With everyone looking to tighten their wallet, including myself, the first place budgets get cut is the family vacation. Many people think they can't afford a vacation and end up not taking one. This to me has never been a good idea since we all need time away from our everyday lives to reconnect with our spouses, spend time with our children, & get inspired to be creative.
I am the type of person that needs a vacation every other week but realisticly can't afford it, so in an effort to save money, but still take vacations I have decided to stay closer to home & explore more of California. I am kicking off this idea by traveling down to Newport Beach and see how much it costs to have a California vacation.
We'll be saving money by driving. It currently takes approximately $60 to fill up my Yukon, so I figure we'll spend around $200 in gas. It is my birthday so I plan on splurging in a few areas & a nice hotel is one of them. Being a part-time travel agent I knew the Fairmont was having a summer special and found a $135 nightly rate (with taxes) plus a $50 food & beverage credit. (That will be used more for beverage than food.)
I don't have an exact budget in mind but would like to keep it to about $1,000. This includes boarding my dog, gas, hotel, kids theme park tickets to Disneyland and a few sites for the adults. I'm terrible about staying on budget so we'll see how this goes.
I am the type of person that needs a vacation every other week but realisticly can't afford it, so in an effort to save money, but still take vacations I have decided to stay closer to home & explore more of California. I am kicking off this idea by traveling down to Newport Beach and see how much it costs to have a California vacation.
We'll be saving money by driving. It currently takes approximately $60 to fill up my Yukon, so I figure we'll spend around $200 in gas. It is my birthday so I plan on splurging in a few areas & a nice hotel is one of them. Being a part-time travel agent I knew the Fairmont was having a summer special and found a $135 nightly rate (with taxes) plus a $50 food & beverage credit. (That will be used more for beverage than food.)
I don't have an exact budget in mind but would like to keep it to about $1,000. This includes boarding my dog, gas, hotel, kids theme park tickets to Disneyland and a few sites for the adults. I'm terrible about staying on budget so we'll see how this goes.
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