I have a bet with my dad that I can go to the East Coast for my half-sister's wedding for under $600. An experienced traveller, Dad insists it's going to set me back at least $700, no matter how I pinch pennies.

So the gauntlet has been thrown. My airfare will be $320, and I'm flying into Hartford the day before the wedding.

I have a backup car rental, but I'm hoping to get that amount down considerably, and I need cheap housing in the vicinity of Woodbridg—a Motel 6 or something like that.

My main savings will be food: I may go ahead and check my suitcase, because it will be chock-full of peanut butter and jelly, crackers, instant couscous, and Nutri-Grain bars. I'll get a little produce at a local market, but I'm getting my protein as cheaply as I can.

Ideas?

For the purposes of this exercise, the wedding gift is a separate item (besides which, we have a year in which to get it).

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