Tag: Travel Budgeting

Making Time For You When You Share An Income

When I got my first “big girl job” out of college there was a feeling of self accomplishment being able to support myself on my own income. If I wanted a to go shopping, I went shopping. If I wanted to take a trip, I saved and then took a trip. The world was my oyster. Today, I would still say that the world is my oyster, but I also have to think about and plan for more than myself. After we said “I do”, my husband and I merged our bank accounts and decided to share all of our assets equally.

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The Two Travel Planning and Budgeting Approaches

There are two basic approaches to planning and budgeting travel.

  1. Bucket List Travel – When you know the where. If the destination is really important to you (and your travel style – whether it’s luxury, eating at special restaurants, taking classes, or relaxing at a resort) are not flexible then your planning starts with how much money the trip will actually cost.
  2. Just Go Travel – When your going to go with whatever money you have. If the fact that you’re traveling is more important than where and how, then your planning is based on the money you actually have. In each case, you need to know your budget.
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Free Activity Ideas For Your Next Trip

I am a firm believer, that you can have an entirely amazing vacation without spending any extra money on activities. Most of the time, all it takes is a simple Google search for free things to do in a city, but if you’re having trouble coming up with ideas, here are some free things you can look for in almost any destination in the world.

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How To Save Money To Travel

Are you ready to take a trip, but can’t imagine ever saving enough money to do so? Do you feel like there is never enough money at the end of the month to put aside? I’m here to help. I always say that if you set you priorities in line with your goals, there is not way that you won’t succeed. If you make travel a priority, you will travel.

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How To Cut Back On Travel Spending

Traveling can be one of the most rewarding and enjoyable experience you will ever have, but sadly  some never take the opportunity due to finances. Vacations or trips can cost a pretty penny, but I don’t think money should ever be the reason that you don’t travel because there are so many way to make it work whatever budget you might have.

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Travel Budgeting – How Much Is This Trip Going To Cost Me?

You’ve made the decision to take a trip, now you need to figure out how much it’s going to cost you. Budgeting for a trip is an essential part of trip planning, and because I’m weird it’s a part that I actually love – maybe you’ll like it too!

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Travel Budgeting Example – A Potential Trip to Ireland

I found this document of a post that I was going to do back in 2019, but I guess I never did. I decided to go ahead and publish it now just to show you how my mind works when I’m trying to plan in advance for a trip.

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