How to save money

Be flexible on date/time of the year/location to save travel costs.

It’s always more expensive to travel on a weekend. If you can book mid-week flights, you can save a lot of money. Tuesdays and Wednesdays are usually good travel days.

Also if you avoid traveling to your destination during the busy season you will likewise save money. Although, be careful as lots of things may be closed during the off season, so make sure you can do what you want when you’re there. I’ve found travel in early March and late September is enough on the edge of busy season to get cheaper prices while still having decent weather.

Finally, if you don’t have a set destination, you can just go where there are super cheap flights. I have trackers on destinations I’d like to go and book when it gets cheap enough to justify (I was able to go to NZ this year for half the price tickets normally are using this strategy).