Make sure you know the value of the items you are buying before spending your money.

This applies to shopping at the stores in the areas you are holidaying and also in the duty free shops that you will find at the airports.

Often you will find that you can get better deals at your local stores and not have to lug your purchases around with you on holiday.

The big department stores are able to buy in bulk and sell for a smaller margin and that is often enough to make them the lowest priced option.

If you are in a foreign country you will also need to know what the current exchange rate is and apply that to the goods you are buying to see whether you are getting a bargain or not.

On top of that, you will have to add any duty that might be charged on those items when you get back home.

Another problem that many people face when traveling overseas, are the requests from other people to buy items for them duty free.

You go away on holiday for a break and it’s unfair for people to expect that you should spend your time shopping for them so they can save money.

Your holiday is costing you money and you need to be making the most of that expenditure by doing what you want when away, rather than having the burden of other peoples’ requests.

It might not bother you to do this shopping for others, however if it does, then you should tell those people that you have the quota that you are allowed to bring back already accounted for.

There are limits to what you are allowed to bring back into the country duty free, so they should understand this explanation.

Anything over the limit and they wouldn’t be saving any money anyway.