Traveling On A Budget
Wanderlust - (n.) The irresistible, incurable desire to travel.
I believe that there is somewhere in the world you are dying to explore. You daydream about it from your sad little cubicle. Perhaps your room is decorated with an excessive amount of maps. Maybe you want to plan an anniversary trip with your husband or boyfriend. "I would love to travel but it's just too expensive," you tell yourself. "I really want to go somewhere faraway." *Insert excessive crying* "...but I just don't know how!"
I am about to share a life-changing secret with you. Are you ready for it? It is possible to travel comfortably without spending a lot of money. Yeah, I said it.
Last year, I had an extreme case of the travel bug. In order to sustain my sanity—and my long distance relationship—I knew what I had to do. I had to cure the travel bug with, well, travel. As a result, I learned how to go places on a budget. In 2013, I flew from Los Angeles to Lake Tahoe (a handful of times), San Francisco, New York City, Upstate New York, and Vermont. I made it work and you can too.
How To Travel (Anywhere) On a Budget
1. Have a job. You're working, right? You have some money saved up? Okay, continue.
2. Subscribe, subscribe, subscribe. I understand the loathing of junk mail. Believe me, every unwelcome message from Match.com or ChristianMingle-or-whatever makes me want to register for a new email address, like: DoIlookthatdesperate@howrude.com. Coupons, dating services, etc. can make your inbox feel cluttered. I get it. However, you're missing out if you aren't getting emails from the following businesses: Go Last Minute, One Travel, Virgin America, Priceline, and Spirit Deals. These carriers will email you the best deals in the world. I wasn't even looking for a flight when One Travel sent me an email offering a $250 round-trip flight to New York City. I may not have been looking, but did I want to go? Of course! I just didn't think a deal like that existed.
I believe that there is somewhere in the world you are dying to explore. You daydream about it from your sad little cubicle. Perhaps your room is decorated with an excessive amount of maps. Maybe you want to plan an anniversary trip with your husband or boyfriend. "I would love to travel but it's just too expensive," you tell yourself. "I really want to go somewhere faraway." *Insert excessive crying* "...but I just don't know how!"
I am about to share a life-changing secret with you. Are you ready for it? It is possible to travel comfortably without spending a lot of money. Yeah, I said it.
Last year, I had an extreme case of the travel bug. In order to sustain my sanity—and my long distance relationship—I knew what I had to do. I had to cure the travel bug with, well, travel. As a result, I learned how to go places on a budget. In 2013, I flew from Los Angeles to Lake Tahoe (a handful of times), San Francisco, New York City, Upstate New York, and Vermont. I made it work and you can too.
How To Travel (Anywhere) On a Budget
1. Have a job. You're working, right? You have some money saved up? Okay, continue.
2. Subscribe, subscribe, subscribe. I understand the loathing of junk mail. Believe me, every unwelcome message from Match.com or ChristianMingle-or-whatever makes me want to register for a new email address, like: DoIlookthatdesperate@howrude.com. Coupons, dating services, etc. can make your inbox feel cluttered. I get it. However, you're missing out if you aren't getting emails from the following businesses: Go Last Minute, One Travel, Virgin America, Priceline, and Spirit Deals. These carriers will email you the best deals in the world. I wasn't even looking for a flight when One Travel sent me an email offering a $250 round-trip flight to New York City. I may not have been looking, but did I want to go? Of course! I just didn't think a deal like that existed.