How to Reduce Entertainment expenses

If you maintain your personal budget, you will feel wonder that your entertainment expenses are increasing day by day. Even, it may be 50% to 60% of total expenses of any month. It may also be uncontrollable sometime. Even after this, I will not to say not to do entertainment because entertainment increases your blood and you can live long if you entertain your life. But, as your personal financial adviser, I am just saying to reduce entertainment expenses because it may affect on your financial independence. I do not want to see you  financial dependence. These days, lots of alternatives of entertainment, by using cheap and best, you can enjoy the fun of life. Following some tips may be helpful to you.

1. Use Natural Swimming Pool instead of Artificially Swimming Pool 

 If you are learning swimming and join artificially swimming pool, then ok. But, if you just pay the fees daily and go for artificially swimming pool. It will increase your entertainment expenses. Find a natural swimming pool near your location and go there and enjoy swimming. Sometime ago, I found also a natural swimming pool near my location. It has made by river water and same water is used for irrigation. I do not pay the fees of this but I enjoy the swimming on natural swimming pool. But before this, see the level of water and other precautions whether you are allowed to use it or not. Because sometime, it may be risky.

2. Use YouTube instead of travelling very Far Location 

 If you have very limited budget for transport expenses of entertainment travelling,

 
3. Near Location is Better than Far Location of Entertainment 

Suppose, you have to entertain your life by visiting Zoo. There are two zoo one is 1200 Kms and other is 120 Kms. You should search first on Google which is near to you before entertainment in Zoo.  Now, choose near Zoo instead of far Zoo. Both Zoo will give you same entertainment but choosing near Zoo may reduce 10 times entertainment expenses.

4. Make Good Entertainment Plan

Before spending entertainment expenses, make good entertainment plan. Good plan will surely reduce entertainment expenses. It may include,

(A) When will you entertain - Fix month, week or day. Suppose, you want to hill station. In winter holidays, hotel living cost may be costly. You can enjoy winter to hill station but not in holidays.

(B) Where will you travel : You should first decide where will you travel. There are lots of hill station but you have to choose best according to your budget.

(C) How to Travel: With family special without any group or on any group of people who have booked any train or bus for travelling. If you have such network. It will be very secure and better for entertainment in far places. Sometime ago, my retired uncle has visited whole India. His cost was very cheep because he reserved his seat in the train which was booked for travelling whole India. For this, you have to contact with travelling agencies.

5. Find Old Man or Handicapped Person

In last, if you want to reduce entertainment expenses at any way. Then find any old senior citizen or handicapped person. If that person is ready to travel all the places in which you are interested, then become his helper. In India, one helper can travel free of cost with any old senior citizen or handicapped person. One more condition is that senior citizen person should retire from Indian Railway services. Ok, take the fun of entertainment.