Bellingrath House & Gardens, Theodore, AL

When I think of Mobile, Alabama, several things come to mind, but expensive tourist destination isn’t usually one of them. Unfortunately, that is what we found. The admission costs to main attractions in Mobile are as high as almost anywhere else we’ve been. Over the course of two days, Shannon and I spent $80 getting into just three attractions; the art museum ($10, each), the USS Alabama ($10, with coupon), and the Bellingrath House & Gardens ($20, we skipped a river boat ride that costs an additional $8.50, each). $80 for a weekend may not seem like much when you’re on vacation, but if you try to do it all the time, like we do, that amount spent every two days accumulates to almost $15,000 over the course of a year. That’s a lot of scratch for admissions. Read More…