When you are too lazy to cook, eating at a restaurant can be an option. Eating out can also be done when you want to pamper your stomach. Apparently, eating out doesn't always have to cost a lot of money. There are 4 money-saving tips that you can follow.
4 Tips for Saving Money When Eating Out
1. Eat at the restaurant when there is a promo
There are lots of restaurants that offer promos, especially during holidays or birthdays. Well, you need to go look for them. You can save quite a lot of money when there is a huge discount.
2. Bring home half of the portion
When ordering food, if the portion is large enough and you don't think you can finish eating it all at once, you can tell the restaurant staff to split the portion in half. Half portion to eat on the spot and another half for to-go. This way, you don't need to spend money for the next meal.
3. Ask friends or family to eat together
Another way to outsmart food portions that are large enough is to invite some friends or family members to eat together. You can order several dishes and then split the bills evenly. So, it's more money saving.
4. Order only food
In general, the price of drinks in restaurants is quite expensive when compared to the price of food. To save money, you can just order food by bringing your own drinks from home. Or, if the restaurant doesn't allow this, you can just order water, which is usually cheaper than other drinks. Another way is to find a restaurant that allows you to refill the drink you ordered.
Keep Having a Budget for Eating Out
Even though you can save money by doing the 4 tips above, you still need to make a budget for eating out, Jagoans.
Prioritize routine needs and savings before using money for certain pleasures, including eating out.
To make budgeting easy and practical, you can use the Pockets feature in the Jago application. For the need of eating out, you can create 1 separate Pocket so it doesn't mix with other needs. Then, you can allocate money into the Pocket.
When the money runs out, it’s time to be patient and wait until next month. If you don't, you may go too far and spend all your money just to eat out. You don't want that to happen, do you?
For those who don't have a Jago account yet, you can download the Jago application here and then complete the account registration process.
