If you’re looking to take your summer vacation somewhere outside the usual 50 states this country contains, it’s assumed that big money is going to be spent. You might have the time of your life taking back tequilas in Mexico or asking for French fries in France (joke!), but to avoid coming back feeling a sense of regret and disappointment over the money you wound up spending, there are a number of things you can do before your trip to hold on to your guape. From traveling during those dead, off-peak dates and times instead of on the weekend when an airport will be jumping and flights will be more pricey, to easing up on the bourgeois-ness of your lodging and doing research for deals, there’s many options.

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