I'm looking for a two week vacation with total expenses under $200. Any suggestions?

You live in NJ...a stone's throw from NY, which is EVERYONE'S dream destination! Funny how proximity lessons the glamour, eh? I suggest you treat yourself to a "cook's tour" if you will, of the local countryside. Why not try and pretend you're a tourist in your neck of the woods and look at your locale in a new way, with fresh eyes...you have the ocean, a boardwalk, Broadway, Times Square, cripes, I could go on and on....just enjoy your own back yard, with a little imagination, why don't you?

You could try to housesit for someone in another city, assuming you can travel there for under $200. If you have access to their kitchen, you can cook your meals. Just enjoy what that city has to offer that's free.

go to arizona and live with an indian tribe and learn their customs and make pots and clay stuff

The best Vacation i had under $200 was first i woke up and when 2 McDonald's then i went to sleep for 3 hours i woke up then i made love to my hand then i had a walk in the park and then i went back to McDonald's for dinner for 2 weeks straight

volunteer of some thing out of state that will provide housing and the money you do will pay for the food. get some camping stuff tent,sleeping bag,and a small gas stove. find a national or state park that interests you and camp out.(in 1996 my wife and i traveled the county for 6 weeks for under 3000 which included every thing)bring your onw food.

my suggestions are to go visit family, theres no way in the world you can take a 2 week vacation and not have extra cash coming in on your budget. Sorry! Maybe a resort town. The problem is that unless you go to a resort town or to visit family there are no jobs out there. Sorry sounds if you may have to stay home. Good Luck, hope you can figure this one out.

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$200 for 14 days = $14.28 a day. well if you eat cheap, as in bread and water and such, you can get by food wise for about half that $7 a day. That leaves $7 a day for travel and lodging. Thats not much, you could try a volunteer type work for a church or charity you may already be invoilved in. They will send you somewhere and lodge you and in turn you will volunteer to work 6-8 hours a day. Good luck to you

Contact national and state parks to see if they have a ranger cabin that you can stay in for exchange of work. You will need to supply your own food and transportation. Read newspaper want ads in the cities of interest to you and see if people need house sitters or a pet sitter for a couple of weeks. Contact some chamber of commerce and see if they have any leads on vacation home owners who need end of season help in exchange for use of home and boat. Have a resume and references typed up so you have something to instantly fax if needed. Contact the Boy Scouts and Campfire to see if they need clean up or end of season help for trade. Jaycees in a lot of states have camps for disabled kids and need lots of chores done. You can google camps for the disabled and reach places like Camp Barnabas in the Missouri Ozarks, Paul and Cindy Seas are the operators, great people and a magically beautiful area to vacation in. Best of luck to you and I hope you can make your dreams come true!