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Using Rakuten to Travel Cheaper

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site that offers you cash back for purchasing from online merchants. When you go to a website that accepts Rakuten , the app will add a banner to the top of your screen letting you know, then you can can click on the banner and it will automatically put you through your Rakuten account and straight back to the site.

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Literal Champagne Travel (Even On a Beer Budget)

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The smaller, boutique producers generally do everything on-site, so you can learn about their bottles from start to finish. If prosecco is more your speed, or you'd rather spend your time in Italy than France (decisions, decisions), the prosecco region is now a UNESCO World Heritage site.

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5 Budget Destinations for May

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When you're tired of soaking up the sun on the sand, save even more dollars by hitting up the archaeological site of Thera, sample wines with breathtaking views at Santo Wines, and explore the winding streets of the cities of Fira and Oia. Those must-see sites are easily done in a day or two, so perhaps a cruise down the Nile is in order.

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Creative Ways to Save Money for Travel

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I like to use sites/apps like Poshmark to buy clothes at a fraction of retail. The same can be said for the city where you live: free music, Shakespeare In the Park, free museum days. Buy previously owned items/clothing - Some people like to make use of the Free sections on Nextdoor and Facebook. Many times pieces are brand new.

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Where to Travel for Black History

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While you're in the city, plan to visit McLeod Plantation that is a Gullah-Geechee heritage site, the house of blacksmith Phillip Simmons, Charleston City Market, Cabbage Row - where freed slaves lived, and Old City Jail, the slave jail known as "Work House".

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Beautiful Art of Downtown Las Vegas

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It was along the whole wall around the back garden of the ENGLiSH Hotel, where I met some friends to do dinner at Pepper Club, the on-site restaurant. This piece, and the electrical boxes, is by Pretty Done, who has a lot of other pieces in downtown, and is on the back wall of the nightclub Octopussy. Here's another piece by Pretty Done.

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Black Entertainment History at the Academy Museum

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If you spend less time there, you an eat at the restaurant on-site, which I thought was quite good, or hit up the Los Angeles County Museum of Art nearby. Make sure to plan for at least 3 hours.

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