National Parks Tours and Other Affordable Vacation Ideas

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A national parks tour was one of the affordable vacation ideas contributed by readers. 

The following affordable vacation ideas were submitted by readers.


National Parks Tours

With the increase in gasoline prices, it would probably be impossible to repeat Jay and Sonja’s trip for the same money, but their advice could encourage you to plan your own inexpensive adventure.

“First of all,” they write, “be economy minded. Stay in national forests whenever possible, for example. Such areas can be used either free of charge or at a cost of only a dollar or two a night. Furthermore, they provide more peace, quiet, and privacy than do most of the commercial outfits. We heartily recommend the George Washington National Forest in Virginia, which offers easy access to Shenandoah National Park and the Skyline Drive, and the Ouachita National Forest, which straddles the Arkansas-Oklahoma border.

  • Published on May 1, 1981
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