With increasing fuel prices and consequent rising inflation, day by day traveling is becoming costlier. Moreover increasingly mobile nature of jobs is making one to travel more and more. In such situations saving on your travelling cost will act as an extra income source to you.
The first and most important tip is to plan early. This is more useful in case you are travelling by air. Early flight booking will save some thousands for you. You might get cheaper tickets than that of railways. In case of railways planning early means getting confirmed ticket and avoiding on time expenses for tatkal tickets in the form of tatkal charges and or or agent charges. If ticket counter is near our home always buy window ticket. It will save Convenience and net banking charges.
Use credit card for ticket booking and shopping. In India you can use IRCTC SBI Credit Card to avoid these charges as well as get 10% off on tickets. Using credit cards for tickets as well as travel goods can also save your 5-10% expenditure.
Travel during off season. If you are going on holidays then off season vacations means lower hotel rents, lower rented travelling cost and cheaper goods and fees. For regular travel it means plan your travel during mid-weeks. Generally on weekends fares are higher.
For any travel try to take required food and water from home. This will save cost on its buying food and water. It’s not possible every time but try to take as much as possible. It will also save some expenditure on health indirectly. If you are travelling longer distance and if you drink local water every time, it means more chances of falling ill due to unsuitability of water at different places. You can avoid this by carrying the water from home.
Carry basic medicine and learn some first aid. Getting a professional help during travelling might not be that much affordable. Also it comes handy during emergency situations.
Use public transport for intercity travel instead of private taxi. To avoid the crowd in public transport try to travel mostly in early morning hours. In case you are required to take private taxi, is possible see that you are sharing it. This will reduce your fare.
Always carry lightweight luggage. Light weight means most of the time you can carry it yourself. It will save on your labor cost. Also it will reduce wear and tear of bags which will save on carrying bag buying expenditure.
The amount save from above tips will depend on the number of times you travel and the distance you travel. But on average it will save around 10-20% of your travelling cost.
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