🛬 Save Money at Luton Airport...

✈️ Escape on a Budget: Your Passport to saving more with WhatsUp Bedfordshire, flying from Luton.

💡 TIPS FOR SAVING MONEY AT THE AIRPORT.
Literally scraping by just to get away? Worried about all the extras costs? We get it, honestly we really do, this is why we have put some ideas below to help you save a little more and stress a little less. Stay savvy, and let’s make travel affordable again.

🥃 Not just for shower gel:
So we all know those little travel pots of 100ml are a great idea to keep in your hand luggage for shower gel, shampoo, etc saving space and money. Little insider tip -  have you thought you could add rum, vodka or your favourite tipple in one just incase of any emergency? 😜 - Please note: airlines say you can't drink your own alcohol on the plane, I'm not sure why this rule is in place are they just trying to take more of our cash? Don’t try to pop open your duty free on the plane, you won't get away with that one.

🥛 Water or squash? Bring an empty bottle to the airport and fill it with free water at the water stations, if you don't like plain water you can take a mini concentration juice that you can add to give you flavour also as it's small you can fit it easily in your hand luggage. You can buy these for around £1.45 from Aldi. Self catering?  This comes in handy while your on holiday to add to your bottles of water, while saving you money at the same time.

🥂 VIP Lounge & Travel Insurance:
An all inclusive VIP Lounge at Luton Airport costs around £38pp, this is all inclusive of alcoholic hot & soft drinks and all food. You can save money if you have a barclays card account and opt in for the Travel Plus Package for £22 per month. This covers your travel insurance (including your partner and dependants up to the age of 23 who live with you) plus the great benefit for me is 6 free visits a year to the VIP Lounge (if you have a family of 6 for instance you can use the passes all in one go or spread them out individually throughout the year). If you don't have a Barclays account and want to opt in for a different membership you can check out a Groupon offer here.

👍 Zip Lock Bags - Versatile -  Food, Perfume smelling clothes:
Zip lock bags are so handy for many different things. Traveling from Luton Airport you can keep your 100ml in your bag, you no longer have to put them in a zip lock bag or even take them out of your hand luggage. Flying back into Luton maybe a different story you may have to have clear Zip lock bags to put your 100ml liquids in, depending on where you are flying from. Also if you are one of those people who can't resist a cheeky, sneeky sarnie or pastry from breakfast, these are great for storing food or keeping your freebie munchies in your hotel room fridge for when you feel a big peckish.
🧴Can't fit your fav perfume in your hand luggage? Spray all your clothes with your fav fragrance, roll up your clothes as tight as you can, then zip them in a zip lock bag. The smell will be lasting and it keeps your clothes smaller so you can add that extra bikini in if you wish. These bags can fit anywhere and are so handy.

🎒 Try to travel light: Try looking at taking a few days away where you can take just your hand luggage, maybe a 2-5 day break (you still get a holiday this just keeps the cost down). Hold baggage can add to the expense. We've found Jet2 to be the best for hand luggage. You can take two bags! Hand luggage can weigh no more than 10kg and can be no larger than 56cm x 45cm x 25cm (including wheels and handles). You can also take another small personal item such as a bum bag or laptop for free as long as it fits under your seat (40cm x 30cm x 20cm).
We found an amazing bag on Amazon, you can fit so much in it and is perfect for Jet2 flights.

Click below to view the Rucksack - the best one I've ever brought with so many compartments and space. As a women travelling this was brilliant, I could get away for five nights with this bag without having to buy hold luggage.
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💳 Boots Advantage Card: Do you have a Boots Advantage points card? If you do and you have enough points you can get a meal deal for free using your points. A meal deal at Luton Airport costs around £5.00. You can get a drink, sandwich/salad/wrap and a snack like a chocolate bar, crisps, fruit. I like to save my meal deal for a little picnic for on the plane. You can also get essentials like toothpaste, deodorant etc with your Boots Advantage Card last minute, just make sure you have enough points on you Boots advantage card to be able to grab your items for free!

🎊 Are you travelling on your Birthday?
Love Chinese food?
At Luton Airport you will find a Chopstix.
Chopstix has a great deal when you sign up to the newsletter and download the Chopstix app you can qualify for a FREE BIRTHDAY BOX to celebrate your special day! You can use this epic deal at any of participating stores including one located at Luton Airport. When you sign up you get five free spring rolls, grab another three for free by entering the referral code:
💥54277
(Please be aware when claiming your free birthday treat they may ask for ID to confirm it's your birthday)

☕️ Hot drink sachets:  You could take all in one coffee sachets/hot chocolate and ask for a cup of hot water on the plane, just ask nicely, please note they may not be able to offer you hot water all the time as they have a limited amount of supply. If you can get away with it you can save £3 - £4. All in one coffee sachets from Home Bargains only cost around £1.00 for 10. Not only that but if you go self catering these sachets will come in handy.

🥪 Bring snacks: If you have enough room, remember you can bring your own snacks, crisps, sandwiches, sausage rolls. This came in so handy as we were stuck on the plane for 2 hours once before it took off and you could see people eyeing us up while we were munching away, and yes of course offered hand outs, no one fancied my cheese and onion rolls.

🛍 Duty Free: If you're buying something from duty free and you get a bag (be cheeky and ask for the larger one) this acts like an extra bag where you can cram other bits and take on the plane with you.

🧣 Keep your clothes on:
Heading out from the lovely Luton weather I use my sarong as my scarf. For one it keeps me warm and secondly it saves space in my hand luggage, thirdly it acts as a blanket in the plane when the hubby is blasting out the air conditioning and lastly it's my beach babe sarong - well I think so.

🛎 BOOK A HOTEL/VILLA/TRANSFERS
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