The MouseHunt Travel Planner will help you to save money when moving one place to another especially over longer distance. You find that if you made a stopover, you might save some GOLD.
If you were to travel from Town of Gnawnia to Laboratory and your Rank is a Master. The direct route cost you 5113 Gold. But that's made a stopover and guess how much you save.
Town of Gnawnia -> Meadow -> Laboratory
Pooflinger's route costs 4590 Gold