Comments on: 5 Ways to Start a Travel Savings https://www.EricGamble.com/5-ways-to-start-a-travel-savings/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=5-ways-to-start-a-travel-savings "It is better to live one day as a Lion than a thousand days as a Lamb." Thu, 18 Nov 2021 18:51:31 +0000 hourly 1 By: Eric Gamble https://www.EricGamble.com/5-ways-to-start-a-travel-savings/#comment-15344 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 23:24:11 +0000 https://www.EricGamble.com/?p=6170#comment-15344 In reply to Emma Earthwanderer.

Yeah naming your Travel Savings account may seem a bit silly at first but every time we look at it and see it’s name on our list of savings accounts, it always motivates us to drop a few dollars in there for future travel adventures!

]]> By: Emma Earthwanderer https://www.EricGamble.com/5-ways-to-start-a-travel-savings/#comment-14626 Thu, 02 Sep 2021 09:29:32 +0000 https://www.EricGamble.com/?p=6170#comment-14626 I totally agree, you need to have a dedicated, separate account for travel savings. If you just use a general savings fund, it all gets mixed up, then you end up overspending in some areas and never reach the goal. Naming it is very motivational!

]]> By: Shelby Lamb https://www.EricGamble.com/5-ways-to-start-a-travel-savings/#comment-14542 Wed, 01 Sep 2021 12:52:37 +0000 https://www.EricGamble.com/?p=6170#comment-14542 These are great tips! Having a dedicated savings account and watching our progress is the best way we’ve learned to do it as well. It’s exciting to see it stack up when we don’t make frivolous purchases! Combined with credit card points and such, we try to take 1 big trip and 5 small trips a year. It’s been amazing to realize how much we don’t need so we can travel more.

]]> By: Jamie DeCubellis https://www.EricGamble.com/5-ways-to-start-a-travel-savings/#comment-14411 Sun, 29 Aug 2021 21:08:31 +0000 https://www.EricGamble.com/?p=6170#comment-14411 With a goal in mind it is much easier to save. For example, it changes whether the meal out for Chinese food you were going to have is worth it when the other option is a trip to China. It all adds up.

]]> By: Sage Scott https://www.EricGamble.com/5-ways-to-start-a-travel-savings/#comment-8961 Fri, 19 Feb 2021 04:12:22 +0000 https://www.EricGamble.com/?p=6170#comment-8961 I am all about #3 and #4. Such good tips, not just for funding travel, but planning for all of life’s curveballs and milestones!

]]> By: Brian https://www.EricGamble.com/5-ways-to-start-a-travel-savings/#comment-8864 Tue, 16 Feb 2021 16:09:52 +0000 https://www.EricGamble.com/?p=6170#comment-8864 Yes, separate savings accounts are easy. Especially if you open one at a bank you already use.

]]> By: Danik the Explorer https://www.EricGamble.com/5-ways-to-start-a-travel-savings/#comment-8336 Mon, 25 Jan 2021 16:51:24 +0000 https://www.EricGamble.com/?p=6170#comment-8336 It has been strange times and usually most of my spare cash goes into a travel account. But the last 12 months, I still been putting cash into the account but most of my spare cash has cleared a lot of debt! 😀 (Wish I was earning enough to pay off my mortgage at the same time…oh well). So when travel does recommence, going to have even more spare cash for the road. Happy days! (This has probably been the only advantage of a pandemic, but seriously, Covid needs to go now…too many sick people and too much restrictions on Freedom).

]]> By: Eric Gamble https://www.EricGamble.com/5-ways-to-start-a-travel-savings/#comment-8072 Thu, 14 Jan 2021 19:33:32 +0000 https://www.EricGamble.com/?p=6170#comment-8072 In reply to Melissa.

Couldn’t agree more. I too used and still occasionally travel by the seat of my pants so it makes it a bit tricky for planning and saving. But that is kind of why I like setting up an account even if I dont have a specific trip in mind. Consider it my Travel Savings Slush Fund for any trip that I can build on rather than depleting a savings or using high interest low return credit cards.

]]> By: Melissa https://www.EricGamble.com/5-ways-to-start-a-travel-savings/#comment-8038 Thu, 14 Jan 2021 01:45:45 +0000 https://www.EricGamble.com/?p=6170#comment-8038 These are some great tips! Having a travel savings is something that I really need to do, I tend to just go trip to trip and try to pull the money together at the last minute. It works, but it also adds a lot of stress and prevents me from saving money on some things I could have had I have the money earlier. I think putting a deadline on it would help the most because it would give me a clear date to aim for. I plan on putting these tips to use!

]]> By: Clarice https://www.EricGamble.com/5-ways-to-start-a-travel-savings/#comment-7718 Mon, 04 Jan 2021 05:19:45 +0000 https://www.EricGamble.com/?p=6170#comment-7718 I love the idea! Since we traveling is currently on pause due to the pandemic, the best thing that we can do is to prepare for the big trip once it’s okay to do so. Would love to start on this travel savings thing. Thank you for sharing this.

]]> By: Sudipta https://www.EricGamble.com/5-ways-to-start-a-travel-savings/#comment-7697 Sun, 03 Jan 2021 12:28:02 +0000 https://www.EricGamble.com/?p=6170#comment-7697 This is such an excellent post. It is actually the right time to start saving for travel … hopefully in 6 months time , all the restrictions will be over. Thank you for sharing such great tips.

]]> By: Michael https://www.EricGamble.com/5-ways-to-start-a-travel-savings/#comment-7696 Sun, 03 Jan 2021 11:04:19 +0000 https://www.EricGamble.com/?p=6170#comment-7696 I like the dedication here.. nothing beats a well planned plan but here in our country, mostly the execution is the harder part hehe.

]]> By: Marjie Mare https://www.EricGamble.com/5-ways-to-start-a-travel-savings/#comment-7633 Sat, 02 Jan 2021 00:04:36 +0000 https://www.EricGamble.com/?p=6170#comment-7633 Thanks for providing these tips. Our trip was canceled last year. I will follow your tips and hopefully, we will be able to do it this year.

]]> By: Agbes https://www.EricGamble.com/5-ways-to-start-a-travel-savings/#comment-7629 Fri, 01 Jan 2021 14:58:39 +0000 https://www.EricGamble.com/?p=6170#comment-7629 Great tips on how to save money on vacation. Very helpful in planning travel destinations for 2021. Saving money on holidays is a priority for me.

]]> By: Lori Bosworth https://www.EricGamble.com/5-ways-to-start-a-travel-savings/#comment-7610 Thu, 31 Dec 2020 14:54:35 +0000 https://www.EricGamble.com/?p=6170#comment-7610 I love the idea of making monthly payments to your travel fund the way you would pay a bill! Why shouldn’t we prioritize travel?!

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