5 Places to Travel for Cheap This Summer

I have always been a travel bug. I love road trips and staying in strange hotels more than I love just about everything else.

Everything about traveling is great even every once in a while getting stuck in traffic isn’t half bad. I love traveling so much but now being a young married college student on a budget has really hindered me from going on as many adventures as I would like to.

So this summer I decided to make a list of 5 places to travel on a budget.

1.Home

Now I do not mean to my apartment but instead home to see my parents.

Depending on how far you leave for home travel can be a bit expensive. When I want to go home I have to make a 30-hour road trip or take a relatively expensive flight.

But this trip is still less expensive than most because when I get there my parents provide me with a place to stay and they feed me.

The only real expense here is travel which is great.

Plus it is good to go home if you have not in a while. Going home when you no longer live there is a completely different experience. If you have not thought about going home this summer I highly encourage it.

2. A New Beach

Growing up in Florida I started to take the beach for granted. I got sick of looking at the same mound of sand every week.

So I just stopped going. Until the summer before my senior year, me and my family traveled to a beach 3 hours from my hometown for the day and it was a whole new experience the sand was different, the water was another shade of blue.

It made me want to go to beaches all over the world. On top of experiencing a new beach, I got to try a couple of new restaurants which is always fun.

This is the type of trip that can be a day trip overnight or even a week. Everything depends on your budget. This is a nice way to get out of the house.

If you have a tighter budget you could even pack a cooler with drinks and food for the day then you just have the cost of gas.

3. A State Park

My parents made state parks my favorite place for an affordable vacation.

State parks are so much more than I thought they were as a kid. Lots of state parks have places to sleep, swim, run, and eat. There are state parks in every state across the country.

In Florida, I love places like Fanning State Park and Silver Springs State Park because they have beautiful cabins and nature.

State parks are also a vacation you can build up depending on your budget. If you are on a tighter budget you can just stay the day or camp the night in a tent, if you are splitting the cost with family or friends you can rent a cabin. You can stay half a day to a month if you wanted.

This is definitely my favorite kind of vacation probably because of all the memories I have in state parks.

4. The Local Amusement Park

The local amusement park can be a cost friendly trip if you don’t live to far away, and if you hunt for ticket deals.

Growing up in Florida I realized that amusement park season tickets make it easy to have a budget friendly trip. If you live in Nebraska or the mid west like I do now this one could be a little more cost heavy.

However it is definitely possible, I like to check places like Groupon for deals or even earn some points towards a ticket on Swagbucks. On Swagbucks you can answer survey questions, watch videos, or even shop to make your vacation more affordable.

5. The Zoo

The zoo is a great vacation because it is just a day trip and you can get food there. Just like for amusement parks you could earn money online from surveys to put towards gift cards for gas or even a hotel depending how far away the zoo is.

Here in Nebraska we have the best zoo in the country so that could probably be why I decided to put it on this list.