
The world is always magical as ever.
It’s mostly everyone dream to travel around the world. To full fill your travel
dreams, it is very important to manage your travel budget and time. Here are
few best travel tips to cut costs without giving up anything you like the most.
- Travel on off-peak days: Plan your trip in advance and book round-trip air tickets accordingly through a travel portal that offers ocean of travel deals. It is better to plan your journey in the week days rather than weekends, as to get cheaper airfares. Probably, Tuesday would be the best pick.
- Pack less baggage: first make a list of all the essential things you wanted to carry, based on the type of trip (i.e., one night business trip or holiday to island etc.) simplicity is the key for travelling. So, reduce your check-in bags as much as you can, it will helps to save your time at baggage claim and if you have plans to shop, then it would be easy to pack all the newly purchased stuff in the bags. Make sure that few important items like medications, travel documents, electronics, jewelry, bank cards, passport, money, hydrating lotions and a change of clothes in your carry-on bag in order to have easy access. It is better to carry a photo copy of all the travel documents and remain them in separate bag from the actual documents.
- Carry your own first aid kit: Pack up a small medical kit for yourself which consisting of basic drugs for cough, cold, fever, diarrhea, pain relief gel or spray, pain killers, bandages and other drugs that you may require. It is best idea to always buy travel insurance for any type of emergency medical assistance.
- Shun airport ATMs’: Many countries ATMs’ offer free withdrawal, but the exchange rate would be very high on your each transaction. So, it is suggested to use bank ATMs while travelling.
- Stash extra money: Cash is extremely important to travel. It is recommended to store money in different places to use them in any emergency conditions like missing of your wallet or banks cards stop working or ATMs run out of money.
- Keep a backup for everything: It is always worth to spend extra money on buying two cables to charge your phone, two batteries for your camera or even two cameras and many more while traveling. Probably there might be some situations like where you accidentally misplace the items for a period of time, stolen, got wet, ruined etc. Actually having two will always saves you from many situations. Backup your mobile and camera data as often as you can because the data in them are priceless memories of your trip, you do not forgive yourself for the lost. There are few online services available in the market where you can backup data.
- Stay in touch: Let your family/friends at home know your travel plan time to time. It is extremely important while travelling.
- Check-in away from downtown: Book your accommodation outside the downtown. Sometimes they are much less expensive and will take less than 15 minutes ride to reach all the attractions. If you are going for a long trip then it recommended to lease a vacation homes rather than a hotel in order to have you own space and privacy for less cost.
- Adopt local foods: Food is most expensive in many countries and especially international cuisines cost you a lot. Try to eat local foods so that you can have a chance to discover new tastes and will save money. Figure out best economical restaurants and food that taste great before you actually go out for a lunch or dinner.
- Always stay hydrated: Drink plenty of water and yogurt to get hydrate and to ensure balanced health. Yogurt is a great source of proteins and keeps your stomach full till the time you have your actual meal.
- Compare the costs of transportation modes: Use public transportation rather than hiring a car. The fares of public transit will be inexpensive in many countries and will provide city passes to visit major attraction of the city. If you want to avoid crow rental cars are the best choice. First compare the costs and facilities of different service providers and go for the best one.
- Check twice before you exit: It is common situation for everyone to forget things when we are in hurry. So, be sure to double check before leaving taxis or any means of transportation and hotels rooms, which will take less than few seconds to ensure your belongings are with you.
- Buy little souvenirs from your trip: Get little something for yourself and family/friends while hitting back home. These souvenirs will actually preserve some memories of those times.
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