Reward Yourself With A Long Weekend
Travel - Rewarding yourself with mini trips for making the correct financial decisions.
I love to travel and, my wife and I, take a few days, usually once a month or so, to take a break from the normal routine. This gives a chance to recharge and come back to work with more focus and plan the next trip.
We like to travel to a destination within a day’s drive of our home. We are lucky to live in British Columbia outside of Vancouver so that, Oregon and Washington, and the interior of British Columbia are easily accessible in a day or less. This is a great area, with plenty of interesting back roads to travel and beautiful scenery along the way, so getting there is half the fun. Planning and anticipating these mini trips is almost as much fun as taking them.
If you are on a budget you can go camping or find places at a reasonable cost to stay. With careful planning, you can have a well deserved break for a great price. We always ask for deals at the hotels where we stay, and usually get discounts of one type or another. We have jobs with flexible work schedules so we get away in non peak times, which means less crowds and better prices. We usually stay at good hotels, not the most expensive, but the ones that have good deals.
We deserve the reward, and we can afford it, because we do the right things financially day to day.
Our trip just last week was to Oregon, for a 5 day break which was a long weekend, plus a couple of banked days at work for working some extra time. Cannon Beach, Oregon is about a six hour drive. We stopped for a couple of shopping breaks along the way and took our time on the drive. Oregon does not have any sales tax which is great, and the Canadian dollar is at par with the US dollar, so shopping makes sense financially. We took the day and arrived at the hotel at about 6:00 pm, our room was ocean front as requested.
We sat back on the balcony and enjoying a couple of margaritas and listened to the surf rolling in, while the gulls cruised by on the breeze. Below is the view from the balcony, of Haystack Rock at Cannon Beach.
Travel - Rewarding yourself with mini trips for making the correct financial decisions.
I love to travel and, my wife and I, take a few days, usually once a month or so, to take a break from the normal routine. This gives a chance to recharge and come back to work with more focus and plan the next trip.
We like to travel to a destination within a day’s drive of our home. We are lucky to live in British Columbia outside of Vancouver so that, Oregon and Washington, and the interior of British Columbia are easily accessible in a day or less. This is a great area, with plenty of interesting back roads to travel and beautiful scenery along the way, so getting there is half the fun. Planning and anticipating these mini trips is almost as much fun as taking them.
If you are on a budget you can go camping or find places at a reasonable cost to stay. With careful planning, you can have a well deserved break for a great price. We always ask for deals at the hotels where we stay, and usually get discounts of one type or another. We have jobs with flexible work schedules so we get away in non peak times, which means less crowds and better prices. We usually stay at good hotels, not the most expensive, but the ones that have good deals.
We deserve the reward, and we can afford it, because we do the right things financially day to day.
Our trip just last week was to Oregon, for a 5 day break which was a long weekend, plus a couple of banked days at work for working some extra time. Cannon Beach, Oregon is about a six hour drive. We stopped for a couple of shopping breaks along the way and took our time on the drive. Oregon does not have any sales tax which is great, and the Canadian dollar is at par with the US dollar, so shopping makes sense financially. We took the day and arrived at the hotel at about 6:00 pm, our room was ocean front as requested.
We sat back on the balcony and enjoying a couple of margaritas and listened to the surf rolling in, while the gulls cruised by on the breeze. See our website for the view from the balcony, of Haystack Rock at Cannon Beach.
We enjoyed a great meal and a great night with the surf as background music. We spent a couple of nights at Cannon Beach and then at Newport Beach further south on the coast.
The best part is, it was all paid for ahead of time, so there is no guilt, and no paying off the credit cards with interest. If you want to enjoy your life to the maximum get your financial house organized. Check out or web site to achieve the short term goals of having a great weekend, and a great life.
To your success and great long weekends!
David Lee is Financial Management Advisor, FMA, and has over ten years of experience as an independent advisor and working with major financial institutions. His goal is help people achieve financial freedom and enjoy the freedom to do what you want , when you want that wealth can provide.
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