Let’s face it�”budgeting for vacation rentals can be a bit of a problem, if you don’t know what you’re doing. So how exactly do you do in order to make it to your goal of renting a vacation home this summer?
First of all, you need to start budgeting. There are several ways that you can do this. Your best way is to see just how much disposable income that you have. What this means is that if you have, for example, fifty dollars per week that you don’t do anything productive with, you can use that. Now, you don’t have to use ALL of it�”half is a really good place to start. But the point is that the disposable income is the first thing that you will want to save. It doesn’t hurt nor take away from anything�”making it perfect!
Secondly, start cutting back just a little bit. Look at what you don’t HAVE TO use each month, aside from the disposable income. This means that pretty much anything that you normally buy that you don’t need may need to go. For example, if you get a large latte each morning before work, then you probably don’t need to go to that exact store/do anything of that nature. You also can probably buy a whole can of coffee for four days worth of shop coffee and spend quite a bit less. The point is�”stuff like that can go and it opens up a lot more money for you and your vacations rentals.
Lastly, keep an eye on what you are saving. Make sure that you are saving reasonable amounts. If you aren’t, you may want to postpone any vacation rentals that you had in mind for a much later date.
Before you start budgeting however, you need to get an idea of your location. Where do you want to rent your vacation house at? Also keep in mind that you can sometimes get a discount if you book early�”make sure to ask.
After you know where you are going to stay, you need to get a rough estimate of how much you CAN save. Keep in mind that you will probably save a lot less than you anticipate, unless you are extremely strict when saving.
Don’t give up any stress relievers when saving. Saving can be stressful�”thus requiring the ability to be able to get release said stress. In short, give up what you can, but not what you are extremely attached to.
Make sure to also look online so that you can find a few good companies with vacation rentals. You never know what kinds of deals you will find online.
If you aren’t sure if you can make it to vacation without having to spend loads on said vacation and your friend is looking to take a vacation too, then you may want to consider sharing. This not only makes it a lot easier on you, but also on them.
The point is, it isn’t hard to budget for vacation rentals. Normally, they’re only a few months of hard saving away.