ULTIMATE List of Money Saving Road Trip Tips! Save Money on Family Travel 

Thank you, Lydia! If your family is ever back in Missouri and near St. Louis, we have an awesome (free admission) zoo! 😊

We don't do much traveling right now. We are working on our debt free journey. I paid off all of my bills and my fiance/ partner is working on his last one. We have been so fortunate that each year for the last few years my parents have gufted us the use of their time share which is in a National Park. We bring most of our food for the week, but typically plan/budget to eat out 2 times and another meal is we buy lobsters to cook at the condo. We always get enough to have for dinner and then have enough lobster meat left over to make lobster rolls another day.

Bringing lunch is perfect because it leaves flexibility to get those yummy treats! We have car picnics and I can make chicken sandwiches and chips or other options from coolers and bags. We do try to bring a treat for lunch in case we don’t find something wherever we are going. Also saves time and energy to get a break in for everyone.

We love to travel. We have a mission to have our kids see all 50 states before they graduate in high school. After Oregon and Washington this summer, my daughter will have seen 40 states ( my son a little less , because he's younger).

Car cuterie!!! Genius!! I love it

My husband works in an industry where he has to work when we go on vacation. When we do cruises, we purchase the international call/text/wifi package so he can be available for work issues. It sucks but at least he gets a lot of paid vacation days. 😅

I definitely prioritize travel. YOLO! But I use points, discounts, shop off season etc.

Lydia, very top content, 🎥

You are so brave going on a trip (not vacation ) with all your kiddos! I have 4 as well ages 9,8,2,1 and we are not going anywhere haha! Even when we go to a kids museum 1 hr away, the 1 hr drive is always a complete nightmare filled with screeches, screams, potty breaks, fights and endless Cocomelon songs. My husband and I just invested in a large pool and that’s that haha! No trips until the youngest is at least 6. I’m still recovering from the plane trip we took when my 9 yr old was 2. He screamed so hard, someone was filming us and called him the kid from hell (funny unless you’re the parent of said kid). 😂

We love to travel! We go on probably 6 trips a year. We started budgeting years ago and got out of debt. So now we go all the time. 🎉

We definitely budget for and love some travel. We also budget for daily comforts as part of entertainment and travel category. Ex: we are taking 2 smaller trips this summer and spent a vacation’s worth of money on a sunshade and table for our patio to allow us to eat dinner outside a few days a week all summer.

We travel once a year for thanksgiving. About 8 hrs away to the mountains, totally off work just my husband, daughter and I. One week to decompress. Lovely

I am on a road trip now. Perfect timing for me to see this.

We prioritize travel, as well.

Sending traveling Grace wishes🎉 Enjoy your trip!!! Tfs

Silver Dollar City!

You are so awesome

Thank you .

Love all these great tips! I was savvy like that when I had my kiddos young.👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🙋🏻‍♀️🙋🏻‍♀️❣️

Did you like our new aquarium? I haven't been yet.

Financial Freedom allows road trips. I put paper towels in my car on this trip.

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