{"id":2814,"date":"2016-09-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-09-21T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wotif-blog-staging-lb-1978096533.ap-southeast-2.elb.amazonaws.com\/vc\/blog\/tips\/25-tips-for-saving-for-your-next-holiday\/"},"modified":"2020-04-02T05:32:56","modified_gmt":"2020-04-01T19:32:56","slug":"25-tips-for-saving-for-your-next-holiday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wotif.com\/vc\/blog\/tips\/25-tips-for-saving-for-your-next-holiday\/","title":{"rendered":"25 tips for saving for your next holiday"},"content":{"rendered":"

It won’t come as a huge surprise to know that the Wotif team are a bunch of serious travel lovers. It’s rare to chat to a colleague who doesn’t have their next holiday booked and carefully managing annual leave days without going into the red has become a fine art in our office. This travel passion that must be fed also means we’re pretty handy with saving to fund our wanderlust.<\/p>\n

Here are 25 of our top money saving tips:<\/p>\n

1. Go on a new clothes hiatus and only buy vintage.<\/p>\n

2. Grow your own veggies. It’s fun and cheap.<\/p>\n

3. If you’re not really using it, cancel that gym membership and get outside instead! <\/p>\n

4. Make cheap Tuesday \u2013 think movies, pizza, happy hours \u2013 your best friend.<\/p>\n

5. Catch up with friends over breakfast instead of dinner. It’s usually way cheaper. <\/p>\n

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6. Do a big cook-up on Sundays so you’re not tempted to order take-away during the week.<\/p>\n

7. Swap Christmas presents for an amazing family holidays (only really young or older kids will probably let you get away with this one though!)<\/p>\n

8. Are you artistic? Turn your hobby into an income stream by selling via etsy or your local markets.<\/p>\n

9. Swap nights at the cinema for movie nights at home, with snacks of course.<\/p>\n

10. Skip the carwash and do it yourself or enlist the kids for a fraction of the cost \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

11. Pay your bills on time. Those late fees could add up to be a meal out over a year.<\/p>\n

12. Kill two birds with one stone \u2013 declutter your place and sell any unwanted goods on Gumtree or eBay<\/p>\n

13. Start a piggybank or coin jar. You’ll be amazed how quickly they pile up.<\/p>\n

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14. Learn to say no to catch-ups you don’t even want to go to. There’s nothing worse than having to fork out cash for something you don’t enjoy.<\/p>\n

15. Invite friends over and get everyone to bring a dish.<\/p>\n

16. Partake in Meat Free Monday \u2013 vegetarian dishes are typically much cheaper than their meaty counterparts.<\/p>\n

17. Keep on the lookout for free events.<\/p>\n

18. Take snacks with you when you leave the house.<\/p>\n

19. Consider cutting back your daily coffee. And maybe even investing in a coffee machine.<\/p>\n

20. Put all of the mini shampoos and conditioners you taken as hotel souvenirs over the years to good use.<\/p>\n

21. Don’t grocery shop on an empty stomach! Your waistline will probably thank you for this one too.<\/p>\n

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22. Get outside and enjoy the great outdoors. Park and beach days can be super cheap.<\/p>\n

23. Quit smoking, Enough said.<\/p>\n

24. Swap books with your friends or join a library.<\/p>\n

25. Walk, use public transport or carpool. <\/p>\n