If you’re looking for something a little less fast paced than the hustle and bustle of a theme park or cruise, you might want to consider a completely different experience…the Dude Ranch.The Dude Ranch has a long tradition of showing “city slickers” what life as a cowboy might have been like. It’s an experience that the entire family can enjoy – and at a price you might not expect.

Take the Rancho Cortez for example.

This Texas-based Dude Ranch offers Lodging (and yes it is air conditioned), breakfast, lunch, dinner, 2 hours of horseback riding, and access to all ranch activities (including hay rides, arena games, swimming in one of two heated pools, hot tub access, and more).You get all of that for only $135 per adult, and between $77 and $99 per child.

If you do the math on that you can see that as far as vacations go – that’s unbelievably cheap. You have access to everything you want right there – meals included.

You can find out more about the Rancho Cortez at their official website.

Texas isn’t the only place where you can find Dude Ranches, of course. You can search in your state – and you might be surprised how close, and inexpensive, a trip to ranch can be.