The single, most-overlooked category in travel spending? Transportation. Meal costs, flights, and hotels are all line items that you can create a fairly safe ballpark figure for, but transportation? I can’t tell you how many trips I’ve under budgeted for getting from point A to point B. And the trouble is, you’re doing that anywhere between 2 and 12 times a day.
How to get around once you get to where you are going can make or break a travel budget. Here’s my breakdown of the pros and cons of the various transportation options you have when traveling to a new place.
