Have you ever spent a boat load of money for a weekend trip?

If it is only a local travel and only for the weekend, I don't spend that much money. I always keep it to a minimum. I will try to save what I can for my future international trips. If we do had a weekend getaway that would cost that much, most probably it is my aunt's or my parent's treat. hehehe...

As much as possible, we try to keep the costs down whenever we travel. But we do save extra travel money in case of emergency or if we can't really cut down the expenses. Usually what we do is, if we can't really cut down the price of a plane ticket/ expense for gas for the car, we cut down on food cost since its something we can control. We also try to look for a cheaper alternative for a hotel stay if possible. As long as we enjoy each others company, we are okay.

Have you thought of trying to offset the cost of some of the gas by trying to earn giftcards for gas on websites? I know your in the US, as it says on your profile, so it's not tht hard for you to do. If you can't earn cards for gas, you could always try to earn them for walmrt, or other stores you normally shop so that you can put more money towards your trip. The cost of things really has gone up and gas can be a killer, especially if you plan to go around the time people mostly travel, it gets worse! Does the hotel you are going to stay at offer rewards? If you travel a bit, or stay at hotels a bit, then finding one that does might be worth it for the future.

My husband and I am going on a weekend trip next weekend. We have rented a small apartment in a town called and Bogense. The apartment is relatively expensive, because there were no apartments for two people, and we had to rent a place for 6 people. It looks like a very nice place and I look forward to spending the weekend there. We are going to have dinner at an old inn in that town, so that will also a be quite expensive, but we probably aren't going to travel much this year, so we are going to enjoy that weekend a lot. Last year we went on a weekend trip to a town called Haderslev. The hotel where we stayed was also relatively expensive and we had to spend money on gas, too, because it is not close to our home. It wasn't a cheap weekend, but I still don't regret the money that we spent on it, because we had a really great time, and I think that it was worth the money.

I agree with you that weekend trips can also be very costly but wheneve I plan for a trip or vacation I make sure that it is within my budget so that I don't have to stress about paying off the money for it. As for your weekend trip, make sure that you plan everything well ahead of time and try to make it within your budget so that you don't worry or stress over it. Then just enjoy your trip, have lots of fun and make the most out of it...

Hello friend! Advance happy journey to you. Actual yes i also do.

I'm not actually frugal when it comes to spending on vacations but I am however practical. I'm aware of the state of my finances and I only spend on a vacation that fits into our budget even if it's only a weekend trip. It could go over just a bit but no too way overboard. I've experienced having spent too much on a vacation, and although the vacation itself was so great, the reality of having spent way off my budget had really bitten me, and it could really spoil a great vacation afterward, so I've learned to not overspend on one anymore.

I love to travel, but I seldom go anywhere that is not very near or where friends or family live for just a weekend. But if you are going to see a special show or something like that, maybe it is worth it. In my country, I travel a lot in buses. They are much cheaper for one or two people than the cost of gas and tolls.

Yes with all there is to do for a weekend trip it can get costly. Or any trip by car and flying and hotels, eating, driving the car around etc. Thats why my husband and I opt for a Cruise. We are talking about our next one which will be alaska and we plan on taking a year and half to pay for it. We also have to fly so there will be that charge which we generally don't have as we have a lot of ports here in our state of Florida. But seeing alaska has been a dream of mine so we are not going on one of the cheaper cruises this time. While Carnival cruises can have some decent prices, this is one cruise we really want to make valuble time of on the ship to see all the beauty of alaska. I like the idea of cruising because everything is paid upfront. So unless you want to be extravagant and eat at one of the luxurious restaurants I can forgo those to save money after boarding a ship. There is always enough food available most of the time anyway. We have cut a lot of expenses doing a cruise. There is nothing more frustrating to me than to try to figure out where to eat and having to jump back in the car and find the place then get back to your hotel room. Hope your trip turns out well for you. You will have to let us know what you did while you were gone. I won't be cruising to Alaska til next september 2013. Have a wonderful time in whatever you decide to do.