How to Plan a Trip (part4)

And now onto our last leg of this series and it’s all about itineraries! Now I usually do this in 2 or even 3 step. The first one being at the beginning and it’s basically for knowing where I’ll be staying the night.

I’m currently interested in going on a campervan trip around New Zealand’s south island, so I’ll be using that someday trip as an example here. And just to be safe, let me put a disclaimer that this is not a real trip I’m planning as it’s currently still not safe to travel anywhere yet (stay home peeps!!).

How to Plan a Trip (part3)

Oof. We actually got to 3 parts…. and would probably be more to come ;;;

Anw! I will link everything in this series at the way down below. Please do check out part 1&2 if you haven’t yet!

How to Plan a Trip (part 2)

So. Now that you’ve answered the when and where, what next?

For me usually this is where I did a rough budget and here’s why. If you’re like me and can’t save up to save your life, here’s a ‘trick’. Rather than saving for a big lump sum, I split my ‘saving’ into 2 parts.

Now I’m not going to tell you how to save, that part you need to figure out yourself. Figure out which part of your lifestyle that is not essential (believe it or not, you don’t need expensive coffee every single day!) you can reduce/eliminate so as to spend less. In this post I’m going to write about stuff you need to be saving for.

I’d say one thing though. I find it helpful to separate my savings for travel. When I have my savings in a savings account, it won’t stop me buying something I want ‘now’ when all I had to do is take my card and swipe it. So if you’re like me and have impulse issue, I suggest you keep your savings in cash and put it in an envelop with ‘TRAVEL $$$’ on the front. This way, when you ‘had to’ take money from it, you’ll know you’re taking money that you could’ve used when you’re traveling.