For when your hotel doesnt include breakfast:
My bf and i recently started buying simple breakfast foods to keep in our hotel while on trips. Things like yogurt, smoothie drinks, bananas, bagels, muffins, and so on. This keeps food costs down bc its one less meal we're eating out per day. Then you also have snacks in case you're hungry in the middle of the night lol.
Not only does it cut down on food costs, but it helps manage time better too. While one person is using the one bathroom to get ready, the other can eat their food, so the second you're done getting ready you can start your day and make use of the time you're paying to be on vacation.
Of course this isn't everyones preference, just works for those of us who like to get going with our day and usually arent heavy breakfast eaters anyway.
Another thing to do is if you end up with any leftovers throughout the trip, heat them up in a microwave and eat them on your last day before heading back home to avoid having to pay for eating out again and wasting that money spent on leftover food.
Cutting food costs while on vacation
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Posted by Hopeful_Result_9426
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You guys are going on vacation?
Do you have Costco Or sam’s or BJ’S near your destination?
Atleast at Costco:
1. Buy instant/pre-made curries – bring rice cooker and rice from home.
2. Breakfast – croissants and guac or bagels and cream spread with egg bites etc.
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The trick to hotel breakfasts is just go into a hotel that has free breakfast and act like you belong there.
I do that a lot. Before we travel we aim to empty what’s in the fridge at home, and the night before we pack sandwiches using leftovers and we take that with us to eat at the airport. We take a few snacks with us if we have them at home; and once there we eat a lot of picnics… Breakfast we eat the small pots of instant porridge (hotel usually have a kettle, tea and coffee), and lunch and dinner we just get bits from the supermarkets, usually things we can eat on the go or in a park – bread rolls with hummus, fruit, salads… We keep eating out as a special treat, especially if we go somewhere expensive. When I went to Iceland, I packed lots of bags of pre-cooked rice and ramen, and I was so glad I did, food was very expensive, including in supermarkets, with not many fresh fruit or vegetables anyway.
Most hotel rooms have microwaves. I make oatmeal in mine.