Vacationing Budget

That is a good way to go, checking rates and such. It's very nice that you can do that online, inputting a date and checking what the rates will be for hotels and airfare, things like that. There's even a site, and I am not sure if it's worldwide, but you can check gas rates at different places, so if you plan to drive to or in your destination you can figure out how much you're most likely going to paying per gallon. Of course this only works if you check right before you leave, or constantly check before whilst planning so you can see the fluctuation. I am sure that it was very relaxing, was Hong Kong as busy as it seems on t.v.?

A lot of people wanted to get great pictures of the whole city, sounds like it is a nice tourist attraction, I'm sure the train gets heavily traveled during the tourist season, and most likely worked on before the tourist season begins to get everything up to par. Glad you had fun.

I know what you mean. Well it is busy yes, but it's not like the one we see on TV or the movies, thank God! I've noted thought that more tourists were queuing to ride the Peak Tram, an "ancient" train that brings the people to the highest part of the city where you see the spectacular view of the whole of the city, than in any other destinations. There I can really say that it's so busy.

I appreciate all of this indepth information. We're driving, it's not too awfully far away. I don't think there will be any complications with the family, and even if there was running back home wouldn't solve them as hubby and I are going with those we live with... so... lol but thanks again, I really do appreciate all the nice and kind advice.

You are welcome! I hope you will have an amazing time. I do advice you to do some research and remember that hotels have what are called: concierge. You can actually call any hotel and ask for cost and arrangements so you can gain real knowledge of the local costs and practices as well as attractions, use the internet to find out what is available. Look out for discount tickets and booklets, along the way you will see visitor centers, so do stop in and collect brochures, those will serve you to learn what is the latest thing going, discounts and attractions, if not great excitement and bonding conversation. I would not be too proud for visiting buffet restaurants, just because its alway nice to eat all you can eat. Don't forget your camera and take loads of photos :) Often water rides cost and average of 20 dollars per person, if you are going to the beach and want to have beach chairs for the day, those cost about $30 per chair for the day. Try and find out about parking places and prices too. Inquire about toll charges during the trip on the road and rest stops for emergencies. If anyone in the family has some medical condition, please be sure to prepare for along the way, medications and local hospital information, insurance cards. Mapquest will help you plan your road trip, milage, gas expenses and stops.

I have been pricing them and the town I want to stay in cheapest is $70 a night or I can get one in my old home town for about $60 a night and thats with tax I think.

I have only stayed in one hotel in my life, and that was for prom back my senior year of high school. I'm not sure what the prices of a hotel are but I can imagine them to be mighty hefty. My husband and I intend to help his parents with paying for half of the hotel, and if we don't do that we'll either pay for supper for one or two of the nights, or maybe pay for our own knick knacks and trinquets.

We did plan to go on vacation for about a week to Texas, New Mexico and Arizona but that was going to be last year I think, heck I don't know, lol. My husband and I are still living with his parents and I lost my job a few months back and to be honest have been too lazy to find another one. What I make online we don't know what we're going to do with. We usually have oru ideas but after that we just don't know. I hope you can figure out some more ways to save and be able to go stay at a hotel for a few more days. There is a place about an hour away from here my husband and I went to one year. We didn't stay but for 12 hours as we just didn't do well being there alone. We got scared, bored, and couldn't sleep.

I wanna get a job too so your job or might job might interfere, there's no telling. Even so we maybe can go later, around Christmas. We'll just have to see, and besides the longer we wait to go on vacation the more money we will have saved up, though there's a lot to consider now lol.

Hehe, letting friends and relatives foot the bill, very clever. My husband and I could do that ourselves but we won't. We're going to pay for a little bit of what we spend when we do go on vacation this year. I was thinking about it earlier, and it's really not all that far away, the months will go by and soon it will be time to soak up the sun.

I like to spend what I can when I go on vacation, but I've not been on vacation very much. I guess it pays to be frugal even on vacation nowadays. Hubby and I are having to save, but to be all honest we don't have to pay our way, we just offered to pay part of our way on vacation this year. Hope you can take a day trip up to the mountain town sometime soon.

Sometimes when ya have the money ya have to forfeit fun things, so I can understand rather getting the floors cleaned then vacationing. My mom and I do get along, but it's the fact that we never talk and see each other that keeps us that way I think. I haven't been swimming in years, can you believe it? I almost miss it, lol.

About your last comment on not wasting money, I can understand. Why go home with knick knacks and goodies, but later a guilty feeling that you spent too much? Definitely would make me rethink another vacation budget (for the next vacation). I believe you've talked about going to Rome and to the UK. I hope that the weather will treat you nicely, and that there will be plenty of sales and things to your liking. I hope you enjoy Rome, I had a teacher back in school who went to Italy, I believe they stayed in Rome. I've seen the video and video from the movies etc, and it seems like such a beautiful beautiful place. Have fun, stay safe, and keep being you!

We are having to save money as well. We have one bill that we could pay off before the trip and then not have to worry about it so we'd save the money we would be using to pay that bill, on the trip. Another thing is of course me working online. We would probably have no need to save money if I had a job as with us both working one of our paychecks alone could be saved for the trip we're going to be taking. That's just life though, I mean having to save, there are some people who are fortunate enough to not have to, save that is, and I wish I knew them, lol just kidding.

I hope you are able to go on the family reunion vacation and buy some things for yourself that you can't find in your city, or just that you like. Everyone needs a vacation now and then, we've not gone on a vacation in a few years, and I've never gone on a vacation regularly. It will be my husband and I, as well as his parents.

I don't think my husband and I could afford to go on this trip alone, nor would we go on this trip alone. We don't do very well on vacation by ourselves, last time we went on vacation we stayed 12 hours... We're going to save as much as we can to chip in on the vacation though. Wish you could scrounge some money up for a nice day trip somewhere nice, but nothing beats community fun!