Budget Travel Tips – Transform Your Travel With Simple Hacks

In my opinion, budget travel does not mean staying in dirty, seedy or repulsive hotels. Budget travel does also not mean travelling to the back end of nowhere, where there is nothing appealing. For me, budget travel is simply being efficient with your finances. This can lead to many more travel opportunities. Why? You either have more money to spend on other trips. Or you can book that trip you didn’t think you can afford. I’ve spent the last couple of years travelling this way. So, I have noted the best budget travel hacks and tips for you.

You will find 9 of the easiest ways below. These can help you transform your travel and make the most of your wanderlust. Make sure you look out for the bonus budget travel hacks along the way.

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Budget Travel Tip 1. Travel Light.

2. Find Flights not Dates.

3. Live Normally, Not Like a Tourist. 

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Budget Travel Tip 4. Cost of Living.

The best thing you can do for budget travel is to visit countries with a low cost of living. Why? Because everything is so cheap! I will show you a comparison. So, I went to Sri Lanka where you can find a home stay, with a private bathroom and breakfast included, for under £15 a night. However, when I went to Perth, Australia, the cheapest home stay was £50 per night, for a bedroom and a shared bathroom. Equally, a meal out in Sri Lanka was £12 (drink, starter, main, side) but, in Australia, the same would be £50+. Therefore, if you consider these costs across a whole trip, the difference is drastic!

5. Avoid Tourist Traps.

Do you really want to travel to the same places as everybody else and pay a premium for doing so? Honestly, holiday destinations with a tourist reputation or places known to be ‘desirable’ or ‘trendy’ to visit are not the most exciting places to go. They are also definitely not made for budget travellers. Almost certainly, you will pay more because establishments can just charge a premium knowing the holiday makers will still come. I also don’t particularly enjoy having to battle my way through overcrowded areas and spend hours queuing for attractions. Of course, if you really want to go to see certain things, there is no judgement here and I understand the appeal. Equally, there are so many places around the world that have amazing things to offer without the crowds and premium pricing.

Bonus budget travel hack – If you do want to see some of the touristy places, you still can. Simply find somewhere you can stay outside of the popular area and spend a couple of day trips travelling into the tourist hot spots to save a bunch of money.

6. Using the Right Websites/ Apps.

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Budget Travel Tip 7. Spontaneity.

Bonus budget travel hack – you should learn your workplaces sickness policy. Honestly, you can work out how many days sick you can have without any disciplinary action being taken. Obviously, you can’t post about your holidays if you’re supposed to be sick but it can help with being spontaneous!

8. Home Comforts are for Home.

We all get so comfortable with what we know. But this can lead us to miss out on so many opportunities to explore the true wonders of the world. Every home comfort you ‘need’ when you travel is an added expense. Often, you will find cheaper accommodation, cheaper flights, cheaper baggage options, cheaper food and cheaper activities if you leave some of your home comforts at home. Every bit of money you save on things like that means you have more money to extend your trips or, have more of them! As I mentioned above, this includes unnecessary luggage, using taxis and much more.

9. Read More.

There are too many budget travel tips to list on one blog. Whether it’s flights, accommodation, food, activities or transportation, you can save money everywhere. So, take some time to glance over the other posts in my budget travel section and learn the tips and strategies that I implement every time I go on a trip. Also, don’t forget to join my email list for future blogs sent straight to your inbox, I post a new blog twice a week so there is a lot more to come!

Conclusion

Which ones of these have you used before and which ones are you going to try next time?

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