Are you planning a day trip or holiday in the UK? We asked money and travel bloggers for their tips for saving money on holidays in the UK. We’ve compiled our top 12 tips.
With travel abroad on hold for a while, we are looking closer to home. There is so much choice in England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales for holidays and day trips. From back to basics camping to luxury hotel stays. You can relax and get back to nature, enjoying wonderful walks and picnics or plan an action packed itinerary.
Whatever or wherever you choose, these Bloggers have tips that will help you Spend Smarter and Travel Smarter in the UK.
Get camping equipment for free – Zoë Morrison EcoThriftyLiving
Get Camping equipment for free. Zoë Morrison, the author of Eco Thrifty Living the blog and Eco Thrifty Living the book shares this blog post about how to get camping equipment for free
Clever hacks for Campervanning – Joseph Seager – Photographyish.com
Make the most of a campervan. Joseph says there is a huge demand for campervans at the moment, so here’s some of great hacks when using small campervans
Save on a Cottage Holiday – Faith Archer – MuchMoreWithLess
If you want to book a cottage holiday in the theUK try SnapTrip. It searches cottages, lodges and apartments across loads of different holiday suppliers, with a best price promise plus extra savings if you sign up for free membership.
Click through Cashback sites like Quidco or TopCashback before booking, and you can even earn cash back on the cost of your holiday too. Faith says ‘We often book self catering holidays to save money’. Check out her post about what to pack to save money
Shop around for Hotel deals – Dan Erricson – The Financial Wilderness
Shop around for the best hotel deals. Dan has a jumbo post on this coming soon (I will link when it’s ready.) However in terms of immediate tips Dan suggests there’s huge variability in what the online travel agents quote for the same hotel, and shopping around on this really does make a huge difference. Find Dan at www.thefinancialwilderness.com
Plan activities in advance – Jennifer Graudenz – Monethalia.com
Plan activities in advance. Jennifer says ‘This gives you time to look for discount codes, discount for booking in advance and you will be less tempted by overpriced tourist traps on the day’. Visit Monethalia.com , featured in the Top 10 UK Early Retirement Blogs.
Get Pontins and Butlins deals – Claire Roach – MoneySavingCentral
Shop around when booking. Claire says – a lot of UK holiday providers such as Pontins and Butlins do flash deals on websites like Groupon and Wowcher, where you can get some seriously reduced deals (which you can also couple with a voucher code and cashback). Find out more in the post The best websites to find cheap last minute travel deals.
Find things to do for free – Fiona Hawkes – Savvy in Somerset
Find out what you can do for free. Fiona has a list of free places to visit in Somerset as well as many other moneysaving tips and ideas.
Save money on daytrips – Emma Maslin – The Money Whisperer
Buy an in car cool box for day trips. Excellent tip from Emma, who is a certified money coach and money mentor. Here’s a great size cool box and a fab picnic cool bag with wheels .
Avoid hotel TV charges – Or Goren – Cordbusters.co.uk
Avoid extra charges for TV in your room . Or’s tip – some hotels charge for extra content on your TV in the room (and for pay-per-view content). So instead of paying extra, you can bring your own streaming TV stick (such as an Amazon Fire TV stick). Then, you just need a free HDMI slot in the hotel’s TV – and a Wi-Fi connection, which is often free (or at least something you intended to pay for anyway). Once connected, you can use your stick to stream from your own Netflix (or similar) account. Find out more at Cordbusters
Use vouchers for attractions – Jupiter Hadley – JupiterHadley.com
Use Tesco vouchers. They triple the value for some places meaning you can end up visiting attractions like the Spinnaker Tower in Portsmouth for a third of the normal cost. Another tip – if you are staying in a hotel, ask if they have any partnered discounts for nearby attractions – they often do. Visit JupiterHadley.com for Indie games, days out, recipes and more.
Explore with Treasure Trail – Katie Louise Mulford – MumsFamilyFun
Use a Treasure Trail to explore the area near where you are staying and find out more about it. It’s probably cheaper than booking a tour. Katie says ‘It’s brilliant fun as well as fascinating to learn more about the town’s history. The whole family really enjoyed it’ . Read a review of the treasure trail. Also, Katie says – check to see if you can use Tesco Clubcard vouchers to pay for entry into any local visitor attractions. It’s saved me a fortune doing this over the years!
Make a packed lunch – Clare Lush-Mansell – Travel-bugs.co.uk
Packed lunches all the way!! Clare says ‘Whenever we want to save money on our UK holidays we usually stock up on some nice items to make packed lunches and go down that route most days. We usually get an ice cream when we are out or we sometimes have dinner out or takeaway but we do find that taking a packed lunch can save us so much money, especially as a family of five’. Clare’s site travelbugs.co.uk has great ideas for places to go with the kids in tow.
Find more moneysaving tips, information, competitions, deals, and offers in England.
- Head over to Enjoy England for Less – our new website dedicated to England – it’s new and we are adding content all the time.
- There’s a our Spotlight On page for all the info on fab places to go in England
- And a deals and offers page for Competitions, deals and offers
- Plus visit the Moneysaving tips page for great ideas to Enjoy England for less.
Have you got an overseas holiday booked?
We have plenty of help and information if you have a holiday booked, a holiday cancelled or are trying to get a refund. As well as useful advice for future bookings. Have a read of of some of these articles.
- Have you got a holiday to Cyprus booked or any Country that is ‘Green’ Check the Countries’ own restrictions – will they actually let you in?
- How can you book a trip where you do not risk losing money if you need to cancel?
- How can you get a refund for a cancelled holiday or flight?
- What if you have booked with LoveHolidays?
- Should you cancel your Virgin Holiday?
- Read these booking flights and hotels separately need to knows
- What if your flight is cancelled or delayed? How to be prepared.
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