Mini-vacation on a budget
Posted by: DL / Category: Enviromental Matters, Family Matters, Life Matters, Money Matters, Social Matters
Since almost everyone is suffering without much money nowadays, most people think vacationing is not possible. When in fact, they can take a mini-vacation and enjoy themselves just as much as a lavish expensive vacation would have been. But, they can have a vacation on a budget.
They can call friends or family members that are within a few hours drive of them, pack lightly, and drive to that destination. They can tell the people they are going to be visiting in advance and ask them to look up fun things to do in their area that may be free or very cheap. They may take you to parks, camping areas, fishing, boating, kayaking, or just to see beautiful trails and the sites.
Set a daily budget for your trip and try your best to stick to that number. If you can only afford $50 a day (excluding gas) you may decide that you can’t afford to eat out and go to all the different costly amusement places. So, you may decide to purchase groceries and make sandwiches, take it along with you, and then go to amusement parks. It’s really how you look at things and decide to tweak your plans to fit your budget.
The idea of a vacation is to get out, breathe in the fresh air and be out of your usual day to day grind. Of coarse if you have more money to spend you can go to more expensive places including (but not limited to): amusement parks, aquariums, zoos, restaurants, museums, historical areas, etc. These places charge a costly fee per person, so you may have to take turns going to pricey places on certain days and inexpensive or free places on other days.
The point is, you don’t have to prove anything to anyone. Just do things that you and your family find fun, and don’t worry about impressing anyone with tales of being on the open waters of the Bahama’s (on your vacation). Sometimes the simple mini-vacations can mean a lot more to you and your family than being on a big vacation abroad could have been. Becuse you can do things together as a family unit, and grow closer over the long drive and time together doing the simple things…
