Hello and Happy Friday. 
I’ve got an exciting announcement this week. My friend David from MoneyNing just released a new book: The Little Budget Travel Book: The Secrets of a Frequent Traveler Who Goes on Vacation Like It’s Free.
I read the whole thing cover to cover yesterday. (Just like David’s blog, the book is written in an entertaining way, so it moves quickly.) The majority of the money-saving tips were completely new to me–though, admittedly, my wife and I don’t travel much–so I quite enjoyed it.
One of my biggest takeaways from the book was David’s whole approach to vacation planning. Rather than choosing the destination, then attempting to find the cheapest way to do it, he goes about the process in the opposite order. He looks for places currently offering great deals–or that have absurdly favorable exchange rates at the moment–then selects among them. I’m sure that’s plain as day to many of you, but it had never occurred to me.
If you’re a frequent traveler or you have a trip coming up, I’d suggest grabbing a copy.
And now…this week’s recommended articles.
Investing Articles
- Investment Advice: Ignore the Noise from Five Cent Nickel
- Doubts on Equity Premium from Canadian Capitalist
- Looking for Investing Answers in Formulas from Behavior Gap
- Saving vs. Investing from Yielding Wealth
- The Junk Mail Indicator from The Kirk Report
- Investing Rules Revisited: Diversification Reduces Portfolio Risk from The Financial Blogger
- 10 Tips for Successful Investing from Financial Highway
Other Noteworthy Articles
- When to Start Collecting Social Security from Bad Money Advice
- Unleash the Power of Sharing Notes from The Finance Buff
- Two Steps to Save an Additional $55,012 on College from Wealth Pilgrim
- Your Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Isn’t Necessarily the Best Deal from Amateur Asset Allocator
- Answering the Salary History Question at Job Interviews from Four Pillars
Money and Happiness
- Young People Are Already Rich from Monevator
- Lower Your Expectations, Increase Your Happiness from Get Rich Slowly
Thanks for reading!
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The article “Young People are Already Rich” was pretty darn funny. And true enough too.
The only problem young people have is that they haven’t lived long enough to know what a great thing it is they have going.
And the problem that older people have is that they have a hard time fully appreciating how great it is not to have to worry about whether you are going to “make it” or not.
Rob
I wholeheartedly agree that the book you talked about is awesome
Thank you Mike for mentioning it and I’m glad that you enjoyed it!
Can’t wait to get my hands on it……
Thanks for the mention! You have a nice blog here.
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