While many people are postponing their travel plans currently, there are still people who are willing and able to travel. Especially if you plan on spending a majority of your time outside, like you would do if you just bought a gun online for a hunting trip, traveling right now can still be safe.

However, just because you may not be worried about your health and safety while traveling doesn’t mean that you’re able to forget about other traveling implications, especially when it comes to your money. To help you with this, here are three tips for managing your finances for an extended trip. 

Give It Its Own Account

For most people, it can take a while to save up enough money to take a trip. So to make this easier, it can be helpful to give this money its own account that you deposit money into when you’re able. 

Not only can giving your travel money its own account help you while saving, but Erica Sandberg, a contributor to CreditCards.com, shares that using a checking account for your extended trip can help to protect your other money while you’re away. So if you haven’t already opened a trip-only account, you might want to look into this sooner rather than later. 

Know Your Daily Budget

If the trip you’re taking is going on a hunting or camping trip as mentioned above, you likely won’t be spending any money on a daily basis. But for almost all other travels, you’ll want to control your finances by knowing your daily budget based on how much money you have allocated to your trip. 

According to Adrienne Jordan, a contributor to Forbes.com, it’s best to over-budget your money so that you have a little more flexibility as opposed to under-budgeting. The last thing you want to have happen is that you run out of money before your trip is even over. But by being more conservative with your budget, you may have enough money to splurge on something at the end. 

Get Your Bills In Order

When you’re away from home on an extended trip, it’s easy to forget about all the responsibilities that you left back home, including your bills and other financial responsibilities. 

To ensure that you don’t start getting repayment calls while you’re on your trip, Charlene Oldham, a contributor to GoBankingRates.com, recommends that you set up your bills on automatic payments before you leave. This way, you’ll know that all your finances are being taken care of at home without you even having to think about it. 

If you’ll be taking an extended trip soon, consider using the tips mentioned above to help you prepare and manage your finances for this adventure.