these are my top five things you need to
pack in your luggage if you’re on a
tight budget and you don’t want to waste
money on food hello everyone I am Mary
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my trips weight on average three meals a
day when we travel it’s nice to go to
some local restaurants and to try some
genuine street food this doesn’t mean
that you need to do it every day three
times a day though especially if you are
on a low budget you may want to keep
that as an occasional treat during your
trip rather than and every day have it
so these are the top five things I bring
in my trips to be smart about the money
used to nourish myself first a solid
reusable bottle of course we had to
start from the bottle drinkable water is
our primary need and luckily in half of
the world you can find it for free in
any kitchen bathroom or any outdoor
fountain I tend to travel in that part
of the world so if you’re going to
Africa to Asia or South America make
sure to gather enough information about
the water you can drink there are
several options when it comes to choose
a reusable bottle I’m currently using
these for tea the silly ters metal one
because I found it the most appropriate
for traveling but you can use hard
plastic ones or glass bottles as well
and you can fill them up with water or
with any other beverage if you’re
traveling during the winter in the cold
country or during the summer in hot one
you could also choose to bring the
thermal bottle this way you’re going to
be able to have a cup of hot tea hot
coffee or hot chocolate to warm you up
for free at any time of the day or
having a super refreshing water or
lemonade during the summer second the
bag of nuts I’ve never been a huge fan
of snuff but I finally realized what a
great and convenient source of
nourishment they are traditionally
speaking they have a very high energetic
value and they are packed with healthy
fats and proteins this means that we
need a very little volume to get tons of
energy and nutrients
as you can easily understand this is
already a very important feature for us
ship travelers since we need our luggage
to be as small and as light as possible
so they’re perfect to take with you in
any kind of trip because they won’t take
so much space they are not so happy as
well
as if it wasn’t enough not contain a
very low amount of water which allows
them to have an extremely long shelf
life now we can easily pack them and
don’t mind if the temperatures go very
high or very low and we don’t have to
worry to finish them in a few days who
still lasts us weeks or months you can
also add some dried fruits to your mix
like apricots plums raisins apples and
so on to give it some sweetness and some
color as well third the cutlery set
having a set of trouble covering can be
really useful sure you can prepare
several kinds of meal without the need
of any tool but having a fork or a
spreader knife can really expand the
choices and make your life easier if you
don’t have a kitchen they can be useful
if you have some leftover pasta from the
day before if you want to have a yogurt
or a pudding if you want to put together
some crackers with a spread if you want
to finish that rice and veggies that you
prepared yesterday for dinner or if you
want to eat some soup he also really
come in handy if you go to the grocery
store and you want to buy some
ready-to-eat kind of food to eat on the
go I’m talking about those ready to eat
salads or the food you can purchase at
the deli section of the grocery store or
the yogurt or some custard for a bag of
rice sometimes during your trip it
happens to have suddenly a kitchen
available to me personally when it
happens it lasts one or two nights so I
can’t go and buy loads of food to
prepare also sometimes it happens to
arrive to these places in the evening
hostels for example when you are very
tired and you don’t want to go out again
and look for a grocery store and buy all
the food what I learned
is to keep a bag of uncooked rice in my
backpack or in my suitcase this way if
it happens that I’m able to cook at
least I already have a base for a meal
all I need to do is to find some baggies
the crew can put together chopped Sun of
night nuts to give some crunchiness and
some extra flavor to my dish and have
some fruit or chocolate for dessert and
you can find all these items either in
your backpack I explained this here or
at any fruit and veggies vendor at the
corner of a street who sometimes also
sell fresh eggs fifth a lunch box
bringing a reusable food container is a
real clever idea if you have a kitchen
at your disposal this way it will be
super easy to just cook some extra food
for dinner and then pack the leftovers
for the next day’s lunch it’s really
that simple just make sure to have a
leak-proof one even if it’s more
expensive or heavier it’s going to worth
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how to travel to very expensive parts of
the world and still have a very low
budget let me know in the comments if
you are already using some of these tips
I look forward to hear from you thank
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