This year I am going
on my first holiday abroad in eight years.
I am massively excited and have vowed to take enough money with me to be
able to do everything I want without having to budget. There is nothing worse when you are on holiday
than having to turn down trips or outings because you can’t afford it. By planning ahead and making sure I have more
than enough to spend, I am hoping to have a fabulous time.
Saving for a holiday
and lots of spending money takes time, effort and creativity. I have been looking at ways that I can make
extra savings in my everyday life and wanted to share what I have been doing.
Travel
I noticed one day on
the bus after buying my daily return ticket that someone was using a pass. After becoming friendly at the bus stop day
by day (as you do), it turned out that she used a monthly pass, which it turns
out has saved me a fortune every month!
The weekly passes also offer a great saving and I use them if I am
having some time off work and would not need the full month pass.
Using a megarider ticket, you will be able to
travel as much as you want and can tailor your own needs to the ticket type. Whether
you’re in need of a weekly bus pass for your travels, or a monthly one — you will
find yourself making a huge saving in comparison to buying a ticket every day.
In the alternative, if
you’re a driver, did you know that the average motorist in the UK will spend an
astonishing £168,880
over their lifetime? I made transition from car driver to bus traveller around
eight years ago and I have saved so much money since that time, not to mention
it being better for the environment.
Lifestyle
Coffee
According to research
carried out by MyVoucherCode, people in the UK visit coffee shops at least
three times per week. I confess that I
had an addition to a roasted hazelnut latte with extra espresso shot for a
couple of years that was costing me £3.20 a time. When you add that up, going usually 3 times a
week for my indulgence, that is nearly £40.00 a month on just coffee!
Branded coffee company,
Douwe Egberts, has said that a 250g pack of ground coffee can make up to 30
cups. When looking to see how much a 1kg pack would cost, Amazon has priced the
coffee at around £15,
meaning that each cup of coffee would cost close to 13p. These days I either
take a flask of coffee to work or my cafetiere.
Lunch
Many of us find it easier to just buy lunch
on the way to work — or popping out on our lunch breaks. But what if we told
you that, on average, forking out for lunch every day could cost you £1,288 according to research carried out by VoucherCloud.
You can make a huge saving by preparing
your lunch at home — whether it be a simple sandwich, a prepared salad that you
make in the morning or some soup to heat up.
I recently just starting making soup myself
for a more healthy option. I recently
made a red pepper & celery soup which was delicious. I managed to get 5 portions out of the soup
which I worked out cost me 33 pence per portion. Cheaper than a tin of soup and much healthier!
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