Like us, if you love to travel and want to do more of it, the reality is you’ll need access to quite a bit of cash. Flights, accommodation, other transport and eating out is not cheap. So, if you want to travel more, you need to be money savvy.
Clear Your Debts
It can cost a lot of money to service big debts. So, if you have them try Creditfix as a way of clearing them. Once you do, you can channel the cash you were using to make repayments into a travelling fund. Plus, the fact that you will no longer be paying interest or admin fees means that the money you earn will go further. None of your cash will be wasted.
Set Up And Add To Your Travel Fund
We mentioned having a travelling fund. Ring-fencing some of your cash into a fund like this can be a good way to save. If you don’t separate out your travelling funds from your day-to-day money there is a real danger you will never have enough to pay for that dream trip you have wanted to take for years. When you keep it separate and tell yourself that it is for travelling alone it is far more likely that you will use it to travel.
Learn To Travel Hack And Fly For Less (Air Mile Tips)
Hacking? Well, it’s basically “Hints & Tips” if you are over 40 but known as “Hacking” if you are down with the millennials.
Travel hacking is using airline’s points and miles products to fly for free. You will be stunned by just how much money you can save when you hone this skill. If you are savvy you can accrue a lot of miles or points without having to actually travel far.
For example, a lot of credit cards offer miles every time you use your card. So, you can rack up a ton of miles while buying everyday items. As long as you pay off your credit card in full, at the end of the month, those miles would have cost you nothing. Yet you can use them to book yourself a free flight, which can save you hundreds.
Free Accommodation
One of the biggest expenses travellers face is accommodation. So, anything you can do to get that cost down pays big dividends.
Of course, it makes sense to take advantage of hotel deals. Using comparison websites will usually help you to find accommodation at a reasonable price.
But, it is also well worth thinking outside the box. If you own your own home, one option is to try home swapping. It is a really simple system. All you do is to list your home on a swapping website. Once you have done that you can search their database and find another member’s home that is located somewhere you would like to visit. Then you drop them a line to see if they are interested in staying in your home while they stay in yours. It could take a few goes, but eventually, you will find someone who will say yes.
When that happens, you will basically be able to enjoy a break using free accom
Another option which is good if you do not own property is house-sitting. We tried this last year, spending a week in the Cotswolds looking after a family’s very active ‘quite mad’ dog while they took a break. Good fun and we got plenty of exercise!
