in search of darn good digs

This past summer we spent three weeks traveling around Nicaragua with our eight year old son. Here is our advice to make the most of your trip: 1. What to read before you go: We were especially interested in learning about the Sandinista revolution, before and after. The two books below were both informative and […]

Would you consider sleeping in a pod? The experience will save you money in notoriously expensive Singapore and get you modern digs in the heart of the city’s Chinatown. Plus, you might meet some fellow travelers in this friendly hostel. What makes Wink Hostel so Darn Good? Wink has a perfect location in the heart […]

We heard that Costa Rica was an amazing place to travel, but somehow it still surprised us with just how good it was as a family destination. In fact, we were so pleased, we couldn’t help but put together a list of out top ten reasons why traveling with kids in Costa Rica is an […]

This past summer we spent almost three weeks traveling around Costa Rica with our seven year old son, and along the way we stayed in some fantastic places.  We’ll be publishing some of our hotel reviews here on the blog (or visit our Costa Rica hotels page to read them all in one place). We’ll […]

Costa Rica is a Darn Good Digs paradise. Virtually every inn or lodge we stayed at during our recent three week trip was spectacular. Granted, we spent a long time putting together this itinerary, as we always do – scouring guidebooks and the web for the best places to stay. We also tried to build […]

Summer is just about here which means it is time to get your vacation on! We at Darn Good Digs are doing our part by slowly but surely adding extraordinary, and only extraordinary, digs to our website.  As a fan recently commented online at the New York Times, Darn Good Digs is “how I find […]

We are on a mission to find the world’s best independently owned hotels for budget-minded travelers, and so far we have put together a pretty solid hotel list for Mexico – from the Yucatan to the Pacific coast, Mexico City to the Lake Chapala region.  We always seek out owners with unique visions as well […]

In his blog post earlier this year, Arthur Frommer challenged us to find and review 500 Darn Good Digs around the world, and we think we’re well on our way.  In a few months, we’ll have published over 200 reviews, and we’ve added even more colorful photos than ever before. You can help by nominating […]

We recently published a guest post entitled “4 Hotels Under $25: Cheap, Yet So Amazing You Won’t Want to Leave!” on the Budget Travelers Sandbox blog. If super cheap hotels that are still extraordinary intrigues you, then definitely go check our article out.  We write about four of our favorite under $25 hotels: Mustapha’s Place […]

Last winter when we visited Walt Disney World and the Kennedy Space Center with our four-year old boy, we were looking for a quiet, friendly place to spend a couple of days nearby as a brief escape from the craziness of the Orlando-area theme parks. After researching a 100 mile swath of central Florida’s Atlantic […]