I'm spending nearly $6,000 to visit my daughter at college 4 times this year. I never factored that into our budget.

The author (right) visits her daughter at college multiple times a year. Courtesy of VaNessa Duplessie When my daughter chose an out-of-state college, I thought I had factored all of the college costs. I didn't think about how much money I would spend visiting her multiple times a year. Sometimes, these trips cost me over $1,5000, so I'm trying to travel smarter. When my daughter applied for college, all of her choices were out of state. She accepted admission to her top choice school, UCLA...