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We also like to travel budget and we try and make at least one or two major trips a year. This year, we'll be doing Peru for 2 weeks (only 1 month away woo-hoo!) and Turkey in August/Sept. for about 3 weeks. Vacation time is definitely very hard to get but I've been able to squeeze out a lot the last few years. I think working in a small company helps since it looks like a lot of larger companies are very inflexible with vacation time. DW has no trouble getting time off since she's a teacher. She spent 10 weeks out of the country last year (8 with me and 2 with her friend).
Since I've gotten married, I noticed that I don't scrimp as much, especially on lodging, since I'm responsible for more than just me. During the latter half of the 90's, three friends and I used to travel every year for at least 3 weeks and we didn't worry about anything!
We're totally against the whole "American tourist"/"Contiki" experience. It just seems like you are completely isolated from the locals. Everything from the food to conversation seems to be much more memorable than doing what the rich tourists do.
We've been trying to visit as many non-kid friendly places as possible in the last few years because we are going to be having kids soon.
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