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.
Let’s face it, Thanksgiving isn’t the most healthy food day but we can still do our best to tip the scales in the right direction by purchasing organic, pastured and free range turkeys from local New England farms. The certified organic label usually means the turkey has not been...
The Lighting of the Green and Lights On Festival in Taunton, Mass. will take place Sat., December 7, 2019, from 3:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the historic Taunton Green. The event features live entertainment, kids’ activities, fireworks, and, of course, the beautiful holiday lights. If you can’t make...
The Greenway Carousel at The Rose F. Kennedy Greenway in Boston, Mass., opened to the public in the summer of 2013 but has already become a major family travel attraction. Located within the Greenway’s wonderful mile and a half of contiguous parks (what a change from the former pockets...
Over at our flagship VisitingNewEngland main web site, there’s a smart feature that allows you to book a hotel room at the lowest rate in New England by comparing prices amongst the top travel sites. We have partnered with HotelsCombined to bring you this great hotel trip planning feature. Often, it...
The familiar-sounding phrase “Book early for your fall vacation” has plenty of validity, but that will only get you half-way there. Yes, it’s true that booking early for the New England fall foliage season is important as, by August, many of the higher quality hotels across New England start...
Most Vermont downtown districts are so small that with a blink of the eyes, you might bypass that quaint, old-time country store that you’ve wanted to visit for such a long time. In the case of Weston, Vt., you might miss two of these stores. The Vermont Country Store...
View Larger Map There’s nothing flat about the pizza at the Flatbread Company in Bedford, Mass. The pizza absolutely comes alive with taste, thanks to the Flatbread Company partnering with local farms and producers and the organic foods movement, in general. That means creating pizzas with organic foods, whenever...