If you're looking for budget travel in the United States, Seattle, Washington is a good choice. After our most recent vacation, we were really surprised at how little we spent. Our biggest expenses were the flight and hotel. However, we did get a discount on our flight using Delta SkyMiles. I also cashed in my Discover Cash Rewards for Best Western gift cards, in order to get the room a bit cheaper in the long run. On our first day in Seattle, we went to Mount Rainier. For merely the cost of park entrance, we were able to see the giant Douglas Firs in the Grove of the Patriarchs, see Myrtle Falls, and of course the great volcano itself. It was actually free for us, because we had already invested in a National Park Pass that
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