Here’s a bargain travel idea for you and a friend. If you decide to check out the Cross Country International “Ride & Learn French“ vacation in Provence, France , you can get 50 percent off of the whole trip. Yes, the first person has to pay $1,700 and the second gets to come and ride and eat for a mere $850. What you get is six nights’ lodging, meals, horseback riding, guide, 10 hours of French lessons, excursions and transfers. Lucky you.