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Mastering the 48 Hour Weekend/Week Long Road MLB Trips
For people that work a Monday to Friday job, and are looking to see 3 games for the price of 2 for a weekend,, this blog gives a quick lesson on how to do that.
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The whole travel industry works on the 24 hour clock. This actually works to the MLB road trip world out there. During my year long trip, I mastered the art of the 24 hour clock.
My favorite move was to rent a car for Friday – Sunday, that would only cost two rental days at a car company. Most of the time it would include leaving for a Friday game at 5:30 – and the car was due at a 5:30 on Sunday.
This is great for jamming at least 3 games in the 48 hours, and sometimes you can do a doubleheader on the Saturday.
I told my buddy Scott of breaking down the cost of watching baseball games into individual innings – kind of like bowling frames. Read the rest of this entry
Travel Tuesdays: Picking Off Gift Cards A Great Way To Go + Accumulate Freebies!
In buying $600 worth of Subway Cards (12 x $50 each) I earned 12 free premium foot long subs on my journey. The power of spending should always be investigated for what rewards may come.
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On my year-long road trip I vowed not to spend much money on the food at the Ballparks. I ended up only spending around $250 for 224 Games on the road. So where did I eat?
If I wasn’t at a home base somewhere, or at a free breakfast from a hotel, it was usually Subway, Wendy’s, Walmart (yep, they have food too), McDonalds, Burger King or Little Caesars Pizza.
Since I didn’t want to enter the USA with a wad of cash the several times I took entrance at the borders, my wallet was stacked with Gift cards from these establishments.
I also downloaded all of their apps on my mobile phone to look for deals.
Subway was the clubhouse leader for meals eaten. I bought 12 – $50 gift cards from this restaurant for this journey. Check with your local chain, but every time I did this I was able to secure a free foot long premium sandwich.
My food bill was saved a great deal by eating 12 meals on Subway just for buying $50 gift card on a dozen different occasions. Read the rest of this entry
Travel Tuesdays: The Megabus Tutorial To The $1 Fares
Megabus allows you to switch all itineraries (whether it is one journey or 20, for a $1 fee to trade in for other fares.) I traded 20 trips – not to be used for $20 credit towards a new fare that was a peak trip. It cost me just $3.50 to pull off the maneuver after a small booking fee was added. These guys also don’t require paper tickets (although you can use a computer printout of your reservation).
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I owe a lot of my PR campaigning during my entire year long MLB Trip to a man named Kelly Van De Walle. Kelly’s marketing company works for Megabus – and he sought out a partnership for the odyssey after he read a glowing article I wrote towards the Bus Line back in March.
I will continue to promote this entity for my entire life now. This is the way to travel on a tight budget. During my 200 or so journeys with Megabus this season I had many people ask me how I was able to snag the $1 fares – since they don’t seem to ever have them.
So pay attention for the next few sentences because I am going to tell you how I did it. Read the rest of this entry
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