When you’re trying to cut the cost of travel, you’re probably looking at ways to get cheaper deals on flights or spend less on your accommodation. Those are both important because they’re the biggest expenses when you’re traveling. But even if you save money on flights and accommodation, you could still end up spending a lot while you’re out there, especially if you’re traveling to an expensive country. If you really want to master the art of budget travel, you need to try some of these simple things to make your spending money go further.

Travel To Cheaper Countries

Some of the countries on your bucket list might be expensive but if you don’t have that much money to spend, you should consider going somewhere else. There are plenty of great countries where the cost of living is quite low. A lot of the eastern European countries, for example, are incredibly cheap while you’re out there and the cost of flights and accommodation isn’t too high either. Places like Budapest and Prague are great places for a cheap city break.

Get A Travel Credit Card

If you can get some money back on your purchases that can then go toward future travel, you don’t need to worry about spending too much. The best travel credit cards give you reward points that you can then put toward future travel. So, if you’re booking flights and accommodation on there and then spending while you’re out there, you can quickly build up a good amount of points to spend on future trips. You usually get a better exchange rate if you’re using a credit card instead of changing all of your cash so your money will go further.

Get Paid While You Travel

The easiest way to get more spending money to travel is to earn while you’re out there. There are a lot of different ways you can do this. You can start a travel blog and write about your experiences or you could teach English as a foreign language. You could even just find a job in a bar or a shop while you’re out there. If you’re earning money while you travel, you only need to pay for your flight there and accommodation for a while and hopefully, you should be able to earn enough to cover the rest of the trip.

Research Before You Go

Most places will have their expensive areas and their cheaper areas so it’s a good idea to do a bit of research before you go. If you don’t really know where the cheaper restaurants and bars are, for example, you could end up just going to all of the expensive ones and spending loads of money. But if you know where to go to get the best value, you can save a lot of money. It’s also worth researching the cheapest forms of public transport so you don’t waste too much money getting around.

Use these simple tips when you travel and you can make your spending money go a lot further. What are some other tips you use to help make your spending money go a lot further when you travel? Let us know in the comments below!

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