Affordable Travel Colin Swift

Why should you travel? Traveling abroad opens your mind to other cultures Traveling allows you to experience new places and the unknown IT’S FUN! Culture shock is something I believe everyone should experience. How cool would it be to visit a place that’s so different from home that you end up LOVING it because so. New things can be a good thing! I’ve traveled abroad and I had the most fun of my life

How to Travel Affordably Saving money on finding an affordable flight. Maybe 2 one-way tickets are cheaper than round trip, or a multi-city trip is cheaper. Use alternative ways to travel, e.g., bus, car, bike, or even walking. If you’re backpacking, hitching may be a useful way to get around, but stay cautious. Before leaving for your destination(s), be sure to set a savings goal and budget your money. Its always easy to overspend when you’re on vacation. Map out some activities, restaurants, and other things you’d like to do before hand to estimate some costs. Personal experience with certain apps and websites, ways that worked to save money.

Ways to Find Cheap Airline Tickets and more! SkyScanner- This website and mobile app gives you live, real time, prices of most major international airlines and their quick run-down itinerary Kayak-They say “search one and done,” but if you really want the right price, you still have to do your homework. But Kayak does offer good service for finding flights and bundles as well. TripAdvisor-Most people think TripAdvisor is for finding accommodation, but they actually have a nice flight search engine as well. LOVE skyscanner, LOVE trip advisor

Ways to Find Cheap Accommodation TripAdvisor-Other than flights, TripAdvisor searches from hotels to vacation homes to hostels and bed and breakfasts. Air B&B- Air B&B searches your specific city’s are for vacation homes to rent for usually a 2 night minimum. Normally these are ordinary people’s apartments or houses that they rent out for the week or month. HomeAway- This is a vacation rental marketplace with more than 1,000,000 vacation rental listings in 190 countries. VRBO-Another alternative vacation rental marketplace Air BnB is a pretty cool upcoming app and website. I’ve personally used it and had a great experience with it and the owners of the apartment I rented.

How to Budget for Traveling These websites are great guidelines for how to make a realistic budget created just for you and for your destination(s) http://www.lonelyplanet.com/travel-tips-and-articles/76405 http://www.independenttraveler.com/travel-budget-calculator http://www.budgettravel.com/feature/budget-travel-advice-how-to-pay-for-your-vacation,8998/ Personal experience again. What worked for me and what didn’t. I adapted my ways from these websites and a few more with some research.

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