away at money that you could be saving to fund the trip of a lifetime.

So, would you rather invite friends over to watch a move once a week and spend next Spring Break in Costa Rica, or go out to a movie and buy popcorn and soda that you won’t remember a week later?