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We all had thoughts of traveling again during the pandemic, whether it be for work or pleasure. Maybe you had to postpone a bucket list trip in 2020? Your bucket list could include a guided kayak trip in the Florida Keys, sailing throughout the Caribbean for a week, seeing northern lights while in Iceland, or eating your way across Italy. Someday, we will strive to make it happen. But that is just it. Your vacation fantasies will stay daydreams until you finally take action to make them realistic. You have selected the destination; now, paying for it is the next step. Read on for eight sensible techniques to build savings for the vacation you dream of. 1.Create a Reasonable Goal The amount you intend to sock away should be realistic, considering your annual income and monthly expenses. If you are carefully squirreling money away every month but do not feel like you are making headway, you likely will give up saving altogether. First, we should work on the order of things. We all map out our ideal vacation, and only after think about the cost. It is much more effective to determine a reasonable dollar amount first and then carve it away when planning a vacation. Set your monetary goal, then divide the total amount by the number of months you have until your desired trip date, then create another expense to your monthly budget for that amount. 2. You Come First It happens to all of us once monthly bills hit our 14
