I suppose I'm probably somewhere in the middle of budget and cheap on the spectrum. I don't mind paying more if I perceive the value to be worth it. I'm a young adult and don't make too much money, but my expenses are low, my savings are healthy, and I've got no debt.

My first planned trip will be a flight down to Orlando at the beginning of December (live in Minneapolis). Lodging is taken care of, and the group of people I'm with will most likely split the cost of a rental car or two. Sometime in winter or spring of 2011 I'll fly out to San Francisco. So for those two, I'd probably fall more on the lines of cheap, but I don't mind hearing the true budget tricks as well.

Thanks for the response.