Guess I’ve gotten off to a slow start with my blog posting for this year. It’s been more than a week since my last post! I’m the type of person who tends to beat myself up a little bit about things like that. However, one of my personal New Year’s goals is to be kinder to myself. Although I hope that a lot of you are enjoying my budget travel blog, I realize that it’s not the end of your world if I don’t post every few days. I’m trying to remind myself of that and to just be happy that I get the chance to post as often as I do.
That said, the New Year has gotten off to a great start here. I was able to take a little bit of time to myself to solidify some of my goals for 2010. I had already established my travel goals for the year but I wanted to take the time to make some other personal goals instead. Like the one about being kinder to myself. And I also want to be more compassionate and caring with my family. It’s so easy to snap at the ones that we love but it’s so unfortunate that we do this, isn’t it?
Anyway, I’d love to know how your holiday travels went. Were you able to get good deals on hotels? Did you spend as much as you thought you would or more than that or less? The friend I’ve mentioned on the blog before (who originally wrote to me about Houston hotel deals) actually ended up not spending anything at all on her holiday travels. I thought that the way that she did this was great so I figured I’d share it here to get us all off on the right foot for a great New Year.
Here’s what she did:
- Used frequent flyer miles that she’d accumulated to pay for her flight.
- Used travel points from her credit card to pay for an affordable hotel room.
- Traded her time and energy for food (by cooking the food bought by relatives in the area so everyone was happy)
- Committed to only enjoying free activities – and kept that commitment
- Refused to buy anything new for the trip or during the trip
How inspiring! I think a new 2010 goal of mine might be to travel next Christmas season without spending any money.
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