Traveling where the dollar is strong

If you're earning a salary in US currency and are unlucky enough to spend it traveling internationally, you know the pain of the depreciating dollar.

The rest of the world has become frighteningly expensive as the dollar continues its slide. My recent trip to North Korea, for example, was $800 more expensive than it would have been two years ago for the mere fact that I had to pay for the tour in euros. Man, did this hurt! Unfortunately, such increased costs have become a factor in many travelers' vacation plans as prohibitive prices continue to limit options.

But this isn't the case everywhere. Certain parts of the world are still "on sale" due to local currencies that even weaker than the dollar.

Countries where dollars go the distance is a handy LA Times article that explores some of these remaining bargain locations--Vietnam, Morocco, Bolivia, Cambodia, Nicaragua, Albania--and provides a fantastic short list of wonderful places that would still be worth going to even if they weren't "on sale."

Filed under: Morocco, Cambodia, Vietnam, Albania, Nicaragua, Bolivia