Road trips are always fun. Everyone deserves some time to have time off work and have a road trip at some point. There are many reasons why you may need a road trip and that only can take us a full article . Great, now you have prepared a road trip and you are wondering how can you actually save money! Good news, here are some of the best ideas to guide you and help you save money on you road trip. It wouldn’t be fun to get drained after the road trip cent less of course!

1. Pack Food and snacks

However much packing food my sound traditional, it is always a good idea to help you save some good amount of cash on your road trip. Pack some long lasting foods that won’t go bad in a day or two and do not forget to pack snacks. These can keep you going . You may not realise how much you are saving but trust me, you will be happy after saving a lot of cash un consciously on this amazing trip!

2. Use Credit cards and Rewards Cards.

Move with some pocket cash of course but just for emergencies anyway.  Always use your cards because you will save a lot.  You may ask yourself how. First of all, Cash is accepted everywhere unlike cards. This gives you an upper hand and hence helping you save tons of cents. Also use your royalty and rewards cards every time you have to purchase anything on the road trip. This can be at the roadside house or at the gas station. Always use cards!

3. Steak to the Budget

Always have a budget laid up for a road trip. Do not go to a road trip without a vivid budget at all. You must know how much you are going to spend. Where and when so that you may avoid un necessary expenses on the road trip. Remember there is always something to spend on so its your budget to save you! Steak to your budget buddy!

4. Use your own car or Train

Using your car on a road trip can be very money saving and a life savior. You get to travel at your own pace and at a minimal budget. Always use your own car if you have one and it will save you good cash.  Secondly, if you have no car, use a train. Trains are the cheapest means of transport across the globe. Let it be Europe, USA or Africa.  Do not spend excessively on transport on your road trip

5. Find Affordable Accommodation

With the Era we are living in, everything is at our fingertips on our phone. You can compare and book accommodation from anywhere. There are 1000s of accommodation websites and these include

• Booking.om
• Kayak
• Priceline
• BookingBuddy
• com
• HotelsCombined
• Expedia
• Agoda
• TripAdvisor
• Trivago
• Google
• Hotwire
• Travelpony

You might as well consider Couchsurfing.  This company/website helps you meet locals and sleep in their homes as you travel. Couchsurfing has proved to be safe in the past years and 1000s of surfers have used it with successful stories

6. Service your car before Road Trip

Servicing or fixing your car on the road can be very costly. It is always a good idea to fix your car before a road trip.  This helps you nit to incur un called for cost. Remember some mechanics will charge you according to your situation. Most of them will take advantage of a stranded traveler of course and some cars are unique with unique mechanics or spares.

7. Pack a First Aid Kit

Always make sure you travel with a small First Aid kit. This will help you save a lot of cash.  You never know when you can fall sick. Imagine having a minor wound and having to drive 70kms to get to the next town and get a pharmacy! Don’t be that guy in that situation. A small first aid kit can cost about $100 and you can keep it for a very long time because its only for emergencies.

8. Camp for Free

You may also want to consider camping as well. Camping is free and will always be. This can help you save some good amount of cash. This may only need you a few things like a camp tent and a few camp chairs. The only demerits about this are, you may need a camp van to pack these items! So if you have a camp van or a caravan, why not go camping and feel that experience too!

9. Mind Parking.

Always put parking in minds. Some places do not have good parking. You do not want to be scratched or bumped into because of an awkward parking space. Also some places are very costly in terms of parking and they charge an abnormal amounts per time spent.

Also you do not want to find tickets on your car for illegal parking. This is very painful but not as painful as being cramped or towed away!

10. Avoid Tolls

Avoid toll gates as much as you can. There are always shortcuts and ways to avoid toll gates and this can save you some good amount of cash. Stay off toll gates and Have fun on your Amazing road trip!