Think you’re too broke to travel? Think again! The economy is bad, blah blah blah, gas prices are high, blah blah blah. The cup is still half full my friend and there’s plenty of great reasons why you can still afford to travel.

1. Cheap airfare for students and faculty through StudentUniverse.com [Do you really need more reasons after this one?]
2. Bush is almost out of office
3. The US has actually recently gained access to oil fields that they’ve never had access to before and the price per barrel of oil is now the lowest it’s been in over a decade and gas prices are consequently expected to decrease.
4. Your economic stimulus check