One of the New Years goals I have for 2010 is to try to take my family out of
the country this year. I would really love to go to Buenos Aires but I just
don’t know if it’s going to be financially feasible. Right now what I’m working
on doing is learning everything that I can about how to make international
travel affordable for us.
The main thing that I’m learning about right now is how to save money on
hotels. When I first started looking at traveling to Buenos Aires I was trying
to find economy hotels that would be affordable for my family. However I
couldn’t seem to find anything that I was happy about.
I was complaining about this to a friend who reminded me about the
possibility of doing a home stay in Buenos Aires. This is where you actually
stay in the home of someone who is a resident of the city. They may rent the
home to you at a really low cost or they may even rent the room to you for free
depending on the way that you set up the home stay.
To get a free stay in Buenos Aires I would probably need to actually pay to
join a site that is designed to connect people who are interested in traveling
this way. Since I don’t plan to use this method of travel often, I don’t think
that it would be worth the cost to travel this way. Instead, I think I will look
at using free sites to set up an affordable home stay.
There are two choices with home stays: staying with the resident or staying
in their home when they are not there. I think it would be best to stay with the
resident because then he or she could provide us with additional information
about how to make our trip more affordable while we are there. Plus this would
allow us better insight into the culture of the area.
Has anyone else tried home stays in the past? Do you have any tips on how to
use them effectively in order to save money? Are there any safety issues that I
should be concerned about when traveling with my family this way?
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