First, connect your payroll account and savings account. You can set up an automatic payroll deduction to save up. Your payroll account automatically sends money to your savings account. It is like paying bills on its due date. A $100 deduction will not hurt your monthly budget that much.
Second, try to use your extra time productively. You can look for a home based job, like internet marketing or if you have talent in writing you could apply for a part time as a ghost writer. You can earn extra money for your dream trip.
Third, try having a vacation fund. All your found money will be directed to this fund. Found money like those from rebates, cash gifts, rewards and other funds that are not from your wages.
Fourth, go on a diet. Yes, dieting will help you save up. How? Well, by simply avoiding yourself from eating in fast food chains because you are on a diet will help cut your expenses. Dieting will also avoid you from buying junk foods, chocolates and sodas when you are in a grocery. It is like hitting two birds in one stone. You get to have a fit body and an extra fund for your dream vacation.
Fifth, sell something you have made. It could be crafts or cookies. Make something that you are good at. If you can bake, make some cookies and sell it to your neighborhood. Little boys and girls have sweet tooth, definitely they will buy from you.
Sixth, make everyone involve. If you are planning to go on a vacation with your family, ensure that they will shed some part of the expenses. You could ask your brothers or sisters some cutback from their allowance to add up in your family vacation fund.
Seventh, look for a layaway vacation package. Most travel agency now offers a layaway trips to allow more clients to come to them. It is a great offer wherein you get to start paying for your dream vacation before the set date comes. No worries, because most of the companies that offers layaway trips have made payment terms easier for they clients.
Eight, look for a travel now pay later trip. Some travel companies partnered with major credit cards have created an offer that makes you swipe your credit card to pay for your dream vacation. The good news is – it is installment and zero interest as well as payment starts after you came back from your travel.
Hope you have enjoyed these saving tips to make your dream vacation come true. Travel now, not later, not tomorrow. We don’t know what the future holds.
