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Frugal things I’ve Done This Week-Cheaper Travel and Stays

This post may contain affiliate links

I had a rather big revelation this week about cheap travel. I’ll share it with you and then I’ll tell you about how I managed to save some money this week.


So last week I told you that I needed to book tickets for my son to come home from Australia. I was determined to get it for the cheapest possible price so I checked around online. I realise that each day I checked, the price of the tickets went up. I spoke to a few people about this and what I basically learned is that with the ‘cookies’ policies nowadays on most sites, they know that I’m shopping around for tickets. So they manipulated things in such a way that I was only seeing those expensive prices. Well, I heard there’s a way you can delete cache or something so it clears your previous searches.


Since I haven’t got round to how to clear cache yet, nor go into the incognito mode, I tried something else. I’m in one of those Facebook groups that deal with travel so I asked in the group about ways I could get this trip for as cheap as possible. To be honest, I got lots of responses but it seemed some people didn’t read the question carefully so their answers were all over the place. There was even a lady who suggested I get him a deal that would see him traveling through several countries (lots) before he finally got home! As if 24 hours traveling wasn’t already enough!

I needed just a one-way trip ticket and, just as I settled on how to get the tickets, this lady suggested that buying a 2-way ticket would probably work out cheaper. I would be too mad at myself to actually go back and check so I didn’t. Would you have gone back to check?

Anyway, there’s this online travel agency that I always use (Dial-a-flight) and I have even come to ‘know’ one of the guys there so when I ring up, I always ask for him by name. Somehow, I always got the impression that he is looking out for me and giving me the best deals possible. Well. the price he quoted was £159 more than what my son said he could get the ticket for! So, of course, I told Martin I would ring back if I needed to. I haven’t called him back.

It actually worked out cheaper to do a bank transfer of the money to my son and he bought the tickets there in Australia. Sometimes it’s just a simple thing that will save us money. I am so glad that I stayed within my budget and got that out of the way.

The main point I want to put across is that it always pays to shop around for deals rather than taking and paying for the first one that comes up.

Check out my post on top tips for budget-friendly travel in Europe

I also needed to book a one night stay at a hotel in another city for a blogging conference I am going to in a few months. This UK money blogger told me she had an affiliate link for Booking.com which would see us both getting some money back if I used her link. So, it’s a win-win for both of us. I know some people hate to use affiliate links but if it saves you some money, go ahead.

Game Night

It’s been so cold and wet recently that none of us really want to go out. Thankfully, that was a big saver for me and so instead of going out, we played games indoors such as Jacks, Kahoot, Uno, and Boy/Girl/Animal/Place/Thing. Do you remember any of those old time favourites? It was nostalgic and I found that I still remembered how to play these games and win the little ones. Funny, I wouldn’t have a clue how to play a game on the PlayStation or even how to use Snapchat!


I feel so good with how things are going and I am particularly pleased that, apart from monthly bills, I have no overwhelming outgoings. More money saved up for the summer trip we are planning to Jamaica. Check out my post if you’d like to visit Jamaica one day.

All the best with coming up with ideas for cheaper travel and stays. Talk to you next week.

ps. Thanks to Cass, Emma and Becky for allowing us to link up and share frugal living ideas.

Grammarly

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Comments

  1. Ivan says

    February 1, 2018 at 2:01 pm

    Hey, Jo and Leisa!

    I would definitely stay away from FB advisors because I noticed they tend to give quite useless pieces of advice sometimes. Since I do my research online I find booking to be a decent travel resource. Looking forward to seeing posts on how to become an affiliate!

    Cheer,
    Ivan!

    Reply
    • Joleisa says

      February 3, 2018 at 7:06 am

      I know. I do have some posts on how being an affiliate works for me.

      Reply
  2. Nina | Lemons and Luggage says

    February 2, 2018 at 2:12 pm

    I think board games are such a fun activity, especially with bigger groups. Definitely a great way of saving money!

    Reply
    • Joleisa says

      February 2, 2018 at 2:54 pm

      Most definitely! Thanks for your comment Nina

      Reply
  3. Chris says

    February 3, 2018 at 1:55 pm

    Good morning, just from my experiences. I have observed that being frugal and looking for the best prices is a highly labour intensive effort. There are so many resources competing for your money and it just comes down to having your timing down to when the sales become available.

    Reply
  4. Emma Maslin says

    February 3, 2018 at 8:54 pm

    Great post! It can be time consuming searching for the best travel deals but definitely worth it on such high value expenses.

    Reply
    • Joleisa says

      February 3, 2018 at 9:46 pm

      Thanks for stoping by Emma

      Reply
  5. D says

    February 4, 2018 at 5:14 am

    You are right about the simple things! Also when I travelled to Australia from Europe it was cheaper for someone who was is Australia to book it for me! I saved 150 euro just on the plane ticket because of this!

    D xo | from Live Dream Create-D

    Reply
  6. Olivia says

    February 4, 2018 at 2:26 pm

    What a neat trick! I’ll have to make sure I use an incognito window the next time I buy tickets. I also heard that the cheapest time to buy tickets in the week is on a Tuesday afternoon. Not sure why Tuesday but I’ll take it!

    Reply
    • Joleisa says

      February 4, 2018 at 5:43 pm

      That’s a great tip, thanks.

      Reply
  7. becky says

    February 4, 2018 at 5:04 pm

    OOh I would so love to visit Jamiaca too and we do love games nights

    Reply
  8. Edwin Prasetio says

    February 5, 2018 at 3:01 am

    I withdrew a point of being frugal that will give us opportunities to learn to be prudent and take things into account. Good to apply in daily living..

    Reply
  9. Kellysw says

    February 6, 2018 at 3:26 pm

    These are some great tips!!

    Reply

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