Make a list of desired activities during your vacation
Once you know the destination, list what you want to do there. You can, for example, try your hand at diving or water skiing for a stay at the sea, take part in guided hikes for a stay in the mountains or visit certain monuments and museums. Some of these activities can have substantial budgets. organizing a cheap trip .
List them by priority
Then make a preference ranking so that you can adjust your expenses, if necessary, by eliminating the least important activity. This process, the air of nothing, already allows you to realize if it is an essential activity to spend an excellent stay in your eyes or not. This allows you to make better decisions to save when you travel.
Allocate money
Food, outings, leisure, shopping, take into account all aspects of your trip and assign a budget to each category . Do not forget to create an “unforeseen” category , in order to leave you some leeway, because the holidays are not made to stress permanently either.
Estimate the daily budget
One of the tips for not deviating from the budget consists of dividing the allocated sums to obtain the amount to be spent per day and per category . This technique allows you to make your budget more concrete and to be aware of it more easily during your trip.
How to stick to your holiday budget?
Controlling your budget is ultimately a greater difficulty than the very development of this budget, because our mind, once on vacation, unconsciously becomes much less reasonable. The trick is to take this aspect into account and anticipate our possible flaws .
Have a dedicated account to better control the holiday budget
Open a special holiday bank account . Either in your bank, if there is no additional cost, or in an online bank which provides you with the bank card and account management for free. The advantage of the latter is that it allows very little overdraft, thus forcing you to limit yourself to your budget.
Cook while on vacation
Expenses accelerate considerably when eating out at every meal. The ideal therefore remains to go shopping and cook your meals , like at home, then allow yourself to go out to the restaurant .
If you are staying at the hotel you obviously cannot cook. Take this aspect into consideration when booking your accommodation. The studio or apartment can finally free up a good part of your budget.
In addition, cooking allows you to eat healthier and not to have to regret your excess food at the start of the school year.
Have a drink before you go out
Often, it’s the drinks at the restaurant or bar that make the bill salty. Especially since the summer, the thirst is felt more. To help you lower the bill, drink an aperitif in your accommodation before going out. You will appreciate on the one hand a calm and intimate moment, and you will feel less the need to order an exotic drink at an exorbitant price once in the restaurant or at the bar.
Anticipate your madness by focusing on planned activities
On vacation, the bank card tends to easily come out of the wallet. After all, it’s the holidays you tell yourself!
One of the best tips is to remember your pre-departure activity list. Put it in perspective with the item you are about to buy. Will these shoes make my son happier than an ocean diving experience? Will the purchase make his/our holiday unforgettable? Often the answer is no…
Explain this concept to the whole family before departure, so you can count on each other not to let yourself go.
Allow for a margin of error
Vacations don’t have to be a constant battle against your cravings, either. The first goal remains all the same to relax , it is what it is necessary to know to appreciate life. Therefore plan a “cracking” budget , so as not to spoil the pleasure of letting yourself go from time to time, even when it comes to money. Because that’s also how we recognize a good holiday.
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