Travel has been a common things for people nowaday but many think that travel costs a lot of money. The truth is travel not necessary will costs you a lot if you know the right tricks to it. If you don’t have high budget for travel but you still want to go see there world, this tips is pretty much helpful to you.
Here are the 7 Things Don’t Do When You Travel To Save More!
1. Don’t eat near tourist attraction place
Normally when you will surely visit some famous tourist spots to take picture and show people that you’ve been here but when it comes to food, try not to eat near those tourist attraction spot. The food near the tourist spots are normally crowded and expensive! It’s recommended that you go further as normally the price would be more reasonable and food taste better too!
2. Don’t exchange currency at the airport
Airport exchange rates are normally higher compared with outside as it’s serves as convenience to all traveller. It’s best that you plan ahead and do the currency exchange before heading to the airport. You can change it from mall or even from bank which the rates are much more cheaper rates compared with airport rates.
3. Don’t save on travel insurance
There are things that you can save but travel insurance should not be part of it. Many people thinks that nothing will happen to them and they normally skip the travel insurance and once things happens, they will be hit with the consequences. Travelling abroad is high risk and buying travel insurance will let you have an ease on mind. Even if your luggage is missing (which happen quite common) then you wouldn’t be that impacted!
4. Don’t exclude youth hostels
When people talks about youth hostel, first thing that come to mind is that you need to stay with stranger or even feel that it’s dirty and old. The truth now is that it’s not the case. The youth hostel nowaday are pretty clean and nice. Aside from cheap, you can actually get connected with other traveller and sometimes you will find some good information on what’s the interesting place that you’re travelling. That’s killing 2 birds with 1 stone.
5. Don’t just look at one flight information
People just normally look at 1 flight information to determine whether the flight is cheap or expensive. Instead of that, you should see more than 1. There are many available flight information that you can refer to such as Google Flight, Skyscanner, Momondo and many more. Try compare the pricing as there sometimes are some blind spot on some cheaper flight details.
6. Don’t take taxi
If you’re travelling in group where you can share costs, taking taxi is good idea but if you have fewer people, then it would be good to avoid it as it’s expensive. Instead of using taxi, try using the other public transport that the travel country has to offer. You can try out on their train or even bus. With taking bus/train, you can sight see more view or their local when you’re riding on it. If the destination can’t reach by bus/train, you might want to consider taking uber/grab as it would be a cheaper alternative compared with taxi.
7. Don’t book tickets earlier
Many says that planning ahead will save you more money but there are also some unexpected discount if you book it later. Example such as cruise where if you book it later, you will likely get it more cheaper.
These are the 7 don’t that you should try to avoid to ensure that you can save more money when you’re travelling.