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Planning a fun trip is always an exciting time. From picking activities you want to do to deciding where you want to stay, the planning of a vacation alone is enough to make a person want the trip to come faster. The biggest decision with a vacation, though, is actually picking a destination. Below are five key ways to pick a vacation spot for your next trip: 5 Factors to Guide Your Vacation Decision 1. Consider your overall budget While the last thing anyone wants to think about on vacation is money, it’s important to build a budget. Did you know that a one-week vacation in the U.S. costs $1,558 on average for just one person? This price includes lodging, food, transportation, activities, and other unknowns. It’s important to build a budget before picking a vacation destination, so that you can narrow your list to places you can afford. 2. The lodging you want to stay in In some cases, the lodging you want to experience can dictate where you should travel. For example, those looking

Readers, please join me welcoming Stuart Archer Cohen , author of  The Army of the Republic who’s guest blogging here today! This book (Picador Trade Paperback; October 2009) is set in a dark alternate America – one that we have seen actual glimmers of over the past few tumultuous years. It is run by a corrupt government with designs to privatize public resources, and to silence dissent with a ruthless secret security force. But as the plans of greedy politicians and their corporate cronies begin to see the light of day, and dissenters are abducted and silenced, the citizens can no longer ignore the writing on the wall. Why I Wrote The Army of the Republic Like a lot of novelists, I usually write about things that won’t leave me alone.  You have to really be interested in something to spend a few years with it every day, pursuing it around a dozen curves and into a hundred dead ends, only to have it disappear just when you think you’ve got it. The idea of revolution had been kicking a