subject: Tip for your Vacation [print this page] Tip for your Vacation Tip for your Vacation
If you're going on vacation this year to a new travel destination that you have not been to before part of your budget is going to be for food. It really does not matter what your budget is because eating at restaurants every day for every meal will tear it up.
My suggestion is finding out where you can eat out cheaply before taking your vacation. One of the best ways of finding really great food at cheap prices is ask some of the Locals. People who live in the area where you plan on traveling know where the best food is at the best prices. Many of these restaurants offer discounts for travelers and even pay some of the local people to suggest their restaurant to travelers.
If you already have set up your accommodations at a resort or hotel you can call in advance and ask the concierge if he has any discount coupons at good restaurants in the travel location you plan on traveling to. Or you could just ask him where he goes to eat when he does eat at a restaurant.
One of the biggest mistakes people traveling do is waiting till they arrive at their vacation getaway and look for restaurants that are loaded with tourists. Most of these people have no clue either and pick a spot close to their resort or hotel because it is more convenient then to get lost driving around town or wind up at someplace they get food poisoning at.
There is no better way to totally wreck a vacation then by getting food poising and spending your entire vacation in your hotel or resort being sick. If there are any restaurants in town that serve bad food the locals will certainly be aware of it and be more then glad to tell you all about their horrible experience.
Another way of finding restaurants that charge less and serve great food no matter what country or city you are traveling to is to know what the economic rules are in the area you will be traveling to. If you think about it an area that has a lot of restaurants in a close proximity are probably paying a higher premium then a restaurant down the road all alone is. So if they are paying more rent they will have to charge more for their food to offset this cost. Sometimes the better restaurants are out of the way or down some side street that may be harder to find but well worth traveling around to find them.
As I have traveled to many parts of the country it seems I find most of the best restaurants in locations like strip malls around town entering or leavening a town also where the locals live. When I go to resort towns I always stay away from where the attractions are and really eat inside of them because they are very costly.
Like most people I love Vietnamese or Chinese and sometimes Mexican food. They usually have an all you can eat buffet for only 6 bucks if go in before dinner. They have a big selection of all kinds of chicken or steak and if you ask the locals they will gladly tell you which one is the best restaurant in town because there are usually a lot of these type restaurants to choose from. If you travel to Williamsburg Va you will find about 10 Chinese restaurants in our town and for me Wasabi is my favorite.
One of the best ways I have found some really great low cost restaurants is by using social networking like facebook and twitter just to name a few. Many people get on these services and tweet their favorite restaurants. All you have to do is get on one of these sites and post for the travel destination you are planning traveling to and you will find many restaurants that offer wonderful tasty cheap food
