Travel Warnings Can be a Blessing

Travel Warnings and State Department Advisories can mean falling prices for Vacationing Travelers.

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"For many travelers, though, one question may trump all others: In the wake of a disaster, is it safe to go at all?
Often, the answer is yes — as long as you know where the troubles are and how to avoid them. That was the lesson learned by Tim Leffel, who flew to Indonesia with his wife, Donna, in the summer of 1998 just when  the country’s longtime strongman leader, Suharto, had been overthrown.
“Jakarta was dicey—riots and fires—but we got out of there, we didn’t stick around,” said Mr. Leffel, who now runs the Cheapest Destinations Blog, about budget travel. Instead, they headed for Bunaken Island, a scuba-diving getaway more than 1,300 miles from the capital. “We got this big waterfront bungalow, and it was less than $4 a day for two of us with all three meals included. It was unbelievable. We stayed there for a week and just chowed down.”
Last summer, he employed a similar strategy on a trip to Mexico at a time when the H1N1 virus and drug-related violence were scaring off tourists. But instead of visiting Mexico City (center of the flu pandemic) or Ciudad Ju árez (center of the drug wars), he went to Guanajuato, San Miguel de Allende and the Mayan Riviera, where he said he got deals at hotels “just by asking.”