{"id":1268,"date":"2019-07-05T14:42:10","date_gmt":"2019-07-05T14:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themesindep.com\/reporter\/?p=1268"},"modified":"2020-12-08T04:34:53","modified_gmt":"2020-12-08T04:34:53","slug":"exploring-the-tiny-island-of-honshu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thespork.com.au\/?p=1268","title":{"rendered":"Local pub patron likens non alcoholic beer as listening to porn on the radio"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">Take a percentage of your net paycheck and deposit it into a savings account with a decent interest rate. While in the short-term, your efforts may not result in a lot of interest. If you have more time, you might look into investing a portion of your income and dedicate that money to your trip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-large\"><p>Budgeting- Before Your Trip<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Although the cost of travel can certainly be decreased, traveling will never be 100%, completely free. In addition to the monetary costs, it will cost you your time. With smart planning, you can ensure that your dollar will return you the maximum amount of happiness that it can. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"685\" src=\"https:\/\/themesindep.com\/neomag-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/photo-7-1024x685.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2074\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thespork.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/photo-7-1024x685.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.thespork.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/photo-7-978x655.jpg 978w, https:\/\/www.thespork.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/photo-7-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thespork.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/photo-7-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thespork.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/photo-7.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2>Start Saving<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Take a percentage of your net paycheck and deposit it into a savings account with a decent interest rate. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>While in the short-term, your efforts may not result in a lot of interest. If you have more time (think years), you might look into investing a portion of your income and dedicate that money to your trip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fff3ee\">Although the cost of travel can certainly be decreased, traveling will never be 100%, completely free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Sign Up For Travel Credit Cars And Frequent Flier Rewards Program <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>It might be worth it to sign up for a travel credit card with a large sign up bonus if you\u2019re going to be purchasing a lot of flights or traveling to many different places. You can then redeem these points on frequent flier rewards programs to get upgrades or cheaper (and sometimes free!) flights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery alignwide columns-2 is-cropped alignfull\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/themesindep.com\/neomag-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/photo-10-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2077\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/www.thespork.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/photo-10.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/themesindep.com\/neomag-blog\/photo-10\/\" class=\"wp-image-2077\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thespork.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/photo-10-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.thespork.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/photo-10-978x652.jpg 978w, https:\/\/www.thespork.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/photo-10-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thespork.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/photo-10-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thespork.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/photo-10.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"685\" src=\"https:\/\/themesindep.com\/neomag-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/photo-7-1024x685.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2074\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/www.thespork.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/photo-7.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/themesindep.com\/neomag-blog\/photo-7\/\" class=\"wp-image-2074\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thespork.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/photo-7-1024x685.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.thespork.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/photo-7-978x655.jpg 978w, https:\/\/www.thespork.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/photo-7-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thespork.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/photo-7-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thespork.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/photo-7.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It doesn\u2019t matter what method you use to track your expenses, but if you don\u2019t keep track of them, you might overspend and all of a sudden, you can\u2019t afford to eat anything but instant ramen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote is-style-default\"><blockquote><p>\u201cOnce a year, go Some place you\u2019ve Never been before.\u201d<\/p><cite>Dalai Lama<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2>You Need A Budget<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you find yourself with less than enough cash and a laptop to last you the rest of the trip, consider freelancing on websites such as Fiverr or elance. You can also complete some surveys on Amazon Mechanical Turk for a very small payout. However, watch out for scams on Amazon. If it sounds too good to be true.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The main island of Honshu has the sort of weather normally associated with continental climates. 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