If your travels take you to the popular area, consider spending some Sunday time at some of the popular, all-year outdoor markets there. In addition to used clothing and household items, there are fresh foods and other goodies to enjoy while you roam. Favorites include:

Rose Bowl Flea Market, 1001 Rose Bowl Dr., Pasadena CA 9110. This very popular event is at the famous sports stadium ten miles east of Los Angeles. It’s open only on the second Sunday of each month, but he huge display often has as many as 2,500 vendors on the field, gathered in specialty groups depending on their wares.

Items for sale range from produce, specialty foods, major appliances, furniture, antiques, clothing, game, electronics and fine art.

Long Beach Outdoor Antique & Collectible Market, 4901 E. Conant St., Long Beach CA 90808. It’s 30 miles south of Los Angeles along the Pacific Ocean coast. It operates in the Long Beach Veterans Stadium on the third Sunday of each month.

Guest senior writer PRL, Philadelphia PA: We were there last year, and had a great time. When most people think of  Monaco, the last images they imagine are cheap hostels and budget restaurants.

Our fantasies were more likely to conjure up elegantly expensive hotels, posh casinos and gourmet restaurants. Of course, there would also be smartly dressed gamblers and James Bond in a tux at a casino table, checking out his cards and a nearby bevy of beautiful babes.

When we arrived in the Principality of Monaco, we weren’t driving Ast0n Martins nor were we carrying Louis Vuitton luggage. We wore casual hiking clothes and backpacks served as our luggage. We wanted to visit some of glamorous places there, but were on a tight budget.

Traveling seniors enjoy exploring museums in many world locations, including the Louvre in Paris, London’s British Museum, St. Petersburg’s Hermitage and Rome’s Vatican. Many U.S. cities also offer interesting museums, especially Los Angeles. On your next trip to the West Coast, save a day or two to wander through one or more:

Los Angeles County Museum of Art  5905 Wilshire Bvd., Los Angeles CA 90036, www.lacma.org. With a million visitors annually, LACMA is one of America’s most popular museums. In addition to permanent collections, there are frequent special exhibits, lectures and other events.

USA Today recently posted an article that posed the question of how Airbnb, the new private home booking service, may be fatally impacting on the traditional hostel.

Airbnb has been very successful in attracting travelers who don’t want to pay the ever-escalating hotel prices, while also preferring the quiet of a private home to the noises and activity of commercial hotels.