Skipping Your Morning Coffee Can Buy You More Vacations, Kayak Says
Its new Vacay Valuator, a response to the current economic climate, matches travelers to affordable trips—and suggests simple spending cuts that would pay for them.
This could pay for your next vacation.
Photographer: Bloomberg/BloombergIt might take 32 years to fund a bucket list safari if all you can save is the $5 you spend daily on coffee. But thanks to Kayak's new Vacay Valuator, it'll be possible to find a getaway that's easy to pay for simply by cutting your caffeine intake.
Released on May 19, Kayak’s new budgeting tool allows consumers to plug in some of their regular, discretionary expenses—a Starbucks habit, subscriptions to streaming services, a weekly dinner out—in order to suggest vacations that they could afford by rerouting their spending. The company says the tool is a response to the current environment, in which consumers are feeling pinched by inflation and economic uncertainty but still eager to get away.