Instead of the question of how to travel cheaply, maybe we ask ourselves, "How can I save money to travel?" It would be more correct to ask. I am sure that anyone who gives enough thought to this question will succeed. Learning to travel cheap is actually a process that starts before we
set off, and there are some things we need to do.You make money, but you always spend it and when it comes to travel, you think that people who travel are rich because they don't have any money. Traveling, going to Europe is not a luxury thing. I know young children who spend 15 days with 100€ in their pocket today. Maybe you can't do what they did, but I hope you can travel more if you follow the things I've written for you below. That is, if you are passionate enough and make chasing your dreams a lifestyle.
Remember that the biggest obstacle to travel is your prejudices, anxieties and even fears. Now put aside those prejudices, I don't have money and listen to my voice.
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Saving Money for Travel
1. Learn to save first
In fact, there is an important habit that we must acquire throughout our lives; “Saving money.” You should have a lifestyle not only for travel, but also for looking to the future with confidence and saving for self-confidence. If you learn to save, that is, to live without spending much money in daily life, you can travel cheaper.
The world doesn't always turn the way we want. Get rid of the delusion of thinking that you will receive the salary you receive every day as if you will receive it for a lifetime. When I first started working in the pharmaceutical industry, I had a good salary, I used to spend it before I learned how to invest properly. It was as if I was thinking that I would have such an income throughout my life and that I would invest in the future anyway. I was wrong, of course.
Saving means saving money . If you have money on the side, it will help you to have more calm reflexes in case of unforeseen events. I am passionate about traveling, if you are one of those who spend every second thinking about how I can discover new places in the world, you need to save money for the expenses you will make on flight tickets , hotel reservations and activities.
During my 1.5-year trip from New Zealand to Laos, I did many activities, but I had to skip some activities. If it's about low-cost travel, I'd find a way, but you need money in your pocket for diving, trekking, boat tours, visiting cultural sites, other adrenaline and adventure activities.
What you have to do is deposit a certain percentage of your salary into a savings account and try to live off the rest . Know that the reverse system does not work. So, don't say that I will live as I know, the money left at the end of the month will accumulate in my account somehow. It does not accumulate, know it well! Then you make the mistake of going on vacation with money that isn't yours, using your credit card. Do not do that! Every month, without exception, transfer at least one-fifth of your salary to a savings account without touching it. That's your vacation money.
2. Use a credit card
Make all your spendings with the best bonus credit card. Without saying that the figure was 5 TL or 15 TL. Miles or bonuses are returned to you for every spending you make. Do not say that what I have already earned is enough to save miles to buy a plane ticket from what I spent. Whether you save miles or not, you're already making those expenses. Don't make excuses for everything, just do it.
If it is not possible to do your shopping with your credit card in one place, alternatively, do your shopping elsewhere. I even made my purchases at the open art market in Cape Town with my credit card. I flew business class for the first time in my life with my accumulated miles, to the city of London.
A credit card does not mean spending money that is not yours, it means being able to use your money without carrying it in your pocket. Don't make the mistake of spending more than your salary. When you receive your salary, make sure to use your credit card when using the rest of the money you set aside for savings to cover your expenses. I have done so all my life and never once paid any installments or interest. I only have one credit card.
Shift your shopping to places that give you more miles. Make these! Don't be lazy, don't say it either! You greet those who say this to you while drinking your coffee towards the Colosseum in Rome .
3. Earn money while spending money
I didn't spell the sentence wrong. You have expenses that you constantly make every year, and you make most of them online, if you don't, you should do it online. Wouldn't it be nice if a small portion of your spending could be repaid to you? Today is the world of entrepreneurship and brand new applications created by minds like poison. Artiway , which was established in Finland in 2012 , is the most striking of these. Artiway, which provides cashback to customers for online shopping, allows you to earn extra cash.
You sign up with your Facebook account in a few seconds, when you click the Get Bonus link from many of your favorite brands on the list, a certain percentage of your spending is credited back to your account in cash after shopping. Become a member of Artıway.com and make all your expenses through this site.
When you travel, you buy your flight ticket online, you buy your hotel online, you even buy your backpack, suitcase and clothes online. Get your already spent spending from only one channel. When you become a member via the link to be on the road below, 10 TL is a gift from me to you.
For example, Booking.com is among the sites with which Artıway has a contract. When I make a reservation here, the amount of money back on the site that day, the amount of money back to your account. Make all your daily expenses on this site, not the expenses you already have to make while traveling.
Normally, you continue to receive whatever bonus you earn when shopping with your credit card. Wouldn't you be happy if I told you that you received a 3-5 percent increase in your salary? This is the same thing. You have received an additional increase in your salary, some of the money you have taken out of your pocket has come back to you.
4. Always be on the lookout for cheap flight tickets
When you travel, the first thing that comes to your mind is the flight ticket, isn't it? Transportation costs are at the forefront of the costs that strain the budget and one of the most frequently asked questions to me is how to go abroad cheaply . If your heart's country is across the ocean, know that the cost of airfare will be a large part of the total cost of the trip, perhaps half of all costs.
You probably have a job and you know when to take a day off and when to combine the weekend with a vacation and get away somewhere. Determine the dates you can travel on in advance and start searching for air tickets to the countries on the route starting months before (at least 4-6 months). Be selective in perception, be alert.
Make it a daily habit without getting tired of it. Make a plan so that I will go somewhere on this date, not as a probability. It doesn't matter where you are, if I tell you to make a list of the places you love in your head, you would count a hundred places. Don't forgive when you find cheap tickets to these places. Rest assured, it's easy to plan. When you think of vacation or travel, don't just think of abroad. Skip to Antep, Adana, Trabzon, Cappadocia . Shame on you if you haven't been here yet.
Well, if you say where to follow, which cheap flight ticket sites to look at, I wrote a ton about it. Sign up for airline mailing lists. When you wake up in the morning and see a campaign, evaluate it immediately. Decide where you're going in advance so you can get a cheap ticket. Even when I saw the Pegasus 50% campaign, I quit my job and entered.
I immediately looked for cheap air tickets to Beirut, Amman and some cities . For example, after such a follow-up, I once bought a round-trip flight ticket from Izmir to Istanbul for 44 liras.
Apply them to read to be educated, to bring them to life, to explore more places by traveling more economically . Turn it into a lifestyle.
Instead of using a taxi in the city you go to, use public transport, do not take the easy way out. For 6 days in Milan, I paid 10€ for a 2x-a-day metro ticket. Normally, this ticket would have cost me 18€ if I had bought it every day. I almost made half a profit.
Whether you stay 1 day or 1 week in the city you are visiting, buy city cards that you can use for transportation and museums of that city. Make it a must-have habit, especially in European cities. Or better yet, rent a bike, walk. This is cheaper or free.
5. Learn the tricks of reducing accommodation costs
Hotel, resort, hostel, hostel. These are the places you can stay on your travels. If you want to travel the world more and not die without seeing 100 countries, first find out what a hostel is. If you say that I do not sleep in the same room with others, do not share my bathroom with others, stop reading this article anyway. Then when you see me in different countries of the world, don't say 'There is money in the man, there is peace'.
If you said it to me 5 years ago, maybe I would have thought like you. Meeting the hostel for the first time during my 1-month trip to New Zealand changed my life and I learned that economic travel is possible. While you were paying 300 TL per night for an expensive hotel where you didn't use the sauna and pool and go to bed, I was turning the city upside down by staying in a hostel for 30 TL. You know, hostels are a lot of fun. Yesterday I was in a hostel in Milan, the day before that in another hostel. Today you can find hostels in Europe starting from 10€.
Of course, if you're on a budget, you can stay wherever you want. If you want to stay in a good place, just like with plane tickets, do your research by entering Booking frequently. Some hotels offer surprisingly great discounts. The price of the hotel is increased as the rooms are filled. If you got your plane ticket cheap, make sure you get your hotel early. Enter through Artiway and get your hotel.
You are not one of those who are still used to the concept of early booking, which has been used in western countries for more than 20 years, are you? But don't be quiet when you pay 200-300 TL for a hotel where a westerner stays for $15. Holidays and public holidays? Clear. If you are going to have a domestic holiday then, plan your trip with early reservation.
If you are unsure of yourself or your boss about being able to travel on that date, additionally take out early booking insurance. Especially if you're thinking of going on a family vacation or staying in a hotel and resting your head, do it! Also learn what is Airbnb, learn what is Couchsurfing. Keep learning for life.
6. Control food and beverage costs
You have dinner there, coffee there, dessert there, weekend entertainment there, etc. But when you see people like me who travel a lot, you say, “We only bring the end of the month”. I have an eye for what you eat and drink, so have an eye, see how much you spend. Have your breakfast at home, have your dinner at home. Don't spend money out and save and then go have dinner at Buddha Bar in Budapest. Tell me, do you remember the food you ate at Canyon or the one in Budapest?
Own your throat when you go abroad. If you're going to say, "If we're going to get up and spend a whole lot of money and go to Bangkok , we definitely want to stay in a comfortable, hygienic and stylish hotel, " then don't ask me how you do it when I travel more than you do.
In Milan, I bought a large slice of pizza and a Coke for 4.5€, which was even more affordable. I had a light snack at the hostel for breakfast. For the evening, I had a package of 1 slice of pizza and another pastry meal from the same pizzeria. If you have a lot of money, go to the restaurant for 50€, but if you want to spend your money on travel and seeing more places like me, do what I do. You don't have to have a feast, eat at the market or in cheap restaurants, but what you really want is your eyes and heart. And maybe you've done a little diet and lost your extra pounds.
7. Keep a list, see how much you spend
Maybe we can all manage to earn money, but the main job is to manage the money in our pockets, provide sustainable development and improve the quality of life. Learn to do financial planning, secure your financial future. Learn basic concepts such as budgeting, consumption, income, savings, savings and debt. Learn and realize the benefits of saving and saving money. Unfortunately, they do not teach these in schools.
Make a list for yourself and create a table of transportation, food and beverage, fixed expenses and entertainment items you do every day, and write down every penny you make for 1 month under the categories. And write every penny without being lazy. I did this on my first backpacking trip to New Zealand even before I was a blogger, because I wanted to know where I spent the most money on travel.
Do this in your daily life and see where and how much you spend. The activities cost the most, and on my subsequent world tour I always bargained very, very hard for activities, and even reduced some of them to a third of the price. However, I did not know how to bargain until then.
You need two things to travel, first courage and then money. I have dedicated my life to encouraging and guiding you. Do yourself a favor and learn to save your money, not spend it on unnecessary things, not create unnecessary needs. Learn so you can travel more. If you are passionate about traveling, be brave, the rest is knowledge, there are many resources to refer to.
Read the articles in the Travel Guide category and follow the sites and blogs on the Resources page and place them at the center of your life and be inspired by them. After a few travel experiences, you will start to inspire your friends who see the change in you. Share this post and add it to your favourites. Reread and practice once a week.
Whether you're going on a weekend trip or a month-long world tour, you need to calculate the amount of money you plan to spend. If you say you're going to do a world tour, if you haven't gathered enough information and haven't improved yourself in budget management, your trip will end sooner than expected. You need to make a calculation and study about the transportation, accommodation, food and beverage, entertainment, activities and other expenses you will spend on your trip.