Fred Mawer is a great travel writer and he has collected some useful cost cutting tips when you’re on a road trip in California. It’s really interesting and you can save some serious money with it. Let’s check it out:
Spending your holiday in Europe can actually be costlier than in the US this summer. When you compare accommodation, car hire prices you can see significant difference between the two places. Just an example:
You rent a 3 bedroom villa with a pool in Orlando for £600 while in Mallorca you spend 3 times more for a similar villa with a pool in the school summer holidays – in August.
The same with car hire prices: you can rent a family-sized car for £300 in California in August (14 day-rental) while you pay appr. £420 in the South of France for 2 weeks. Petrol prices are also a lot cheaper in the US than in Europe. (1 liter of petrol costs 65p.)
Eating out in the US is also less expensive than in most of Europe. You can get excellent meals for £25-£30 for a 3 course meal. When you travel to Paris or to Rome you’ll definitely pay more, especially in the high season.
When you travel to California i.e. to Orlando and you want to visit several theme parks then buy multi-park, multi entrance tickets because they’ll work out cheaper but don’t overbuy them because you have limited time to use them.
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Fred Mawer’s advice on shopping in the US:
Though local sales taxes are not displayed on prices, you can still make significant savings by shopping in the US, particularly at the many factory-outlet malls. Premium Outlets (see 58 US locations on premiumoutlets.com) are recommended.
You can read more great tips from him here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/budgettravel/9160529/US-holidays-cost-cutting-advice.html
