How I cut my food budget in half on vacation

I started buying breakfast and lunch from local markets. Ate like a king for under $10 a day and had more cash for fun stuff. Best decision ever.

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claire6429d ago

Nice! Local markets are the absolute best for that. You get real food without the tourist markup. It totally changes how you experience a place too.

singh.uma29d ago

Totally agree about the tourist markup thing. I get so into local markets that I forget basic math, like I'll buy three kilos of weird fruit because "it's such a good deal" and then have to figure out what to do with it all. It definitely changes the experience, mainly because I'm now the person on the bus desperately trying to keep a basket of overripe figs from tipping over.

claire_hayes3514d ago

Remember buying a whole wheel of cheese because it was cheaper per gram.