If you have ever saved money for or during a vacation to Walt Disney World, you might be a Cheapskate Princesss!
Updated for 2017!
Disney Fashionistas are familiar with the term Disney Dooney. These are handbags created by the famed Dooney & Bourke company with a Disney inspired design. And while we talk a lot about saving money here at Cheapskate Princess, sometimes you just have to splurge on a quality souvenir to bring home from vacation.
Purses are so popular as merchandise items at resorts and parks, they now have key chains shared like purses.
September, 2016
The Beach Princess headed down Fort Morgan Road in Alabama to an amazing resort called The Beach Club. While I knew it had been built by the same creators of my personal favorite beach get-a-ways, Caribe and Turquoise Place in Orange Beach, and is managed by Spectrum Resorts, the same company than manages Turquoise Place, this was our first trip to “The Club.” [Read more…]
March 2016
June 2016
Right next to the Pass Bridge in Orange Beach, Alabama, is a massive resort complex called Caribe the Resort. Located on over 30 acres of a peninsula, Caribe features more amenities than any resorts in the area, including 40,000 sq. feet of pools, lazy river, tennis courts, saunas and steam rooms, game room, and private beach cart service. There is a five-star restaurant next door called Cobalt. This beach getaway is absolutely amazing, and it’s also very expensive. Early summer rates per night start around $500-$600 and only go up from there.
Yikes.
What’s a great way to save money? Bring your girlfriends!
February 2016
We live just a short two-hour drive from Biloxi, Mississippi. My husband grew up on the Mississippi coast, so it’s nice to get back to his roots when we have a chance. I couldn’t win a coin toss, so gambling doesn’t have a huge draw for me personally, but I sure do love staying in the casino resorts and eating at casino buffets. Food is a big draw to people visiting Orlando, but it’s just as important to people vacationing in other parts of the south. [Read more…]
Updated for 2016!
Well, despite my best intentions on going somewhere fabulous for Spring Break, we decided to STAYcation this year to save money for trips upcoming over the next 18 months. My husband and I are teachers, so we get a full week off from work. We live in Foley, Alabama, which is a short 15 minute drive from the Gulf of Mexico. People pay thousands of dollars a week to stay at the beach on the Gulf. So what do you do faced with 10 days and no amazing beach house or upper floor condo?
Well, you try to eat nice meals as cheaply as possibly and find FREE stuff to do. Alabama’s Eastern Shore is full of excellent places to visit and tons of free stuff to do. [Read more…]
Kayaking in 2016!
I live in a city about 15 minutes from a nature preserve, several rivers and bays, and the Gulf of Mexico. We are surrounded by water in every direction, just a relatively short car ride away. What do multitudes of people do when they live around the water? They buy boats. [Read more…]
June 2015
Nestled right next to the Pass Bridge in Orange Beach, Alabama, is a massive resort complex called Caribe the Resort. Located on over 30 acres of a peninsula, Caribe Resort features more amenities than any resorts in the area, including 40,000 sq. feet of pools, lazy river, tennis courts, saunas and steam rooms, game room, private beach cart service. There is a five-star restaurant next to the resort called Cobalt. This beach getaway is absolutely amazing. [Read more…]
April 2015
Martinique on the Gulf is a beach community on the Fort Morgan peninsula on the western side of Gulf Shores, Alabama. This resort offers private beach vacation rental homes and affordable luxury condos. [Read more…]
August 2015
My husband and I spent several weekday nights over the summer in Biloxi at the Imperial Palace Resort.We had several free nights because of free offers, but we opted to splurge on one of their Penthouse Suites, each which occupies an amazing 1,456 square feet.
Just the entryway is impressive, and there is a guest bathroom to the right. [Read more…]
November, 2015
I don’t mind telling you, as much as I love a Disney vacation, sometimes it’s really hard to psyche myself up for a big vacation week, knowing we face a nine-hour drive to Orlando and huge crowd levels once we arrive. My husband and I are both public school teachers. Taking time off of school for travel during a time when many people are still in school and at work, say the week before or after Thanksgiving, can be next to impossible. Between football games and upcoming final exams, this is not a great time for a teacher to miss classes. So that leaves us having time off of work when many, many other people travel to Disney World. [Read more…]
