35 TRICKS TO SAVE MONEY

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When planning a trip the money It is usually a headache for many. With today's post we want to show you how easy it can be save money a few euros / dollars / soles / any currency throughout the year to be able to spend the body of the king during the trip. And we will also challenge you to a single challenge what will it do to you save € 1,050 in one year!

The most basic trick and what we should all do isrecord each of the expenses What we do (purchase, invoices, gasoline ...) in our daily lives. In this way at the end of the month we can visualize where we are spending more and be able to act to reduce it. You can make an excel sheet with some tables and set some goals.

Now, let's see the tricks to save money divided into categories:

| TRICKS TO SAVE MONEY BY EATING

Avoid buying drinks: water is much cheaper (and healthy).

Learn to cook: you will avoid eating out, you will save money and enjoy the same - or more.

Take a tupper to eat at work. Make a simple calculation: a normal menu in a normal restaurant costs between € 7-10. This is an expense of about € 35-50 per week, € 140-200 per month, € 1,680-2,400 per year!

Same speech for coffee: prepare it at home and take it in a thermos. If coffee only bores you, there are thousands of ideas on the network to prepare special coffees. Think that € 30 per month saved in coffees are € 360 saved per year ... and with € 360 you can live a month in Southeast Asia!

Create a weekly menu: this way you will only buy what you need and forget about the 'just in case'.

Avoid drinking alcohol. Nothing happens if you drink a couple of beer during the week or a couple of mojitos on the weekend, but be careful what you spend: if on average you drink 4 glasses a week you will be spending about € 80 a month, € 960 a year !

Do not waste food: it is not only a matter of savings, but ethical. A good trick to not throw away anything you have bought is to make mini-inventories once a week: this way you will know everything you have and when you should use it.

Create your small garden at home (on the balcony you can grow tomatoes, lettuce, parsley, basil, mint, rosemary and more ...).

| TRICKS TO SAVE MONEY IN THE SUPER

Make a shopping list ... and follow it!

Go shopping with a full stomach.

Check the different offers and find out about the discounts. A great page to do it is here

Ask if there are special offers (at the Consum near our house there are 50% meat offers especially early Monday).

Buy the saving packs, but only if you are sure that you are going to consume them.

Look at the price per kg / liter: the final price is not what counts, you have to consider the price per kg / liter.

Use loyalty cards.

Always check the purchase ticket to make sure you were charged correctly.

Do not buy plastic bags, carry a cloth.

| MAJO TRUQUITO TO SAVE MONEY AND LIGHT

| TRICKS TO SAVE MONEY IN TRANSPORT

Ask yourself if you really need a car ... if you live in a big city, public facilities (or the bike) may be enough. You will save on parking and gasoline.

If the car is essential in your life, we advise you to download the APP "Gasolineras de España" to find the cheapest gas station offers near your home.

Use blablacar, a platform where you share the seats of the car for a small fee: for example if you are traveling from Madrid to Barcelona you can place an ad so that other travelers join the journey and reserve a place in your car. On average one way Madrid - Barcelona costs about € 30. This means that if you find 4 travelers who join your plan you could earn € 120 (apart from a few travel companions).

You can also use it to find transportation from one place to another. More info: Here

| TRICKS TO SAVE MONEY AT HOME / FREE TIME

The library is a great ally in times of crisis: here you can find books, movies and magazines to enjoy free culture at home.

Find out about the free events in your city.

Unsubscribe from the gym and exercise for free (at home, running, bike ...). If you spent about € 50 a month to go to the gym you will save about € 600 per year!

A dinner at a restaurant will cost you around € 15-30. Better organize a homemade dinner with friends: let each one take care of a dish (first, second or dessert). Much cheaper and equal or more fun. You can take the houses to not always pring the same!

There are websites (Groupon, Let's Bonus, Atrapalo ...) that offer real bargains such as 2 × 1 in restaurants, discounts on airline tickets, hotel nights at dropped prices ... the best thing would be to resist the temptation to save as much as possible, but a whim From time to time it is not a crime either!

Sell what you do not need: clothes, appliances, furniture, books ... everything you will not need can be sold online in pages like www.segundamano.es or in APP such as Wallapop ...

... or you can sell your stuff to your friends and acquaintances (if you go on a trip you can organize a farewell party and take the opportunity to auction).

Do not buy on a whim! Before doing so count to 10. O 100. O 1,000. Most of the time we don't really need what we want to buy ... hold on and you will have more money to spend on your trips!

Instead of buying gifts ... believe them! The 'do it yourself' is increasingly fashionable and a handmade gift is worth much more.

Do not touch your extra payments. I know that the temptation to buy a model or leave a rural hotel as soon as you charge the extra pay is strong, very strong. But if you manage to leave them intact you can increase your traveling budget by a few more $$$$!

Obviously ... save on electricity: the most famous advice and the order of the day to save! Turn off all appliances, use energy-saving light bulbs, do not use the oven much, wash clothes with cold water, do not put hot food in the fridge.

Use the dishwasher only when it is fully charged, although if you manage to take the habit of scrubbing right after eating what you save! We are in it ...

If you go out to 'take a look' at the stores, do not take your credit card with you. Only cash ... and little!

Stop smoking: it is very bad and expensive. If you smoke a package per week you are spending about € 208 per year and if you smoke more ... do your calculations.

| TRICKS TO SAVE MONEY TRAVELING

Oops ... this I think deserves a separate post 🙂 Soon it will arrive!

- MINI CHALLENGES TO SAVE UP TO € 1,050 PER YEAR -

We bring you a few mini challenges that will help you save more than € 1,000 in a year with very little effort! With that money you can spend a good holiday in many incredible destinations in the world.