How to Travel on a Budget and Have an Amazing Trip

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If you want to travel but worry about the expense, you will be relieved to hear that there are lots of great ways of seeing the world without breaking your bank account or limiting your options too far. Travel is all about getting new experiences and meeting new people – it doesn’t have to be a luxury holiday.

Backpacking

One of the best and cheapest ways to travel is backpacking. There is something about carrying your bags from place to place that really grounds you in ways that wheeling a suitcase off a plane doesn’t quite capture.

While you can certainly create an itinerary for your travels and book ahead, if you plan to be a bit looser with your options, most hostels will allow you to make on the day bookings so that you can feasibly just turn up whenever you like.

One of the only problems with backpacking is making sure that your money is secure. Carrying lots of cash is quite risky, especially when you don’t know who you will be sharing a room with later on. Using a credit card is often a better method and there are all sorts of credit cards for average credit available that could be suitable for you.

Work and Play

While backpacking is grounding, combining work with your holiday will give you a chance to get to know some of the locals and live more like them than tourists. Working while travelling is also great for keeping some money coming in to fund your later adventures or even extend this one.

Australia is a perfect destination for work and play and they encourage tourists to apply for a work and holiday visa. This is great for you because it means that you can stay in the country for longer and can even use it as a base for other travels too. The only thing you really need to consider is that you must have the funds for the flight home at the end of your stay when you apply.

Save When You Can

While you are travelling, it can be incredibly tempting to just spend, spend, spend. However, if you plan extensive travel or would like to avoid getting yourself into debt, you should look for ways that you can save while you travel, that won’t impact your experience in a negative way.

There are lots of free activities like walking and exploring that you should make the most of and eating cheaply will save a lot of money without denting your enthusiasm. In fact, there’s a pretty good argument that travelling like this is actually better than throwing money at lots of tourist attractions that don’t really capture the spirit of the place.

Budgeting might not be the first thing on your mind when you plan a new adventure, but if you do take time to plan out how you will spend and when you will spend, you will find that your adventure is so much more relaxed. Having the money to travel is a real privilege and, if you spend it well, you can get a lot of bang for your buck.