The Thrifty New England Traveler is a VisitingNewEngland.com blog to help you travel more and spend less in New England, including attractions, events, dining and lodging.
Below are some of our most popular posts, as well as some personal favorites and trending articles: Trending Falling in love with the FarmCoast Free and inexpensive museums in the Boston area Tours and tastings at Maine microbreweries Affordable shopping tourism at the Wrentham Outlets, Wrentham, Mass. Best hot...
GOP presidential primary candidates, take note: now don’t go eating at any of those high falutin’, expensive restaurants here for the 2012 New Hampshire primaries. That would be a political blunder, given most of middle class America seemingly can’t afford to go out to eat at all during this...
There’s something about hot chocolate and winter that go together. You think of roaring fireplaces, dimly-lit rooms with Christmas decorations, and coming in from the frozen New England tundra for something warming. To validate this winter-was-made-for-hot-chocolate theory, just think of drinking hot chocolate during the summer. It just doesn’t...
Cape Cod, Massachusetts, is one of the ultimate New England travel destinations to rent a vacation home. A 70-mile stretch of vacation bliss, Cape Cod features beautiful, expansive sandy ocean beaches and scenic winding roads through charming, tree-lined small towns and villages with fine examples of stately captain’s homes....
Every week, we’ll be featuring affordable restaurants in New England that consistently offer great value for the money. Not all restaurants that have good value will make it to our list, however. That given restaurant has to offer a nice atmosphere for its genre (diner, upscale, mom and pop,...
If you’re looking for cheap, filling, delicious comfort food served in a no frills atmosphere in the Boston Metrowest area, we recommend checking out Harry’s Restaurant and Dairy Bar on Route 9 in Westboro, Mass. (very close to the Mass Turnpike and Route 495). One of the old school...
Just when you thought local New England ice cream stands were on the verge of closing for the season, the Ice Cream Machine in Cumberland, R.I., saves the day by staying open year-round! Many of us love ice cream, ice cream stands and associate the boarding up of these...