What’s your best tip for budget travel?
If you’re looking for budget travel tips, the first rule is simple: plan ahead.
Book your flights or trains well in advance.
Reserve your hotel early, especially if you’re travelling during the holiday season.
Have your itinerary more or less sorted, so you know where you’re going and how you’re getting around.
Compare prices before booking, use public transport wherever practical, and eat at local places instead of spending every meal at a fancy tourist restaurant.
A little planning can save you quite a bit of money.
There. That’s my budget-travel wisdom. 😄
And honestly, it’s all very good advice.
I just don’t follow most of it when I’m actually on holiday. 😂
Budget Travel Tips I Don’t Actually Follow
Because for me, a holiday is supposed to feel like a holiday.
I like having my tickets and hotel booked, obviously. I’m not going to land somewhere and start looking for a room! 😂 But once I’m there, I don’t like my days to be ruled by a rigid itinerary.
I like waking up at my own time, having a long, lazy breakfast and deciding what I feel like doing that day.
And if I have a plan but wake up thinking, “You know what? I’d rather stay in today…”
Plan cancelled.
No guilt.
No regrets.
Blanket on. Back to sleep. 😴😂
I also happen to like good hotels. I’m definitely not from the “the hotel is only for sleeping” school of thought.
If I’m on holiday, I want to enjoy the hotel too. The room, the breakfast, the comfort, the little luxuries… I want all of it. 😄
And food? That is definitely not where I’m looking to make heroic sacrifices. 😂 I love trying local food, street food, exploring local markets and discovering those little places that you won’t necessarily find in a tourist guide.
And yes, I have absolutely no problem indulging in something deliciously unhealthy once in a while. It’s a holiday, not a nutrition conference. 😄
And then there are those trips where we don’t plan at all.
A long weekend comes up, we have a few days free, we look at each other and say, “Let’s go somewhere.”
And off we go in the car.
No advance bookings. No elaborate itinerary. Sometimes not even a proper destination beyond “let’s see where the road takes us.” 😂
And somehow, those spontaneous trips can be just as much fun.
So yes, I can happily tell you how to save money while travelling.
But if you ask me whether I practise what I preach…
Well, let’s just say my budget-travel advice and my actual holiday personality are two completely different people. 😂
For me, a holiday needs full enjoyment, full masti and full relaxation.
Because if I have to rush around following a timetable from breakfast to bedtime…
that sounds suspiciously like work. 😄✈️
And people like me?
We may not always travel by the rulebook, but we certainly know how to enjoy a holiday. 😉
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Until The Next Whisper,
—Rajeshwari 🧿💕
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