Disney World is one of the few locations that people will save and save to visit.  However, with the price of a Disney World vacation increasing, daily, people also want to find every possible way to save money on a Disney World vacation. 
There are many ways to save money on a Disney vacation, but we’d like to offer our top ten.  Some of these will not be the ways you would expect to save money on your Disney vacation!

1. Stay on property at a value resort.  Many people believe they will save more money by staying on an off-property resort or hotel, but by the time you add in gas for driving, parking costs, dining costs (provided you follow tip number two), transfers from the airport, and all the other costs associated with not staying on property, you will come out on the losing end, in the long run.
2. Get the Disney Dining Plan.  You cannot purchase food at the parks for less than the cost of the dining plan.
3. Purchase sundries prior to entering the Disney World Resort.  Batteries, sunscreen, ponchos, sunglasses, diapers, water, swimmies, snacks all cost a small fortune inside the Disney World complex and you can buy them for a fraction of the cost at any major retailer, located minutes from the parks.
4. Buy the Disney resort re-fillable mug.  This is by far the best deal Disney has going.  Not only do you get a cool Disney souvenir, you get unlimited drinks at your resort.  With the air conditioning blasting away in the Florida heat, you will drink much more than normal, so you need the free refills.
5. Purchase souvenirs at the Character Warehouse.  Character Warehouse has all the same stuff you will find in the parks (for the most part) at about half the cost.  It’s located in the Festival Bay mall on International Drive.  Just minutes from the Disney World Resort.
6. Purchase Disney gift cards for each of the kids.  This provides a way to limit spending by them and by you on their behalf.
7. Book with an Authorized Disney Vacation Planner, also known as Earmarked agencies.  These are the true Disney specialists that keep a look out for your best interests, including changing your reservation to a better rate, if it becomes available before your Disney vacation.
8. Pre-order your tickets.  You won’t save a ton of money, but you will save a few bucks per ticket if you pre-order and you will save a lot of hassle once you arrive at the Disney parks.  Whatever you do, don’t go through a timeshare sales pitch to get cheap tickets, unless you plan waste an entire afternoon and buy a timeshare.
9. Go in the off-season.  Of course, this one’s difficult if you have children, because the off-season is in the middle of the school year.  However, Disney drops their rates to the lowest levels of the year during the off-season.
10. Take advantage of every discount available to you.  AAA, military, airline points, hotel points, rental car loyalty programs, and so on.

Just use a couple of these tips and you could save hundreds on your Disney World vacation.  Use all ten and you could save thousands!

Having green hills and fauna flora, 34 Kms from Dehradun, Mussoorie is an attractive hill station of UttaraKhand. An unforgettable view of Dehradun in night, a wonderfull scene of Doon valley and Himalayan ranges. In 1827 a military officer Captain Young discovered Mussoorie. Being a Gateway of sharines Gangotri and Yamunotri with one end Ganga river and other end Yamun River, Mussoorie is one of the best place to attract the tourist from all over the India and International.
Excellent climate, scenic beauty, and entertainment makes it attractive holiday tourist place. Thousands tourists are attracted by the Kempty falls which is 11 Kms from the Mussoorie and located on Yamunotri Road is the largest water fall. Camel’s back hill is reachable  by electric trolly, and the most popular peaks like Sri Kantha, Kedarnath, Badrinath, Bandar-poonch, Nanda Devi are visible from here in the clear sky.
Gun Hill can be enjoyed by ropeway ride, Mussoorie second hightest peak and provides panoramic look of Himalayan. Newly developed on Dehradun-Mussoorie road Mussoorie Lake is wonderful picnic spot. Dhanolti offers relaxed holiday by giving excellent valleys view and Himalayan peaks view, is 24 Kms from the Mussoorie. Ideal trekking spot, Nagtibba is 34 kms from Mussorrie.
Surkanda Devi temple is located near village Kaddukhal on mountain at 3030 mts above the sea, Ganga Dussehra fair held every year in the month of May June, entertains  thousands people. Lal Tibba is the highest point in Mussoorie and gives excellent landscape view, it is located in Landour, one can clearly see the snowy Himalayan peaks like Kedarnath and Badrinath.
It is very pretty and convenient to travelling Mussoorie because it is properly connected to the Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Delhi and UttarKhand. Jolly Grant Airport located in Dehradun and Railway Station is in Dehradun too, Haridwar and Rishikesh is also well connected throught railway and roads with the Mussoorie. Mussoorie is spreaded into 15 Kms length. Mussoorie is properly joined by roads  to Saharanpur, Dehradun, Roorkee, and Delhi.
Mussoorie gives International level accommodation for the tourists. It has
Budget Hotels: Hotel Dunsvirk Court, Hotel Connaught Castle, Ashoka Continental, Hotel Honeymoon Inn, Classic Heights, Filigree Mussoorie, Emerald Heights, Lords Mussoorie, Horizon Mussoorie, Nand Residency, Midtown Hotel, Starz Regency, Peak View, Hotel Shipra, Western Hotel, Hotel Valley View.
Mussoorie Heritage Hotels: Hotel Kasmanda Palace, Hotel Savoy, Hotel Claridges Nabha Residence, Padmini Nivas
3 Star Hotels in Mussoorie: Hotel Fort Resorts, Hotel Country Inn Mussoorie, Hotel Surbee Resorts, Green Castle, Hotel Green n Breeze Resorts, Solitaire Plaza, Hotel Pear
4 Star Hotels: Shiva Continental, Hotel Avalon Resorts, Hotel Park Plaza Sylverton
5 Star Hotels:  Hotel Jaypee Residency Manor.

If you plan to visit Walt Disney World you can save money if you get discount Disney tickets. Theme parks like Disney always look for ways to offer discounted tickets to attract more customers and people looking to vacation at Disney World want ways to stretch their vacation dollars. When you get discounted Disney tickets it’s a win-win situation. Disney gets more customers and you save money. I’ll tell you how to get discount Disney tickets and save money in this article.

Start by asking family and friends that have gone to Disney World if they know of any special offers for discount tickets. There’s a lot of marketing of discounted Disney tickets in and around Orlando. Your friends or family may have brought back information packets with information about ticket prices. These packets often contain special incentive offers to purchase tickets. Travel agents can be another good source for discounted Disney tickets. They’ve already done the math. They’re familiar with many of the special programs and incentives. The only downside to travel agents is their commission. They book a lot of travelers so their commission might not be as bad as it sounds. Everybody has to eat, right?

Some employer benefits packages offer discounted Disney World tickets to their employees. Ask your human resources personnel if your company has a program like this. Your family and friends may be able to do the same with their company. If so, allow them to purchase the tickets for you.

Call Disney World and ask about any special offers on ticket prices. Ask a lot of questions. Try calling several times to see if you can find a better offer. If you accept an offer, continue to call and ask about discounts. You may find a better offer than the one you accepted. If so, ask if you can cancel the offer you accepted and then re-book the better offer. You can contact Disney World by calling 1 (407) 939-7675. If you belong to certain groups or organizations, you may be able to get discounted Disney World tickets through your group. Disney World may offer special ticket prices to seniors, US military personnel, law enforcement and others.

Luxury Travel has just launched an Unique Package to Sapa and Bac Ha Sunday Market in Vietnam.

Tucked high in Vietnam’s remote northern mountains, close to the Chinese border, the former French military outpost of Sapa offers some of Vietnam’s most colourful experiences.

The views are breathtaking. Vietnam’s highest peak, the 3,143-metre Mount Fansipan, looms overhead, while the surrounding valleys feature terraced rice paddies and blazing green fields cut by fast-flowing streams.

Layer upon layer of green ridges fade into the distance, edged by sharp, rocky peaks. The region is home to several ethnic minority groups, all wearing their traditional and colorful attire.

Guests will be picked up from hotel in Hanoi and transfer to Hanoi Railway. The Victoria Express departs at 10:00 pm at 120 Le Duan Str., Hanoi. The luxury adventure trip starts with an overnight train journey from Hanoi to the border town of Lao Cai.

The train arrives at the Lao Cai train station at approximately 6:00am. There will be a vehicle waiting to transfer guests to Sapa. The drive to Sapa is only 33 km but it takes around 1.5 hours.

Once at Sapa, guests will check into Victoria Hotel and have breakfast at the Ta Van Restaurant of Victoria Hotel and then enjoy a free morning to explore around town. Meet guide in the hotel lobby at 2 pm for a walking tour to the hilltribe villages of Cat Cat, home to the H’mong ethnic minority peoples.

As walk to the villages nestled in the valley below Sapa, guests will meet some of the local minority people on their way to and from Sapa. Here guests have the opportunity to share cultural experiences with the families that live in the area. Diner at Victoria Sapa Hotel. Overnight at the unique and charming Victoria Sapa hotel.

“This is a special tour package combining the luxury and local charms for a memorable mountain experience in Vietnam. Guests will have the best in term of accommodation, colorful markets experience, fun, adventure, walking to hill tribes to get inside of their daily life. Each day guests wake up knowing that the day could be full of fun and adventure,” Tonny Pham, Product manager of Luxury Travel said.

Awakening to the sounds of a new day, guests eat breakfast at Victoria hotel and head out for a stunning spectacular weekend market.

Bac Ha is considered one of the most wonderful and colorful markets in extreme north Vietnam where thousands of local people in their traditional attire buy and sell the local products. Dogs, cats, pigs, horses… are all on sales.

This is a golden opportunity to take your best photos! In the afternoon, guests will take a pleasant walk to Ban Pho village, home to the flower H’mong people. This is a great opportunity to interact with the friendly locals and have pleasant walk amongst tribal villages.

Transfer to Lao Cai station for overnight Victoria Express back to Hanoi. Overnight at Victoria Express where you arrive at 5 am. Tour ends in Hanoi Station.

Luxury Travel (www.luxurytravelvietnam.com) is offering this weekend package departing on every Friday, includes almost every thing and priced at only 464 USD per person, from 2 persons up, only good before 31 September 2009. English speaking guide, all transportation and transfers, all accommodation on twin share basis at Victoria Hotel, return Victoria Express train on superior cabin, meals as indication, admission fees and permits where applicable, drinking water during the trek.

We’ve often described the Northern California Wine Country as a ‘Disneyland for Adults’, but that doesn’t mean you have to leave the children behind. For many people, visiting wineries is only one day of their trip to San Francisco. After all, with all of the attractions it has to offer, the Bay Area is a great destination for the whole family. A daytrip to the scenic counties of Sonoma and Napa provides an opportunity to enjoy a relaxed pace with stunning views, wonderful tours and interesting wineries. The wineries and their gift shops are admittedly more interesting to the adults than the kids, but they will still enjoy the trip because it is, after all, farm country, and what kid doesn’t enjoy that? Sonoma especially takes great pride in their agricultural diversity, so as you travel around you’re going to see a wide variety of plantings, orchards and livestock in between the vineyards. 
 
We’re seeing increasing numbers of children in Wine Country. While it is still a relatively small number, parents are finding ways to make it work. The secret to having a great time together in Sonoma and Napa is to realize that while many wineries are not suitable or enjoyable for children, there are many others that are. Sonoma and Napa have over seven hundred wineries, of which about half can be visited easily so there are plenty to choose from, as well as many other family attractions. 
 
One of the most kid friendly and adult enjoyable destinations is the Plaza in downtown Sonoma.  If you’re coming from San Francisco over the Golden Gate Bridge you’ll be at this historic and charming place in a little over half an hour. This is the ‘Philadelphia of California’, because it is the place where the Republic of California declared its independence from Mexico.
 It is helpful to know that there are the counties of Sonoma and Napa, and the cities of Sonoma and Napa.
Even though Sonoma is a small city of about nine thousand people, it is big on history. It is the only city in California that enjoys all three of these distinctions; it was an official Pueblo, or city under Mexico, it was a Franciscan Mission (the twenty-first and final), and it was the military headquarters for the entire West Coast under both Mexico and the United States. Around the Plaza, which is the largest in California, there are numerous historic sites as well as nice restaurants and shops. In the Plaza there are great picnic tables near the playgrounds and the newly restored duck pond.
The tourist bureau sits on the Plaza in an old Carnegie Library building and it can provide additional information for a great day with kids. A unique attraction called Train Town is just two minutes back down Broadway, the road that led you to the Plaza. This is a small old-style amusement park suitable for young children up to approximately age ten. There is a small train to ride and a traditional merry-go-round and it harkens back to a time before special effects were digital. There is even a petting zoo. 
 
Around the Plaza are several winery tasting rooms where you can taste some excellent wines without spending all day getting there. Then you can nip back to the playground before moving on to the next winery. Five minutes from the Plaza is one of the Sonoma originals, the Sebastiani Family Winery, with their great old barrel room, one of Sonoma’s best gift shops and some very nice wines for you to sample. They also offer a trolley tour of Sonoma that explains about its wonderful history. Just to the south of town is the Larson Family Winery, on the old Sonoma Rodeo site. This was where the champion race horse Seabiscuit stabled overnight when he was racing on the West Coast. It has a farm-like setting with llamas and sheep. Horse rides through the vineyards can arranged in advance, bocce courts and picnic areas round out the experience.  
 
From the Plaza you can head north on Route 12 up the Valley of the Moon, a scenic route. Voted Sonoma’s best tour, the Benziger Family Winery in Glen Ellen offers a wonderful mix of agriculture, education and fine wine. Their vineyards are tucked in a pretty little valley on Sonoma Mountain just down the road from Jack London’s old ranch, now a park.
 Their tour, aboard a tram attached to the back of a tractor, winds its way up into the vineyards where they explain the biodynamic approach to agriculture, a remarkable system that is increasingly popular with many high-end wineries. Next you visit the barrel caves and finish up in the winery for a tasting. Admittedly wineries are about adult enjoyment, but there are often children on the Benziger tour and they always seem to enjoy themselves.  
 
Please don’t make the mistake of bringing children to trendy wineries where they have nothing of interest for kids. They will spend the hour while you are tasting wine bored with nothing to do. The wineries that are kid friendly have made a big effort to be so. At both the Sonoma Plaza and Benziger you’ll find good picnic tables, so pick up some sandwiches either at the Plaza or at the Glen Ellen Market. 
 
Many of the wineries in the Valley of the Moon are kid friendly as long as you have an adult willing to keep an eye on them. The grounds are gracious and park-like allowing for a little outdoor enjoyment in beautiful surroundings.  Some of those that come to mind are B.R. Cohn, Imagery, Landmark and St. Francis. Chateau St. Jean and Ledson Winery both have deli markets and picnic tables on site. They are all within five miles of each other along Route 12, the main road in the Valley. Hint: Bring a soccer ball or a Frisbee. There are some great lawns in the Valley of the Moon. 
 
Visiting Napa with Children

 
Napa is a great place to visit because everything is close together. The whole valley is only thirty miles long by five miles wide, and while there are other wineries tucked up in the hills, the variety of wineries that are easy to reach is wonderful. However, it is not as agriculturally varied as Sonoma. Napa is another half hour farther from the Golden Gate Bridge, but the ride brings you through the beautiful Carneros district with its vineyard covered rolling hills that have a distinctly Tuscan feeling. Napa is closer to San Francisco via the less scenic Bay Bridge. 
 
Napa has a bit more of a city style than its country cousin Sonoma, but there are several places that children will especially enjoy. Everyone enjoys spectacular architecture and great views, something at which Napa excels. A classic example of this is the Artesa Winery, with its hilltop site overlooking Carneros and the Bay. Artesa is close to San Francisco and despite not being built with children in mind, the feeling is relaxed enough and the variety of places to explore extensive enough that everyone in the family will be charmed. They even have an elevator for those with strollers. 
 
Just to the north in Yountville is Domaine Chandon, one of Napa’s original makers of sparkling wine. This is a favorite for groups and people with children because the grounds are gracious and accommodating, with lawns, ponds and wildlife. Up on the patio, they offer snacks along with their elegant sparkling wines and the tables make it easier to keep everyone together. The springtime tadpole explosion in the ponds will keep any child entertained. 
 
One of the most enjoyable family wineries is Francis Ford Coppola’s Rubicon in Rutherford, about half way up the Napa Valley on Highway 29 (St. Helena Highway). He took the historic Neibaum/Inglenook building and surrounded it with gardens that have all of the graciousness of a southern Italian villa. The exhibits and old barrel rooms upstairs are enough to entertain most children. During the summer they provide model sailboats to send gliding on the fountain pool in front of the building. There is a small caf?, with outdoor seating, a great gift shop and of course some wonderful wines. 
 
Just to the north is the V. Sattui Winery which in this context is most valuable for their great deli offerings and large picnic area. Napa does not have a lot of picnic areas. On a Saturday in season it can get busy, but finding food, wine and picnic tables all together certainly makes the logistics of blending wineries with children much easier. The wineries have dramatically more traffic on Saturdays than Sundays. 
 
The Wilds of Calistoga
 
For the San Francisco-based traveler, unfortunately, two of the most interesting wineries for children are all the way at the northern part of the valley, just south of the ‘old west’ style town of Calistoga, which is a great, kid-friendly place to visit onto itself. These two wineries are not suitable for infants in strollers, but for children eight years and older they are a fun experience. First is Sterling Vineyards, famous for its aerial tramway that carries visitors to its hilltop winery. Many years ago it was the first large winery to charge for their tastings. The price includes the tram ride. Between the tram, the gift shop and the tasting you need to allow an hour and a half to enjoy the place. Get there early to avoid the lines. 
 
Just across Highway 29 is one of the newest, large wineries in Napa, although it was built to look old. The Castello di Amorosa is built like an authentic castle, from real stone and hand wrought iron. The vision, the forty million dollars and thirteen years it took to build produced a remarkable place. Children are restricted to the early morning tours so you should check their website for the schedule. The tour with tasting takes about two hours. The admission for Rubicon, Sterling and Castello di Amorosa all range between $20 and $25, although they offer discounts for children and young adults. 
 
Napa gets hot in the summer, but very dry, so there are very few flying bugs. During the Winter it gets rainy, but not very cold. Both Spring and Fall are gorgeous, and harvest time, from late August through mid-November, is a very busy, exciting time in Wine Country. 
 
Small, private wineries are often at people’s homes, so for the collector, traveling with children, you should ask your potential hosts if children are welcomed. If you want to get to the smaller wineries with children, consider hiring a guide with a car or SUV (avoid limos due to the need to sit sideways or backwards which increases the possibility of carsickness). While there are limo services in San Francisco, many of the experts live in Wine Country but they pick up clients in the city. Hiring a driver greatly reduces the stress and increases the enjoyment. Explain that you have children and ask them for a guide that is comfortable with that. Some guides are parents and actually like children. For them it’s something different and in fact we remember every tour we’ve ever done with kids. Touring with children is educational and a lot of fun, as long as you go to wineries that they’ll find interesting too. So enjoy your day with the kids in Wine Country.

There seems to be something about the summer that just calls out for family activity. The kids are home from school, you have vacation time accrued. Why not take a few days to spend some fun time with the whole family? In fact, you do not even have to travel out of town to find family activities. In fact, every summer, Great Falls, MT is the home of the Lions Family FunFest, which will be a day to remember for you and your children alike.

Taking place on Saturday, July 10, the FunFest happens on a day when the whole family can take part. There are no worries of missing work or other responsibilities. The event lasts from eleven in the morning to three in the afternoon, so it can provide a whole day’s worth of entertainment. If you are wondering where to go to enjoy the activities, the whole FunFest will take place in the Lions Park, which is located on 10th Avenue South.

What can you expect from the FunFest? First, there will be plenty of concessions and food. No one wants to go to a festival without being able to enjoy some tasty treats. As the day wears on, you will need to stay hydrated, so beverages are offered as well.

For small children, a penny carnival will take place. This carnival will include a variety of fun games aimed at entertaining little ones. Activities all cost a penny, and every time you little one plays, they are guaranteed to win a prize! There will be no tears here. Keep in mind that this event is for toddlers and children in primary school.

In addition to the penny carnival, kids will be able to enjoy the moonwalker called the Jolly Jumper, where they can play for hours. There is also a full playground on-site for children’s entertainment.

At the Great Falls event, there is entertainment for the adults as well. Throughout the day, live music will be performed on stage. While you little one plays on the playground, you can enjoy the sounds of local musical talent. In addition, there will be various displays of military regalia and paraphernalia for interesting exhibits.

The Lions Family FunFest is certainly a July event for the whole family. Kids will enjoy games and play and parents will enjoy live music. When you are there, do not forget to check out the sand castle building competition!

Among the many hotels in Brighton are a few fantastic theaters offering live stage performances and movies. To begin, the Cinematheque offers you the chance to screen films that are within arthouse distribution and not so much on the mainstream of films. The Brighton Revue Company offers high quality theatrical productions year round, while the New Venture Theatre offers theatre acts with a professionalism not normally found in amateurs.

The Brighton Museum and Art Gallery sits in the city’s center, near many of the top rated hotels in Brighton in the Royal Pavilion. Exhibits are shown daily, year round and there is no charge to enter, with the exception of specific exhibits. The Booth Museum of Natural History was originally founded in 1874 by Edward Booth, and has exhibits on skeletons, bones, fossils as well as butterflies and live birds. There are many interactive exhibits and hands on opportunities at this museum, and there is no charge for entrance.

Preston Manor is settled on the outskirts of the city, about 10 minutes from the majority of hotels in Brighton. D?cor with Edwardian styles and elegant rooms, entrance fees are required. Escorted visits are allowed from April until September, Tuesdays through Saturdays from 10:15 am until 4:15 pm and Sundays from 2:15 pm until 4:15 pm. There is no requirement for booking, but groups can book the manor from October until March. Concessions are available on site for a fee, and identification is required. The draw to the Manor is that so many believe it to be haunted. Tales of sightings of apparitions as well as supernatural occurrances have been told from the time it was built, and still are told today by those who have taken the Ghost Tours. There is a gift shop on site for those that want to take a piece of history home with them.

Also near many hotels in Brighton is the Brighton History Center. Admission is always free, and is open from Tuesday through Saturday from 10 am until 5 pm. On the first floor of the Brighton Museum, this is an ideal location to get all the information on places to see and visit in Brighton. From museums to library information on the city to genealogist information and military materials there is something for everyone to see. There is free internet access, photocopying opportunities as well as image reproduction services on site for a fee.