Learn the local language, travel on the cheap
Wanderlust anyone? You may be planning a trip abroad or just fantasizing about one, but don’t forget to include a little language learning in your preparations–if you want to save money, that is.
How speaking the language will save you . . . click here to view my full guest post at Young and Thrifty.
And if you’re unfamiliar with Young and Thrifty, you may want to browse the site a bit. It’s not everyday you run into a Personal Finance blog that is not only reader-friendly but also has the goal of “saving generation Y.” Of course, I’ll be reading and taking part in the discussion at Young and Thrifty, should you chose to comment there.
Sassy Girl–how fun! Well, keep in mind that you don’t have to know a lot in any one language. Maybe you could just gather a few key expressions for some of the countries you’re going to. I mean . . . I love speaking the local language, sure. But I don’t intend to limit myself to countries whose languages I can speak. On my hit list are Greece and Morocco for example. I don’t speak either language. . .but I’m not going to let that stop me.
I’m going to Europe in four days for two months (too many countries to count) over seven languages. And I’m realizing (too late) that I know 0.5 of them. Great.