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Save Money While Traveling With Family

Traveling-with-kids-familyYour finances make for a crucial aspect of your trip planning process- no matter whether you’re traveling solo, with friends or with family. Your mode of transport, accommodation, and itinerary- almost everything will depend on your budget. However, as a frequent traveler you should not miss out on chances of making up the most of your vacation within your budget. It’s imperative that you keep track of the latest discounts or the holiday packages offered specifically on the destination of your choice.  You may not be able to afford to stay at the best Boutique Hotel in new york, but you can have a great vacation no matter where you stay as long as you are with the people you love.

Here is a rundown on ways to save money while you’re traveling with your family.

Plan your trip wisely

One of the crucial steps to saving up substantially while traveling would be to travel during the shoulder season. This is the time when accommodation, flight tickets and hotel room rents are much less expensive. The trick would be to plan your trip between the peak and the completely off-peak (for instance, the hurricane) season. Choose a time that falls between these two seasons- shoulder season. For instance, if you’re traveling to Europe it would be advised that you do it either during April- May or from mid-August till October. The climate remains soothing and there’s no real rush of tourists as well. There are solo trippers who choose the school year as well but that would be a little difficult if you are traveling with family. Even after you have booked your resort or hotel, whether that’s a Luxury Hotel in Downtown Cleveland or something a little more modest,  you can go back online in order to check if there are better deals available or are posted until the time you leave. If you can find something of that sort, do ask for those deals.

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5 Tips On How To Plan An Impromptu Trip On A Budget

Sometimes, the stress of travel planning takes all the fun out of the real vacation. You can spend months of planning for a trip that only lasts a few days, so when the trip finally happens, it’s not as great as you thought it’d be. Say goodbye to the pressure of planning and try an impromptu getaway the next time you need a break.

 Have Travel Funds Set Aside

Start a spur-of-the-moment travel fund and keep some money set aside for just this occasion. It’s not as easy to pinch pennies and stick to a strict budget when you’re taking an unplanned trip. When you have a comfortable chunk of cash available for just this purpose, you can splurge a little when a great museum, interesting restaurant, or fun festival catches your eye.

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Top 5 Frugal Family Travel Tips

inexpensive family travel tipsSummer is the time of year when people choose to travel the most often. But when you’re taking the entire family along, understandably, your expenses can really start to add up. Just what it costs for four people to go to dinner and a movie can easily run you a couple of hundred dollars.

That’s why we wanted to provide you with a few frugal family travel tips. That way, you can still go on vacation and have a great time, but you won’t have to go over budget in the process.

Plan ahead. There are a lot of people who end up spending more than they need to on things like plane tickets and hotel accommodations all because they didn’t take the time to do some thorough planning beforehand. If you book travel and lodging 4-5 weeks in advance, you are sure to find some pretty good discounts (sometimes as much as 25-40 percent off).

Go all-inclusive. If you’re planning on going to another state, overseas or take a cruise, look for all-inclusive packages. Although you may be able to find some on your own by going to your favorite search engine and putting “all-inclusive travel packages” in the search field, we recommend that you consider going with a travel agent; they are professionally trained to look for the best deals, plus they tend to have already established relationships with various companies and vendors.

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How To Save Money On Cable TV

save money on your cableI’m going to say it, even though many of you are going to hate me.  I personally do not pay for cable TV, and likely never will, as I am a frugal queen and enjoy watching Netflix for $7.99 a month.  In fact, the only time we ever had cable TV, we got it for free, because the local cable company in our area came and hooked it up for a one month free trial, and then they forgot to turn it off.  However, for those of you who do splurge on cable, here are a few tips that can help you save money.

Figure out what you want.

Before you start shopping, you need to figure out what you are looking for.  Do you want the History channel, or Discovery channel, or mainly movie channels?  It pays to know what you want before you start spending your time scoping out your options.

Research the cable companies in your area.

Find the best TV deals by searching online and determining all of the cable TV companies that provide service in your area.  You may even be able to find a single website that already does the research for you and that has a comparison chart showing you the pros and cons of each company and their packages.  Check out Infinity Dish statistics, to learn more about the current trends relating to cable TV in order to help you make an informed decision.

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5 Ways To Score Concert Tickets For Less

With the announcement of the Coachella lineup fans of live music have been reminded to turn their attention to summer concerts. The winter is comparably a slow time for music, but it’s also when some of the biggest shows of the year are announced. These are must-see events, where you never know what’s going to happen, just that the result will be glorious. But as much  as you don’t want to miss the best concerts, tickets are very expensive, and with the fees tacked on top it can often get out of hand. So here are five ways you can score concert tickets for less.

First of all, get more involved with your favorite artists by joining their fan clubs.  If you want to attend a rod wave concert, for example, you can also check out various ticket-selling websites and then you can see where Rod will be performing over the next several months.  You can then select the time and location that works best for your schedule.  Since many musicians now rely heavily on ticket sales as a core revenue stream, their promotional teams put far more energy into creating a vibrant fan club. And it isn’t only to disseminate information about tour dates. You will often get access to tickets in advance of the general sale, and will be able to buy them from the artists themselves. That will save you at least a few of the fees the larger ticket sellers tack on top of the face value.

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