One of the only things I didn't give up when I paid off my student loans was travel. I made room for my budget to accommodate all the travel I wanted to do. I didn't go fancy, staying in hotels or taking taxis everywhere. Now that I'm debt free, I still try to be frugal while I travel. If you can have the same experience for less money, why not? Last year I took a five-day trip to LA that only cost me a few hundred dollars. I went for a ... Read more...