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What are the easiest and fastest ways to save up money for a Disney world Vacation for a Family of 4? |
Travel Info We also need ways to save a ton of money, but still have a great time. We want to go to all four theme parks, have a great hotel, and a flight. We also need money for Breakfast, lunch and Dinner. We also need it for fast passes, souviniers, lights for the night activities, etc. Also emergency money. Seems like a lot. HELP!!!! Travel Tips Well, I have saved money for the past 3 years by going to Disney World in September. They have offered a free dining plan. (This allows us to eat 2 meals a day at decent restaurants without worrying about costs) Staying on Disney property you don't have to rent a car- you can use Magical Express which picks you up and returns you to the airport. (you don't even have to wait for your luggage in Orlando-it is delivered to your room) This is a free service! For now, you can go to the Disney World website and "plan" a vacation. This way you can determine when you want to go, which resort you'd like to stay in, and get a quote. (you can book flights if necessary, but I always go directly through my favorite airlines website and have found it to be cheaper) Now, once you know how much money you will need (roughly) you can divide that by the number of weeks or months until then. For example, if you think you will need $2000 and you want to go next June, you divide the $2000 by 12 months and you will need to save about $170 a month. First, open a separate savings account at your local bank. Deposit everything you save towards your vacation into this account!! Ok, now some ways to save up some money....One thing I do is I don't spend change. I have a large plastic jar and every evening I put my change in here. You can use a smaller one, and then once a month roll up the change and deposit into the account. (You can use one of those change counting machines if they are available- we have one at the local supermarket- but I don't use it because they keep a percentage of my money!! Invest a couple of dollars and buy coin wrappers (or ask your bank, they might provide them free) and a few minutes of time to roll the coins. Agree as a family that you need to make changes in order to achieve this goal of your vacation. If you eat out, reduce the times that you do. If you normally eat out once a week, reduce that to once a month. The money you would spend on eating out-DEPOSIT it. Clip coupons for the grocery store (but only if they are for items you would buy anyway). Put aside an amount equal to whatever you save at the market- then DEPOSIT it. The key (for me, anyway) is to get the money out of the house and into the bank. It doesn't do any good to make efforts to save money, but then spend it elsewhere! You can purchase things like glo-sticks for night time at a dollar store or party store near your home and take them with you.This would be MUCH cheaper than anything in the parks. FastPass at Disney doesn't cost extra (it does at Universal where it is called Express Pass) If you think you might want to visit more than one park per day you will have to purchase Park Hopper Option with your tickets (or I think you can add it on when you get there) We don't usually get this option because we devote one day to each park. I hope this has helped a little bit. Good luck and I hope you get your vacation! It is money well spent! Others Don't spend a dime on anything else for the next 6 months. You are going to need a ton of money for all that. Try reading "Disney On A Dime", "The Unoffical Guide To Walt Disney World" for some help. Also search the web for some great tips, www.mousesavers.com is a good one. Try selling stuff on Ebay or have a garage sale. Good luck! I live here. Travel Agent is the solution. http://www.ytb.com/caribbeantoursandtrav... http://www.ytbi.com/investor/index.asp... ONLY buy the necessities and buy generic for the next several months. Don't eat out either and go on a vegetarian diet IF you can to cut the expense of meat (this is getting really expensive). We have been on many trips by cutting back on these very expenses. It's amazing how much money we all actually spend on nothing and how much we can actually save if we try. =D |
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