Budget Travel

Spirit is growing so fast it wants to lease more jets while it waits for deliveries of its own.

Find the magic ticket, win a year of bus trips—that's the deal offered by Megabus to 100 lucky finders of its 'golden tickets.'

A change of plans takes PortMoresby down the mountain to explore one more town before heading home from Chiapas.

On the pedestrian street in Centro that seems to be on the way to everywhere, PortMoresby enjoys a walk along San Cristóbal’s Real de Guadalupe and on to the white church watching from its hill.

The Templo de Santo Domingo was closed for earthquake repairs but the 2 museums in the adjacent ex-convento were open, including the Maya textile museum, much to PortMoresby’s delight.

A free-entry day celebrates the nation's national parks and give visitors an opportunity to try the outdoors on for size.

After a lively morning in Chamula on Day of the Dead, PortMoresby has a shopping opportunity along with a sobering education in the geology of southern Mexico.

The confusing array of possible passes has been narrowed down to a simple few, with some money-saving options.

Though PortMoresby had seen decorated cemeteries in the wake of Day of the Dead before, the experience on the day, November 1st, was new and quite unlike any other.

PortMoresby's experience of Day of the Dead in Chiapas, Mexico will go down as one of the most memorable in over half a century of travel.

With a month to enjoy herself in southern Mexico and tidy kitchens available in her accommodations, PortMoresby sets out to buy groceries.

A high priority during a month in Chiapas, Mexico, PortMoresby visits the San Cristóbal de las Casas museum dedicated to the work & lives of an exceptional couple, Gertrude Duby & Frans Blom.