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Why You Should Travel While You're Young

Because why not spend your hard-earned money on something that's actually worth it before having a mortgage to pay?

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Why You Should Travel While You're Young

Some people are under certain circumstances where they cannot travel such as having to pay for bills or supporting your loved ones but if you don't fall under this category, you should definitely invest in a vacation.... here's why:

Since I was a toddler, my parents have always taken me on vacations. One after another. Which is why and how I gained my love for traveling. I wasn't just born this way...

I realized that while I don't have any bills and I'm just a full-time student in college, why not work as hard as I can and as much as I can to save up for a vacation? It'll be A LOT harder to travel the world when I have a mortgage to pay and 100 other bills along with it. What I've learned while wanting to travel so much is that it's actually a lot easier to save up for when you learn to budget.

I started out by saving my change. Instead of always using my credit or debit card, I started carrying cash on me and whenever I paid for something and got change back, I would put it in a plastic bag. I started noticing by the end of the month, I would have anywhere between $50-$150 that I had set aside in change. (Nobody likes holding onto coins and are so quick to just get rid of them. Instead, throw them in a jar somewhere in your room where it won't bother you.)

Another money saver tip: hunt through your closet and find a bunch of things that you don't care about or do want and sell them online. But make sure that you have a separate savings account that your money will automatically get stored in.

OR you can just have a certain amount of money that you have automatically put into your savings account weekly. If you put $20 in your savings account every week, you'll have $1,040 by the end of the year which is more than enough to get you going on vacation (depending on how picky you are). You can literally spend 5 days on a beautiful island for $500-600.

THE HARDEST PART: in my opinion, the hardest part in planning a vacation is finding someone to go with you. Because even if you are financially stable to plan a trip, your friends, family, or significant other might not be able to. (Share my tips with them and maybe they'll think about finding ways to save?)

Everyone deserves a vacation!


Some cheap vacation ideas:

- Road trip (All you need is a reliable car and friends to help split the gas money!)

- Puerto Rico

- Costa Rica

- Punta Cana

- Mexico

- Orlando, FL

- Las Vegas, NV (Enless you gamble... bye bye money!)

It's amazing being able to see the world in different points of view and being able to experience everything that the world has to offer!

Good luck and happy travels! xo



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