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5 Ways to Make Travel with Your Family More Affordable

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Now that there are 5 members of our family, we easily save at least $100 a day every day that we’re on vacation and eating our own food. Use discounts on rental cars. We rented an SUV for our last vacation because our car is getting very old and the route was fairly desolate. Use hotel rewards.

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How We Frugal-ed in June 2023

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Instead, I look for creative ways to save my family money in all aspects of our lives. Airlines Refund of $400 + $200 credit We flew to Florida in March to visit family. We had two options: wait a day to leave Florida or rent a car once we got to Philly and drive to our parked car at the Harrisburg airport.

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How to Save Money When Traveling

Saving Everyday

I truly believe that family vacations are a necessity. We usually go with one empty credit card, put everything on that ONE card so it’s easy to keep track of, and try our best not to go over our spending goal. Your family will love it! Never get insurance through the rental car company if you rent a car.

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Walt Disney World Parking + What You Need to Know

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Guests must pay with a credit card or a pre-ordered ChargePoint card, which is available at chargepoint.com. You can book rental cars on Disney property! Disney provides three car rental services – Enterprise, National, and Alamo. The fee to charge at one of these stations is $0.35