Budgeting For Travel, Special Events and Holidays

While I realize that there is tons of information about budgeting for retirement, I wanted to help those people who want to travel but just don't believe they have the money to save.  I believe in the old trite expression, "if there's a will there's a way!"  YOU CAN DO IT IF YOU REALLY WANT TO!

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I've just started a series about travel that can help you organize a plan for traveling right now or budgeting for a trip in the future.  My site is only a few days old as of this writing, so I decided to work on my travel information first since it's summer.  However the information can be used all year round.

If you haven't been a constant traveler you'll also learn about the various means of travel and how each can best fit with your travel plans while saving money at the same time.  What I like about the series is that is will help you break down what type of vacation you wish to take, how you'll accomplish it and how much it will cost so that you can either save for it or take it right now!  So visit my travel section and watch for my new additions.

Now, getting back to my travel budget.  I've included it below.  Budgets are all pretty much the same, however, it's just a matter of including different areas for saving money after you've listed all of your monthly expenses.   The main purpose of a budget is to take control of your money and in so doing, you will be able to take control of many aspects of your life.  In this case budgeting for travel will empower you to have the ability to go places as an aspect of life enjoyment.

We should desire to be in control of our money to make it what we want it to be, but we just leave our money to chance.  Not very smart of us, is it?  That's why we need a financial budget to help us meet our goals and take control of our money.

 

Budgeting For Travel In Agreement

Before you begin your budget, first go to my section on travel.  My information will help you decide where you want to go and how much it will cost you.  Then you'll be ready to create your budget.  If you have a spouse, you should make this financial budget together. Sit down and figure out what your joint financial goals are for traveling.  Then plan your financial route to get to that goal. Every journey begins with one step, and the first step to attaining your goals is to make a realistic budget that both of you can live with while "budgeting for travel."

A budget should never be a financial starvation diet. That won’t work for the long haul. Make reasonable allocations for food, clothing, shelter, utilities and insurance and set aside a reasonable amount for entertainment now.  Savings should always come first before any spending.  If you're a Christian, financial giving will come first.

Even a small amount saved will help you reach your long term and short term financial goals.   I'll be providing you with budget information shortly in my travel section so you can watch for that in the coming days if you need extra help.  You can also find many budget forms on the internet. Just use any search engine you choose and type in "free budget forms."  Print one out and work on it with your spouse. Both of you will need to be happy with the final result and feel like your financial budget as well as your budgeting for travel is something you can stick to.

So as you can see, budgeting is no mystery and you've probably budgeted most of your life.  Budgeting for travel is just a facet of taking control over your money to get what you want.