Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken.
— Oscar Wilde.
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Travelling on Budget Doesn’t Have to be Sucked, Here’s How to Do It
A lot of people think that travelling will need a lot of money and travelling on a budget means a boring experience. However, it doesn’t have to be that way.
Travelling the world can cost a lot of money without proper planning. However, you can travel on a budget these days and go to amazing places. Contrary to popular belief, travelling on the budget doesn’t always equal boring trips or poor accommodations or meals. In fact, you can still have fun while travelling on the budget by doing these things.
- Stay Away from the Mainstream Destination
Mainstream destinations will almost always be crowded. Moreover, the price can be really expensive, especially in the peak seasons. One tip to save the budget is to stay away from mainstream destinations and choose cheaper alternative destinations. For example, you can choose Porto over Paris or Fiji over Bali. Of course, you will get a different experience than mainstream travellers. Isn’t that also amazing?
- Travel Slowly
A lot of travellers feel like they have to see as many places as possible. However, it makes your travel cost really expensive since you have to move from one city or place to another constantly. Instead of rushing to explore an entire country, try to slow down and explore a whole city instead. It will allow you to find a lot more interesting things in the city and save your budget, too.
- Try Rental Accommodations
You know how the hotel rate can be really expensive. Even the cheaper option will turn out to be expensive when you choose an extended stay. One of the options to solve this is by trying a rental accommodation instead. Try to find an apartment with a kitchen, and it is within walking distance to shops, landmarks, or tourism sites. This way, you can save a budget for accommodation and meals since you can cook for yourself in the apartment.
- Save Money on Food
Saving the budget on food doesn’t mean that you should entirely limit your budget. You can still try local food; after all, it is also part of travelling experiences. However, you should selectively choose where to get this food. You can try a food truck or food halls that usually offer cheaper food. On other days, you can make a simple breakfast consisting of cereals, yoghurt, and fruits.
Don’t forget to bring a refillable bottle for drinks. Therefore, you can still hydrate yourself without having to buy drinks every time you go for a walk or exploring.
- Research, research, research
Last but not least is to make sure you do your research before travelling. The more you plan yourself, the more likely you save money. Find affordable accommodation using reliable websites such as WorldRoamer to help you sort out and select a decent hotel at affordable rates.
You should also make a plan on when to buy tickets to get a better deal and find restaurants with a reasonable price tag. By researching beforehand, you will be able to enjoy your travel more without spending over your set budget.
Those are five tips you can apply to make your travel less boring or sucked even if you have to travel on a budget. View here for more information about an affordable hotel with great quality services.
Introduce Yourself (Example Post)
This is an example post, originally published as part of Blogging University. Enroll in one of our ten programs, and start your blog right.
You’re going to publish a post today. Don’t worry about how your blog looks. Don’t worry if you haven’t given it a name yet, or you’re feeling overwhelmed. Just click the “New Post” button, and tell us why you’re here.
Why do this?
- Because it gives new readers context. What are you about? Why should they read your blog?
- Because it will help you focus you own ideas about your blog and what you’d like to do with it.
The post can be short or long, a personal intro to your life or a bloggy mission statement, a manifesto for the future or a simple outline of your the types of things you hope to publish.
To help you get started, here are a few questions:
- Why are you blogging publicly, rather than keeping a personal journal?
- What topics do you think you’ll write about?
- Who would you love to connect with via your blog?
- If you blog successfully throughout the next year, what would you hope to have accomplished?
You’re not locked into any of this; one of the wonderful things about blogs is how they constantly evolve as we learn, grow, and interact with one another — but it’s good to know where and why you started, and articulating your goals may just give you a few other post ideas.
Can’t think how to get started? Just write the first thing that pops into your head. Anne Lamott, author of a book on writing we love, says that you need to give yourself permission to write a “crappy first draft”. Anne makes a great point — just start writing, and worry about editing it later.
When you’re ready to publish, give your post three to five tags that describe your blog’s focus — writing, photography, fiction, parenting, food, cars, movies, sports, whatever. These tags will help others who care about your topics find you in the Reader. Make sure one of the tags is “zerotohero,” so other new bloggers can find you, too.
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