How do you travel cheaply or "on the cheap?"
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First, if you’re a photographer or a writer you can become a travel photographer and/or a travel writer, which would allow you to travel free working for a magazine and/or selling your photographs and/or travel stories would help you pay for your travel. You can also use these monies to set up a "travel fund" so that when you want to travel you have a fund for travel, based upon a percentage of monies earned from your travel photographs and/or travel stories. If you don’t have a magazine, then you can go online and find the websites where you can publish your travel photographs and/or travel stories. You might also make travel audios and/or videos. Many of these websites don’t pay very much money, nevertheless these monies can be added (or deducted from) your travel budget.
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You should have a travel budget. How much money do you have for travel? How much money can you spend for hotels, for food, for transportation, etc. You should have a budget and also know how much money you want to spend per day. Suppose you go to Las Vegas and decide that you can only afford $20 per day for food, then you only spend $20 per day for food. You can go online and easily find the restaurants, hotels, and buffets in Las Vegas where you can buy food for $20 per day. Maybe your whole budget per day including gambling if you’re a gambler-and gamblers should also budget and practice what’s called "responsible gambling"-is $200, including staying at some cheapo hotel or motel. Then you keep to your $200 and stay at the cheapo motel. Many luxury hotels in Las Vegas also have discounts, so sometimes you can stay at a luxury hotel at a discount. You can find these discounts, including coupons online.
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Research and make a list of all the discounts, coupons, etc. Have a travel guide that includes information on cheapo travel. Many travel guides also contain discounts. Do your research online. There are also travel agents and travel consultants who have information for those interested in cheapo travel.
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Avoid the "tourist traps" that charge a lot of money to tourists. For food, for example, go to the less expensive place that the locals know about. Your guidebook should also discuss some of these less expensive restaurants and entertainments.
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Make a list of the freebies. If you like museums, for example, where are the free museums. What entertainments are free. Collect freebies coupons. You can search for travel freebies online.