{"id":17427,"date":"2017-08-17T11:17:16","date_gmt":"2017-08-17T15:17:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/?p=17427"},"modified":"2017-08-17T11:19:49","modified_gmt":"2017-08-17T15:19:49","slug":"travel-thursday-eclipse-tips","status":"archive","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/frugal-articles\/travel-thursday-eclipse-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"Travel Thursday: Eclipse Tips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Eclipse2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17432\" src=\"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Eclipse2.jpg\" alt=\"Eclipse2\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Eclipse2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Eclipse2-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This Monday, August 21, the U.S. will see the first total solar eclipse in several decades. Traffic will be heavy, hotel rates are skyrocketing and a frenzy of activity is following this exciting event - make sure you're in-the-know on how to participate safely while saving money.<\/p>\n<p>ABC News has important tips to <a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Lifestyle\/total-solar-eclipse-2017-save-money-travel-avoid\/story?id=49268688\" target=\"_blank\">save money if you're traveling to view the eclipse<\/a> - not to mention, how to avoid scams.<\/p>\n<p>Read these <a href=\"https:\/\/www.today.com\/health\/eclipse-watching-mistakes-5-things-not-do-t115176\" target=\"_blank\">five things\u00a0not to do during the eclipse<\/a> over at Today.com, so you stay safe and make the most of the unique experience.<\/p>\n<p>Take a frugal tip from NPR and check out this video to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2017\/08\/17\/543633362\/make-your-own-eclipse-viewer\" target=\"_blank\">make your own eclipse viewer<\/a> from items you already have in your home. And no, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/marshallshepherd\/2017\/08\/17\/no-3d-movie-glasses-are-not-like-eclipse-glasses-heres-why\/\" target=\"_blank\">you can't use 3D movie glasses<\/a> to view the eclipse, says Forbes.<\/p>\n<p>CBS News will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/how-to-watch-the-american-solar-eclipse-of-2017-start-time-livestream-and-more\/\" target=\"_blank\">livestream the eclipse for anyone at home or the office<\/a> who won't be able to view the event in person.<\/p>\n<p>Happy Eclipse-ing!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/frugal-articles\/travel-thursday-eclipse-tips\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" class=\"excerptimage alignleft wp-post-image tfe\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><p>This Monday, August 21, the U.S. will see the first total solar eclipse in several decades. Traffic will be heavy, hotel rates are skyrocketing and a frenzy of activity is ... <a title=\"Travel Thursday: Eclipse Tips\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/frugal-articles\/travel-thursday-eclipse-tips\/\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Travel Thursday: Eclipse Tips<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[3232,2787,3324,748,3325,1102,1395,2065,3323,1694,3327,3326],"class_list":["post-17427","post","type-post","status-archive","format-standard","hentry","category-frugal-articles","tag-3232","tag-cost","tag-eclipse","tag-glasses","tag-livestream","tag-money","tag-safety","tag-tips","tag-total-eclipse","tag-travel","tag-united-states","tag-viewer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17427","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17427"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17427\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}