Tips for Traveling

So we have been really busy here trying to keep up with things but now things have calmed down and I am ready to continue. Last week we took a quick trip to another city. I really thought I was prepared for everything and realized that I really could have saved myself a lot of money.

One of the biggest things was that I left things behind. I think it is a curse of mine. I somehow always seem to leave something, no matter how careful or thurogh I am with packing up. This time it was my daughter's beloved panda and her blanket. She had them in hand when I was taking stuff out to the car then decided to shove them in a little cubby hole in the cat's scratch post. I didn't notice and we left without them. The first thing I thought of doing was running out and buying new ones because she is so attached to them, but ended up not. I just wanted to see how she would do without them. Well, I am glad I didn't buy her a new one. I explained that she left them and that the person would be mailing them back to us but she wouldn't have them for now and she seemed to do ok with it. She has missed them because she talks about them but she hasn't lost any sleep over them. Yeah.

So double check everything before you leave somewhere.

Another tip is that you could find someone to stay with when you travel. Bring a cooler with food so you don't stop along the way to eat out, it is unhealthy as well as expensive. Bring snacks with you. Have a plan. Know where you are going and how much you are going to spend and then add 10% to whatever it is you are budgeting, because something always comes up.

Our trip cost was mostly gas because of how far it was but we stayed with a friend, brought snacks and bought food at the grocery store when we got there. We didn't really have a lot of time to spend money but I thought the trip went over well budget wise.