Travel broadens the mind, or so they say, but all too often it can lighten your pocket too! From overpaying on your hotel through to finding extra charges on your rental car bill, it’s amazing how quickly the cost of your trip can rack up.
Our guide to saving money while you travel will help to ensure your budget stretches further and allows you to enjoy more of those poolside cocktails!
Hunt for discounts
If you look around you’ll find plenty of great discounts available. Be smart about when you travel. Can you go off-season or flex your dates at all? Can you book an early bird ticket to benefit from advance discounts? Conversely, can you be flexible enough to take advantage of the last minute deal?
The more you look for discounts, the more you’ll find. Sign up to group-buying sites such as Groupon, get travel discount emails, use a student discount to find deals if you’re in college, go into travel agents and haggle… there are plenty of ways to uncover discounts.
Similarly, you can use online travel agents to find excellent value holidays with flexible pricing if you are prepared to put the effort in! Many of these will include last minute deals from accommodations that are underbooked, such as LastMinute.com.
Get plenty of tips online from other holiday bargain hunters too.
