As much as I tried, I was not able to find an affordable vacation package to join family members in Orlando this month. Talk about disappointment. I’ve yet to go to Disney World and had been anticipating it for months. But the reality is that I should have researched prices and started looking for deals a while ago. Fortunately, I was reading a budgeting book and found another option. Instead of a vacation, the book recommends a staycation.
According to Gail Vaz-Oxlade in Debt-Free Forever – Take Control of Your Money and Your Life, “You can still have loads of fun while you save tons of money if you opt for a staycation. That’s when you stay home and pretend you’re on vacation.” That’s sounded great to me! Especially in a city like Chicago which is rich with so many things to do. There are literally hundreds, probably thousands of things to do right here at home. Gail recommends making it official by picking a start and end date. She says to pack your schedule full of fun and fabulous things to do.
Here are some options she suggests:
• take in a night at the theatre, symphony, opera, or a concert
• book a room at a local hotel with a pool, eat lunch & hang out with the kids
• try new restaurants with the same theme
• chill out and read books you’ve been wanting to read
• rent mountains of videos for the evenings
All of these sound good to me! She also suggests that you take pics. She says, “After all, without photos to flip through, you might forget what a great time you had sticking close to home and doing all the things you love to do.”
The great thing about Chicago is that there is so much to do that I can have a staycation for every season. I haven’t even fully planned the first one, but I know that I will definitely plan two for this year, one this summer and one in the fall.
Learning about this option of staycating really made me feel better! I also learned about a budget category called Planned Spending. This will help as well, because I can start planning now to one day visit Mickey and Minnie at Disney World. For now I think I’ll enjoy Bugs, Daffy and other Looney Toon characters at Great America.
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