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My first suggestion is to think about where you want to go and to set some goals . It could be a drive to a city less than two hours from your home, a trip to Hawaii, Asia, Europe, Disney or anywhere else in the world.
Do some research about each of these locations. Go online, take a few books out from your local library or go to the bookstore and look through the travel section and find out more about the places you want to visit.
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How flexible are your travel plans? Being more flexible in your travel plans may help you save money on your next trip. Whether it is the time of year you travel, day of departure you select, time of day you fly, the airport you select or your accommodations, cheap alaska cruises flexibility in your travel plans is a great saving tool.
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Since I did not have much flexibility in our dates of travel, I considered options other than the international airport closes to our home.  Southwest Airlines had not yet come to Philadelphia, but if we drove an an extra hour to Baltimore I learned I was able to earn award tickets for all of us to fly free to Utah for a ski trip in December.
All of my goals were achieved much quicker than I had ever imagined, so I set more goals and achieved them too. Now my husband and I have new travel goals and I will share them with you in another post.  Let me help you achieve cheap alaska cruises your travel goals.
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