Banff on a budget: Ways to save while visiting Canada’s legendary national park town

My teenager hasn’t put his phone down all morning, but for once, I’m not annoyed. That’s because instead of playing a game or texting his friends, he’s taking photos: the Rocky Mountains, a cool ice sculpture, the legendary Banff elk, even our hotel room. By the time we head up the Banff Gondola on Sulphur Mountain, he and his brother can’t stop talking about the awe-inspiring views as they look down toward the town of Banff and the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel and,