Let’s trim travel expenses.  When planning a trip, many of us babysit airfare and hotel prices.  Triangulating over an area hoping to pounce at the exact right moment to save every extra dollar in travel expenses.  It seems a little nuts after all that effort to chase down savings to not take a few moments to make a sandwich at home.  Purchasing the $10 snack box when airborne.   Recall The Money Skinny™ mission is to save you time and money.  Start by reading The Money Skinny™ Save Vacation Cash with a Commuter Train.  Then shift your focus from the large travel expenses to the smaller costs for additional savings.

Seven Ways to Trim Travel Expenses

1. Bring an empty water bottle to fill at drinking fountains.
2. Single drink packets mixed with water are cheaper than purchasing drinks.  They mask the taste of unfamiliar tap water.  Snapple Singles are sold at Walmart or Dollar Tree.
3. Use off-site airport parking or a ride sharing service.
4. Pack miscellaneous snack bars or nuts.
5. Freeze a sandwich the night before take-off that will be defrosted hours later when you want to eat it.  **Extra credit if you reuse a bread bag for storage.**
6. Collect freebies like a toothbrush and small toothpaste from the dentist.  Use miscellaneous product samples.
7. Fill small containers with products sold in larger quantity or volume.
8. Skim products like pain reliever tablets, antihistamines and even a few bandages from bottles and bins.
9. Dollar Tree sells smaller quantities than warehouse club jumbo but larger than the grocery store travel product section.  For a dollar.  Avoid the $5 two-tablet airport package.

Trim Travel Expenses with a Door-to-Door View

View travel as a door-to-door experience.  Anticipating your needs throughout the trip.  Avoid those small, almost-invisible expenditures that add up quickly.

• View travel expenses in total, not just airfare and hotel costs.
• View travel as a door-to-door experience.  Avoid those small, almost-invisible expenditures that add up quickly.