5 Money Saving Tips For Your Holiday

5 Money Saving Tips For Your Holiday

5 Money Saving Tips For Your Holiday

The My Holidays From Dublin Money Saving Guide

Be willing to look outside the box.

Traditionally when booking a holiday we would have, went down to the local travel agent, picked up a half dozen brochures, flicked through them for days and finally settle on somewhere that's a compromise between cost and quality. It's less of a drawn out affair these days (for those who choose it not to be anyway) with the online travel agents offering instant holiday booking for those wanting to get it over with. The online option also offers holiday seekers more choice by allowing them access to the international tour operator market. While we still have online access to the likes of Direct Holidays, Panorama, Sunworld and Budget Travel... We now have access to the big time international players such as lastminute.com, ebookers.ie and expedia.com that can command huge discounts from hotels and airlines. We're not saying give your credit card to any Tom, Dick or Manuel on the promise of a cheap week in the sun but don't feel like you have to stick with the traditional Irish tour operators.

Be flexible with your dates.

You'll be surprised how much of a difference a week can mke, cost wise that is. Now this particular suggestion is useless to you if you have to work around school holidays or watertight holidays from work, but huge savings can be had for those willing to shift their plans by a week or two. This is true for both package deals and those booking flights and accommodation separately but especially so for the latter. Grab a pen and sheet of paper and quickly jot down the prices for the week before and week after the dates you had in your head, you might be surprised @ what you find...

Be willing to stay off the beaten track.

... Accommodation wise. Even if only slightly. How far you take this depends on what kind of holiday you've planned. Those looking for a young and lively 18-30s style holiday will want to stay as close to the action as possible, facilitating a quick turnaround when you finally do make it back to the apartment from a night out. Those on a quiet couples or relaxing family holiday probably won't mind taking a short taxi journey in the event that they do want to see the sights... for some people though seeing the sights counts as what they can see from their sun lounger by the pool every day so this isn't so much of an issue. Check out tripadvisor.com for independent reviews of hotels if you haven't been told good things by word of mouth.

If you can, go all inclusive.

After you book your holiday, the next most expensive outgoing while abroad will be food and drink. And for some people it's the only outgoing! More and more tour operators are offering an all inclusive option with packages and while the brochure prices for these options can seem excessive if you're to do the maths over the seven days there is often money to be saved here. Of course you have to be willing to eat the same selection of dishes most days but most resorts will be aware of this and try and mix things up during your stay. Look out for all inclusive options when booking your last minute deal, these are often only slightly dear then the self catering option and can offer huge savings over the week. Determined to go self catering? Get yourself down to the local supermarket when you get there for some cheap food and drink, there's no shame in being smart with your money!

Don't book tours through your holiday rep.

Commission Commission Commission, that's what goes through your holiday reps mind when they speak about the great tours they offer. Those wonderful welcome meetings they tell you that you absolutely need to attend are based around selling you the thing that travel agents make the most from, tours and excursions. If you absolutely must go on a tour, and you probablly should do at least something to experience life outside the resort, these can often be booked locally and more recently direct through a website offering huge savings versus the travel agents. You'll be surprised what Google and turn up and worst case scenario you call the holiday rep during the week and they'll be delighted to sell you the tour if you're happy it can't be gotten cheaper.

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