A European vacation in 2010 may be a great idea and, thankfully, with the current economic climate you don’t have to break your bank to make it happen. There are so fewer travelers flying the friendly skies and backpacking the roads less traveled today than there was in 2004, travelers can be choosy when it comes to selecting a destination, travel method and place to stay. You don’t have to pay an arm and a leg to get over to Europe. Aer Lingus, for example has great deals from Los Angeles and Chicago and if you are diligent you can find no shortage of other airlines as well that will bend over backwards offering deals to try and get your business just so they can keep their planes in the sky, their employees busy and their companies afloat.
You can find some all inclusive vacation deals in Europe that are different than the ones we are used to in Mexico and other places south of the U.S. For instance at the Pink Palace, a budget hotel on the Grecian isle of Corfu, you can get a place to stay, dinner, breakfast a welcome shot of ouzo and, if you are there on a Saturday in the summer, even get to take part in a free toga party with another free shot of ouzo – and all for 18-55 Euros a night. And now with the Euro being down against the dollar, deals like that look even better.
And if you want to stay longer and chill for awhile that is easier to do now than ever before as well, sue to the lower number of travelers out there. I found a two bedroom second floor apartment on the beach in Portugal in the off season for 500 Euros a month. I could see the ocean and the sand from my front porch and my bed. And out the back were small local farms, which I could buy my fruits and veggies from. And though it was tourist low season, it was surfing high season, with monster waves pounding the beach every day and often, with me as the only surfer out there, as most of the locals that lived on the beach were busy farming, fishing or working jobs in Ericiera or Lisbon.
