Costs of Travelling With Your Family – A family holiday might be the highlight of any given year. But if you want to have the most rewarding possible experience, and keep your costs under control, you’ll need to plan appropriately.
Unfortunately, a lot of the costs of travel come in very small, very numerous, transactions. If you want to limit your costs, then you’ll need to be able to spot these and see where the opportunities to save are to be found.
Costs of Travelling With Your Family
Paying for seat proximity
By default, airlines will often split groups up. This creates an incentive for parents to spend a little extra so that they can keep an eye on their children. Make sure that you understand the airline’s policy, and how it might apply to you. It might be that you are guaranteed to sit next to your kids, provided that they’re below a certain age.
Of course, there’s also the possibility that a stranger will give up their seat so that you can sit where you’d like. But this shouldn’t be considered a given.
Managing the “hungry child” tax
When you eat in an airport or on a plane, you should be aware that the retailer controls the market. There’s no competition to worry about, and so air travel companies can often name a much higher price, knowing that any parent having to deal with an irritable toddler will be inclined to pay up. A substantial picnic, and refillable bottles, can help to limit the extra expense.
Capping the food and drink budget
The more often you eat out while on holiday, the more you’ll end up spending. It’s very difficult to closely monitor and control your daily budget when you’re paying for everything in isolation.
One easy way of controlling this problem is to look at all-inclusive holidays. When you pay for all of your food and drink in advance, you can relax in the knowledge that you’re not going to go beyond your budget – unless you decide to venture off the resort.
Avoiding roaming bill shocks
After Brexit, many networks in the UK began to bring in extra roaming charges for UK customers. It’s vital that you understand whether you’re going to be affected before you start your holiday. If you need entertainment, maps, or music, make sure that they’re all downloaded prior to departure. SD cards are very affordable nowadays, which makes it easy to get all the storage you need.
Navigating transfer premiums
If you don’t book your transfers in advance, then you’ll be a captive market, in the same way that you were on the plane. You’ll need to pay an exorbitant premium because the taxi drivers will all understand that you have a desperate need for their services. Get around this by booking those transfers well in advance.
Debz Louise is a plus-size blogger based in Yorkshire. Behind many nationwide campaigns such as #WeaAreTheThey & winner of Best Blogger at the UK Plus Size Awards, she talkas about life as a plus-size 40-something woman in South Yorkshire.
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