TripHip - Travel Tips and Advice for Traveling on a Budget

Fast food restaurants are under attack these days, for providing fatty foods to their clientele. I pay no attention to the campaign against them. Good things come to those who eat in moderation, and do not consume milkshakes.

However, if you're in a car and travelling on a budget, the last thing you want to do is spend $20 on a meal for two or three at a restaurant, when you can fix yourself P&J sandwiches, or deli-meat sandwiches, for a fraction of the cost.

Bring a cooler with you, and stock it up with ice. You can of course restock it at every motel you stay in. Purchase a variety of lunch meats, fruits, milk and so on, and store them in the cooler.

Depending on where you stay, there will be a microwave and refrigerator in your room. If this is the case, go out to a local superstore and pick up a few $1.00 TV dinners. For less than half the price of a hamburger from a fast food restaurant, you can get a meat, vegetable, and desert portion in a TV dinner.

Try to purchase your food at a large grocery store or at a superstore (the Walmarts, the Kmarts, the Targets), rather than at small convenience stores - because they of course have to charge a high markup in order to stay in business.