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Home page** Site Map will be placed on 3Thrifty Traveller website to let users, search engines navigate and find all the pages on our site.

Patricia Vega: Graduating student of Library Science at the Pratt Institute and presently working for the Jersey City Public Library. Enjoy traveling with my family and finding ways of cutting cost is the only way to go. V. Thomas is a graduate student at Pratt - SILS. She loves visiting new cities.
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This page is for users to log in and check on future travel updates and or new cities ideas. They will be able to do this by RSS feeds and/or Flickr.com
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This page will have a photo of the 3Thrifty Travellers with a short description of their travel expertise with website, telephone, email, fax information.
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Home: [|**http://3thriftytravelers.wordpress.com/**] About Us: [|**http://3thriftytravelers.wordpress.com/about/**] Destinations: [|**http://3thriftytravelers.wordpress.com/category/destinations/**] Atlantic City: [|**http://3thriftytravelers.wordpress.com/category/destinations/atlantic-city-destinations/**] Boston: [|**http://3thriftytravelers.wordpress.com/category/destinations/boston-destinations/**] Connecticut: [|**http://3thriftytravelers.wordpress.com/category/destinations/connecticut-destinations/**] Philadelphia: [|**http://3thriftytravelers.wordpress.com/category/destinations/philadelphia-destinations/**] Tips & Tools: [|**http://3thriftytravelers.wordpress.com/category/tips-tools/**] Calendars & Events: [|**http://3thriftytravelers.wordpress.com/category/tips-tools/calendars-events/**] Guide Books: [|**http://3thriftytravelers.wordpress.com/category/tips-tools/guide-books/**] Travel Tips: [|**http://3thriftytravelers.wordpress.com/category/tips-tools/travel-tips/**] Travel Updates: [|**http://3thriftytravelers.wordpress.com/mapquest/**] Contact Us: [|**http://3thriftytravelers.wordpress.com/contact-us-2/**] Cheap Eats: [|**http://3thriftytravelers.wordpress.com/category/cheap-eats/**] Miscellaneous: [|**http://3thriftytravelers.wordpress.com/category/miscellaneous/**]
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Under $20
 * Cheaps Eats**

The destination pages for the 3Thrifty Travellers blog list the cities which met the criteria of our website objective, which is for undergraduate students on a limited budget to find affordable vacation spots within 5 hours radius of New York City. The cities chosen were: Atlantic City, Boston, Connecticut and Philadelphia. Atlantic City, NJ was a personal choice of mine. The other cities were obvious suggestions from the 3Thrifty Travellers. Each city has a short historical description with a weblink to official, goverment websites. Best Spots or places of interest are also mentioned with highlighting price range. Lodging under $80 posed a big challenge. Many travel websites were researched for this part to find the best possible prices. Sites such as Expedia, Priceline.com and Ortbiz were consulted. Official hotel & motels websites were also taken into account. Information on Cheat Eats under $20 were taken from the recommendations of goverment websites previously mentioned. Also metioned in this category are type of restuarant, cusine and an unique feature of this said restaurant. Information for Transportation under $100 were researched by cross referencing competing companies. Companies such as Greyhound, Peterpan, Lucky Star Bus, NJ Transit, and Amtrak were consulted.
 * Destinations**

A Photo slideshow was originally to be posted that will highlight Best Spots mentioned for each city. We were unable to get these up in time.


 * Miscellaneous

Tips & Tools** This section of our blog will contain a calendar and events. We feel this feature is important because certain places mentioned in our Best Spots are seasonal and of "tourisits" importance. A selection of Guide books that our users can use as guide companions. We will also provide a list of travel tips.

//Calendars & Events:// A work in progress

//Guidebooks Recommendations:// Fodor's New York State, 2nd Edition (Price: $19.99) Fodor's Washington, D.C.'s 25 Best, 7th Edition (Price: $11.95) Fodor's Boston 2010 (Price: $16.99) Fodor's Philadelphia & the Pennsylvania Dutch Country, 16th Edition (Price: $16.99) Fodor's Cape Cod, Nantucket & Martha's Vineyard, 28th Edition (Price: $17.95) The Jersey Shore; Atlantic City to Cape May: Great Destinations: A Complete Guide: Including the Wildwoods Price: $16.20

//Travel Tips:// In **Atlantic City** do not show wads of money anywhere. from [|www.tripadvisor.com] In **Boston** the trains stop running between 12 midnight and 5am. From [|www.virtualtourist.com] The local custom in **Connecticut** is that if you talk very slowly to someone it might be considered as a personal insult unless English is not your first language. [|www.virtualtourist.com] It is recommended that you take a cab late at night in **Phildelphia** and ask hotel personnel about the security of places you would like to visit. From [|www.Fodors.com]