Sticking To Your Vacation Budget

The most important part of being able to stick to your vacation budget is to start with a detailed budget.  If you have not created a vacation budget previously, your first one will most likely have some things missed, but you will get better each time you do it.  I always make notes while on vacation of things I forgot to budget or didn't budget enough for so that I can update my budget file for our next trip.  Each time we go on vacation our budget is that much better because I have improved it based on info from our past trip.  I know there are some people out there that will think sticking to a budget on vacation is a form of deprivation.  I strongly disagree with that.  Some of the most stressful times in my life regarding finances have been while on vacation spending money that I had no idea if we even had.  Knowing that I would be returning after the vacation trying to figure out how to recover from what we just did.  Having money set aside for a vacation and a plan on how you will spend it makes a huge difference in the way it feels to be on vacation.  Having a detailed budget is going to give you the most success in being able to stick to it. You will notice that many of these tips seem to focus more on planning your vacation than on making sure you spend what you anticipated while on your actual vacation.  That is because in my experience the best way to stick to your vacation budget is to do a lot of research and planning beforehand.  If you go on vacation without a game plan, unless it's a very low-cost location, you will very likely end up exceeding the amount your thought you would spend on your trip. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.lolasfrugallife.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/LolasFrugalLife/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Support this podcast:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://anchor.fm/lolak/support⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Check out my Etsy Shop: ⁠⁠LolasFrugalLife - Etsy