Tips For Save Money and Made Cheap Vacation

• Author: Leeborn
• Filed under: Personal, Tips and Advise
• Date: Apr 11,2008

There are numerous sure-fire ways to stretch your travel and vacation budget dollars and be able to make even more memories by being able to do and see further things on your long-awaited trip.Many people spend a long time saving up for a family vacation or a trip of a lifetime. It is as important to make sure the saved pennies are spent wisely as it was to actually save them.

The first thing to do is to see if the Chamber of Commerce or Visitors Bureau from the place to where you will be traveling offers a travel kit or brochures. Many kits like this include coupons and that is one huge money saver on vacation.Probably the most important thing you will want to do is to thoroughly research your destination online.

In addition to sending for the vacation kit well enough in advance, check online for coupons as well. It is not unusual to find a coupon for 50% off of a second meal of equal value at a restaurant or 10% off for a hotel room.

Above all, remember that “budget” or “discount” does not have to mean a bad hotel room or a lousy dinner. Take the time to research the places for which you have found discounts and choose the places that suit your tastes. You have saved too long for a vacation to settle for accommodations or food that does not meet your expectations. Many excellent hotels and restaurants offer discounts and having a coupon is *not* synonymous with “cheap” looking or tasting. Just do your homework to make sure that doesn’t happen.

The best way to do this online is to use a search engine looking for things like (we’ll use Orlando as an example for purposes of this article) “Orlando attractions,” “Orlando Lodging,” and “Orlando coupons. Then look at the websites to see what specials will be offered during the time you will be in town. Also use the internet for checking reviews that others may have written for hotels and restaurants in your destination city.

Find discount coupons for attractions as well. Often when you are looking for discounts, you will find some attractions in the area that you had no idea existed no matter how much you thought you researched the area.

5 Tips Save Time and Save Money in Hotels

1. WHEN YOU ARRIVE AT A HOTEL

check your bags. Then go to the pay telephone in the lobby and call the hotel. Ask to have your reservation confirmed, give them your credit card number and go on your way. You’ll sidestep conventional check-in lines.

2. TO AVOID THE LONG CHECK-OUT LINE

after the convention, go down to the desk very early in the morning, before official check-out time, to check out. You won’t have to turn in your room key and you may still use your room until official check-out time (usually around 1 pm).

3. IF YOU’RE WAITING FOR A CALL, DON’T STAY GLUED TO YOUR HOTEL ROOM.

If you ask, the hotel operator will transfer your calls to another room, interrupt the call you’re on for a more important one or hold any calls while you run out for a soda.

4. SAVE MONEY BY NOT PAYING FOR THINGS YOU DIDN’T ORDER.

Don’t charge anything to your hotel room. It’s too confusing when you’re checking out to verify the list of room charges. And it’s only too easy for the hotel to make a mistake. If you don’t charge anything at all, you’ll know that extra items on your bill can’t be yours. Use your telephone credit card for calls, pay cash for room service, laundry, etc. Use your credit card for food.

5. DON’T DEPEND ONLY ON THE HOTEL FOR SERVICES SUCH AS TYPING.

film development and so on. Call the local convention bureau. It’s specifically set up to help out-of-town businesspeople