A key element of planning for any trip is determining what food you'll eat. To save money, opt for eating at least one meal a day in your hotel room. Many hotels offer guest rooms that include refrigerators and microwaves, which are ideal for storing and cooking food. Purchase food during your trip that you can keep in your room and eat at your convenience.
Things You'll Need
- Microwave dinners
- Canned soup
- Sandwich ingredients
- Fruits
- Vegetables
Tips For You
- Purchase frozen dinners that you can cook in the microwave. Frozen dinners are available in many different styles, including macaroni and cheese, vegetarian stir-fry with rice and fettuccine Alfredo. Store the frozen dinners in the freezer compartment of the hotel's refrigerator.
- Keep canned, microwaveable meals such as soup, stew, noodles and sauce handy while traveling. These items are ideal because you don't need to keep them refrigerated yet you can cook them in the hotel's microwave.
- Prepare a variety of sandwiches that you can keep cool in the refrigerator until you need them. Some styles of sandwich, such as peanut butter and jelly, do not require refrigeration. Other styles, such as egg salad and ham and cheese must be kept cool until consumption.
- Include different fruits and vegetables among your food items. Though most fruits and vegetables do not require refrigeration, doing so will prolong their life, which is useful if you are traveling frequently between hotel visits. Pick fruits and vegetables that you enjoy and that are easy to eat, such as apples, grapes, carrot sticks, celery sticks and cherries.
