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Traveling
on a Budget
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Limited financial assets don’t have to keep you from enjoying a vacation.
There are many tips for stretching your budget and enjoying a relaxing
vacation that does not put a strain on your financial situation. Whether
you are looking to enjoy a weekend getaway or a month long trip to another
country you can find cost saving tips that can greatly reduce the price
of your trip. Some of these tips include maintaining flexibility, booking
your trip in advance or at the last minute, considering alternative
modes of transportation and traveling during off peak times.
Being flexible with your travel plans can greatly reduce the cost of
your travel plans. If you are flexible with the dates of your trip you
may find more opportunities to reduce the cost of your trip. For example
hotel stays are usually cheaper on weekdays than they are on weeknights.
However, airline travel is usually cheaper if you stay over a weekend
night before your return trip. In this case you need to weigh your options
carefully to determine what your cheapest options are. It may be worthwhile
to include one weekend night stay in a hotel in your vacation if it
will greatly reduce your airfare.
Booking flights more than three weeks is one way to help you get a better
price on your airfare. As the date of departure approaches, airfares
tend to rise. However, there are often possibilities of reduced airfares
on last minute travel. Booking your flight in advance is practically
a guaranteed way to save money on your flight but waiting until the
last minute is hit or miss in terms of whether or not you will find
and affordable deal. For this reason it is recommended that you make
your reservations ahead of time when you are sure that you will be traveling
instead of relying on a last minute deal on airfare. Last minute deals,
however, are excellent ideas for travel that is done on a whim.
Depending on the location of your travel destination you might want
to consider alternative modes of transportation for your travel. Airfare
is often quite expensive but trains, buses and automobiles can be much
less expensive. They are, however, much slower so therefore they are
not an option if you have limited time constraints for your vacation.
If you have time to spare though you could save a great deal of money
traveling by a form of land transportation as opposed to air travel.
Traveling during off peak times can also save you a great deal of money
on your vacation. Many popular vacations have peak times and off peak
times. For example popular ski locations can be much more expensive
in the winter but the mountain ranges are beautiful for hiking and mountain
biking in the spring and fall. You might find great travel deals to
these locations during these times.
Travel me seem like a luxury that you just can’t afford but that is
not always the case. With a little legwork and flexibility you may find
that your dream vacation is more affordable than you imagined.
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Myth:
Cheapest fares are always found online.
Truth:
Wrong. Many of the wholesale airline contracts are prohibited
from being marketed on a website. If you're only searching Expedia,
Orbitz, Travelocity and the like, you're not seeing all the
really discounted fares that are available.
Myth:
Buying direct from the airlines is good.
Truth:
Wrong again. You just eliminated the possibility of buying a
consolidator airfare, which is almost always cheaper than anything
the airlines offer, and, the cheapest airfare are sold
only by travel agencies.
Myth:
The airlines sell off unsold seats cheap at the last minute.
Truth:
This myth can cost you big time or the cancellation of your
plans if you're not willing to pay the exorbitant price the
airlines want to extort from you. Believing this myth proves
you have no clue about the airlines' distribution system.
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