Free Things to do in L.A. and a few thrifty travel tips
Early this summer, I was able to go to L.A. and Disneyland in a sort of nanny situation. There's nothing particularly thrifty about a trip to Disneyland (aside from it being a working trip that covered flight and hotel), but there are some ways to bring the costs down. While doing research for the trip, I found this list of 100 "free" things to do in L.A.:
100 Free Things to Do in Los Angeles
Not all of these are truly free as they require gas, parking, etc. But it's still a list worth checking out if you're visiting or living in L.A.
To cut down on meal expenses, I packed a lot of dry snacks and meal bars. The hotel provided breakfast, so with the meal bars, I only needed to buy one meal each day. The best purchase we made was a pack of water bottles (after arriving), which saved us a lot of money over the week. I think it was about $3.50 for a pack of 24 bottles, which we split between 4 people. Yes, reusable bottles would be better, but I did recycle most of the empties at Disneyland (they have bottle recycling all over the park). L.A. is hot and bottled waters at Disneyland and the zoo were about $4 each. So for less than one bottle at the park, we covered the whole week.
We also saved $15 each on tickets to Pirates Dinner Adventure by taking advantage of a coupon printed on a brochure we found at the hotel. It was a lot of fun and generous portion sizes on the meal. The thrifty tip in that is it's not uncommon for attractions to include coupons in brochures (like you might find at a hotel or rest stop or tourism center).
Book Update: With luck the Kindle files will finally be fixed tomorrow, once the update is ready, we'll announce some free download days of the digital version.
100 Free Things to Do in Los Angeles
Not all of these are truly free as they require gas, parking, etc. But it's still a list worth checking out if you're visiting or living in L.A.
To cut down on meal expenses, I packed a lot of dry snacks and meal bars. The hotel provided breakfast, so with the meal bars, I only needed to buy one meal each day. The best purchase we made was a pack of water bottles (after arriving), which saved us a lot of money over the week. I think it was about $3.50 for a pack of 24 bottles, which we split between 4 people. Yes, reusable bottles would be better, but I did recycle most of the empties at Disneyland (they have bottle recycling all over the park). L.A. is hot and bottled waters at Disneyland and the zoo were about $4 each. So for less than one bottle at the park, we covered the whole week.
We also saved $15 each on tickets to Pirates Dinner Adventure by taking advantage of a coupon printed on a brochure we found at the hotel. It was a lot of fun and generous portion sizes on the meal. The thrifty tip in that is it's not uncommon for attractions to include coupons in brochures (like you might find at a hotel or rest stop or tourism center).
Book Update: With luck the Kindle files will finally be fixed tomorrow, once the update is ready, we'll announce some free download days of the digital version.
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