What is the best way to save some money while traveling?|102938

I will be driving to Colorado from Wisconsin and then back and am wondering what some folks do to save some $$ with out eating mustard sandwiches on there car travels across several states.

We usually eat breakfasts out ---cheapest and can be a substantial appetite suppressant, allowing you to eat a light lunch (buy staples at grocery and keep in an ice chest. Keeping a stash of celery, carrots, fresh fruit, and sandwich makings) Dinner can be a nice salad --that you can easily prepare at a camppground, park, or rest stop). A necessity is a small propane stove...allowing you to boil eggs (that you can keep peeled _ cold in plastic sndwich bags in ice chest), make pasta, make coffee/tea. Buying drinks/snack foods at convenience stores will make your wallet shrink at mach speed.

I am a big fan of food from home - always do it. Have cooler, will travel. Make ahead muffins, cold drinks, sandwiches you make yourself, cooked chicken, fresh fruit, dry cereal. All it takes is a fresh bag of ice to keep things cold. You can go into any store and buy a few staples, make those sand. on the way. Ask for 4 slices of lunch meat at the deli, buy 1 roll, people do it all the time

the best way is not to travel.

If you do actually have the money for the trip then just ignore this post. My answer isn_t for upstanding citizens. It_s for one who will get there by any means necessary.

Get a fish tank water pump or something similar and pump gas out of other peoples cars along the way to save on gas.

Stop at Dunkin_ Donuts and Pizza Places along the way get food out of the dumpsters behind them. They throw away perfectly good food if it doesn_t sell that day. Sometimes the pizza is still hot and they_re all in a pizza boxes so it_s not like they were contaminated or anything.

Of course, I don_t know how much money you need to save but there_s been times that I_ve been broke and absolutely had to get my self and a small group of others across the country. And we learned many tricks for staying on the road.

you dont have ot eat mustard sandwiches but you can save alot of money by not eating in restaurants and buying food from the supermarket,, cold cuts,bread,fruit,soda, instead of ordering the food ata restaurant

stay home

Stay in State Parks or KOAs rather than hotels. Learn to cook something besides mustard sandwiches and you can save a ton of money by not eating in restaurants.

sycho don_t travel

If you insist on eating out the best thing is to have a big breakfast or sleep in and skip it. If you skip it than have a big lunch because the meals are far cheaper than dinner meals. At dinner time get something small like a burger or salad! Also be sure to pack a cooler with your own water; juice; soda and snacks!

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