One of the most asked questions "to travel Where do you get the money for it?”. It is not enough for anyone to say that I work hard. Everyone travel budget He's looking for a magic formula. However, there is no magic formula! If traveling is at the center of your life, you will definitely find a way to allocate a budget for it. Unless you're richer than your father, which I'm not, you should definitely find your own ways to allocate a travel budget for yourself.
10 Ways to Save Money to Build a Travel Budget
Let's first agree on this. Regardless of our income, we spend according to our income. We spend less when our income is low and more when we have more. So if you want to save money for travel, we need to spend less money no matter what.
1. You cannot save without knowing how much you are spending.
First, write down your monthly expenses, perhaps even daily, for a period of time. I use an application called "I Have an Expense" to do this follow-up regularly. You can also benefit from this or similar applications.
When you start writing, you will start to notice how much unnecessary spending you have. The first thing to do is to reduce those “unnecessary” expenditures. How to travel a lot? I mentioned in my article, especially women should reduce their clothing expenditures. When you collect the money you give for a cup of coffee, you can even get a plane ticket a month.
It would be a lie if I say that I have reduced my expenses very little for the last 5 years and I still have enough clothes to wear for years.
2. You must have a separate account for your travels.
It is very difficult to adjust your budget with the perspective of "Let the holiday plan be clear and we will see". When it's time for a holiday, you may see that your budget or credit card limit is not suitable. What are we doing then? Just like the salary account, the billing account, "travel account“We open it and we never touch that account except for our travels. I have been paying home loan for 5 years. Despite that, I always transfer money to my travel account in USD or Euro, if possible, every month.
Try to add money to your travel account every month. It will be much better if the money you throw is Euro or Usd, especially for your trips abroad. Don't say more or less, whatever 3-5 you receive from a payment, immediately add it to your travel account. You can think of it like a kind of online piggy bank.
3. Minimize your luxury spending.
Everyone's luxury can be different. Some may be an expensive wallet, some may be eating out, and some may be going to the movies every week. I don't want to give examples from the wrong places, but if traveling is your passion, you have to sacrifice some of your pleasures. I know many people who spend 200-300TL in one evening. Moreover, when it comes to the word, they say to me "You travel a lot". Yes, I travel a lot because I spend my money on traveling. Your spending one night is a plane ticket for me.
4. Have a piggy bank.
Anyone here who had a piggy bank as a kid?
Apart from the travel budget you have set aside, you should definitely have a piggy bank. One day, when you open your piggy bank, you may have enough money to buy a plane ticket! Throw out the coins circulating around the house, my piggy bank is spherical, I am happy every time I throw a coin into it.
5. Make it a habit to follow the campaign.
I think this is one of the most important parts of the job. I subscribe to the e-bulletins of almost all airline companies and I follow closely which airline has what campaign. When the campaigns are announced, I immediately look for places that fit my travel dreams and buy my ticket without wasting any time. After all, I have cash in my travel budget. Sometimes I go to a place that I have never thought of, just because there is a cheap flight ticket, and I love it.
These campaigns may not only be related to travel. A campaign where you can buy movie tickets for cheap also creates an opportunity to contribute a little more to your travel budget. The less you reduce your expenses, the better.
It is necessary to follow the e-bulletins of companies such as airline companies, hotels, tour companies, flight ticket comparison sites, etc.
There are also special days. Most of the companies are doing campaigns on days like Valentine's Day campaigns and Black Friday.
6. Follow the Flight Schedules, be involved in at least one.
Although Miles&Smiles is the most well-known, many banks have flight schedules. Pegasus Plus of Pegasus. I use Yapı Kredi's Adios Card and Pegasus Plus. It is invaluable to earn points while purchasing flight tickets with Pegasus Plus, while checking-in online and buying new plane tickets with them. Sometimes, it is possible to win award flight tickets in different campaigns. For example, my Belgrade outbound ticket came from a 100.000 ticket gift campaign. While buying a Copenhagen ticket, a gift was received with the Belgrade outbound ticket. With the Adios Card, I can save enough points to buy a long flight ticket every 2 years.
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7. Ask for a plane ticket as a gift.
There is nothing to be ashamed of or be embarrassed about. Don't your loved ones, friends, family already buy you gifts? Ask them for a plane ticket instead of a gift. I should not go without saying that I made 3-4 flights last year with gift tickets. Thus, your loved ones will be very happy to be instrumental in doing something you want so much.
It's a birthday, it's a wedding anniversary, it's a Christmas... I can't think of a better gift than a ticket. Pegasus Airlines also has such an application, you can buy as many gift cards as you want.
8. Try to generate additional income and spend it all on your travels.
I think this is the best job here. An additional budget that is not in the account can support your travels. I will only make a few suggestions, the rest is up to your creativity. For example, while I was working in corporate life, I transfer all the income from the advertisements I received on my blog to my travel account. A few of my friends are generating income by renting out their house on Airbnb. There are those who sell scarves, make bracelets, and those who do freelance work. As I said, the solution is up to your creativity.
9. Dream about the places you want to go.
This girl went completely crazy, when you read the title, did you think that money will rain from the sky when we dream?
“Every journey starts with a dream”. As you dream, your mind will work to make that dream come true. You will see that it will benefit you both materially and spiritually. Think of the above items as steps to fulfill your dream, and your mind will automatically start planning them for you.
10. Tell everyone about your dreams.
You know, happiness increases as you share, and the more you tell your dreams to people, the closer they come to reality. Meanwhile, people who hear about your dreams are eager to help you make them come true. Mine Partners of my Mongolia trip Be sure to read my article, see what kind of help chain has been formed.
The bottom line is, if traveling is your passion, there are many different options to make it happen. This list of 10 can be extended much more, what are your methods?
Stay on track.
15 Comments
When did you open the site and when did your income from advertisements reach the level that can be fully accumulated. So, what kind of path is there for those who are new to this business 🙂 Thank you
I've been writing my blog since 2008. But the monetization part has nothing to do with time. The more quality content/projects you produce, the more money you can earn. I have friends who earn more than me in 1 year. Mine is purely a hobby right now.
Thanks for the information
In the 5th article, you said that you subscribe to the e-bulletins of the airlines, I researched it, but I did not understand it. Do I need to apply over the Internet, if you explain a little, I would appreciate it.. :)
There are areas such as "e-bulletin subscription" on the websites of airline companies. Or when you become a member of the site, you are already on that list.
Do you use couchsurfing system?
I accept guests by yourself, but I have not stayed with anyone yet.
I want to travel this time, though not as much as you. Maybe with my wife and two kids, one 8 and one 5 years old, I don't know. My biggest problem is money. I'm not working right now and if I go on a trip by myself I have to finance it myself I don't know how. The same is true if we travel as a family for very long periods of time. The only advantage is that my wife speaks English, the ex-shipman has almost no place he hasn't been in his previous life. My son is going to the 2nd grade and my daughter will start school life with kindergarten next year. How do you handle the school situation of the children during long journeys? If there are articles I can read on this subject or Facebook pages I would like to be informed.
Hello my friend 🙂 Those who travel with children The article I wrote about it will be of interest to you.
how well you lined it up, that's exactly what happened! If traveling is your passion, you won't be the first to get that latest phone call, you won't be the number one customer of your local hairdresser :)
what came to my mind, a friend came to my house for the first time, he follows instagram -blog or something, he gets advice from time to time, welcome part, we went to the living room, mine couldn't help it, my sailor, when did these furniture come from, hee I said, they are antiques! it turns out that he thought that my house would be very stylish because I go places often and he was in shock, so we don't meet much anymore, of course, we don't meet our standards :)
love. sea
We travel a lot, they think we are very rich 🙂
Thanks a lot for your comment 🙂
I was already doing most of it unconsciously or automatically but consciously 🙂 I will add the 6th and 7th items to my list of things to do.
The person who likes to travel immediately reveals himself 🙂
Item 7 is very good!!
If they are going to buy a gift, they should buy something that will make you happy 🙂