How to save money on travel?

in #ua6 years ago

We all love to travel, but entertainment is not cheap, here is a list of tips that can save a lot on travel.

When to go?

Travel in the off-season. At this time, the prices for hotels are lower, due to various promotions and bonuses. In the same Paris, you can go any time of the year and do not necessarily visit it in the summer heat, crowded with tourists.
Do not travel to vacations, holidays and significant events. At this time it is difficult to book a room because of the large number of tourists and the prices for hotels increase several times.
Watch for discounts and airline stocks. Plan your trip for earlier, so you have the opportunity to buy tickets at a bargain price.
It is most profitable to buy tickets from the company that sets prices in rubles. Making payment in rubles, you will not need to pay commission to the bank, when exchanging currency and save a few% of the amount of tickets.
Do not forget about buying tickets through the "open jaw" system.
If you fly to one city, and come back from another, then use this system to save money.
Always make different variants of the route, then you will be able to choose the most profitable for yourself.
Sometimes it is more advantageous to take tickets of the following type. I need to go to Bangkok. The ticket Samui-Bangkok costs 12 000r., And the ticket Samui - Bangkok-Malaysia costs 9000, I just go on transplant in Bangkok and all. Usually they fly, only with hand luggage, but it's not that difficult to pick up luggage, citing that you have medicines there.

ACCOMMODATION

Consider stopping in hostels. If you travel alone and are going to stay in this city for a couple of days, accommodation in hostels, you will be much cheaper than in full-fledged hotels.
Book apartment with kitchen. So you can save on food, buy food and cook yourself, rather than always order food at the hotel and go to restaurants.
Avoid booking hotels on the first line. The prices for such hotels are suspended due to their location, it is better to go to the sea extra 500 meters and save several thousand hotel.
Try to contact the hotel directly
Choose a hotel near the place that is the purpose of your trip, then you do not have to spend time and money on trips in taxis and public transport.
Traveling is a great company. It's much more fun than traveling alone and will help you significantly reduce the cost of living and sightseeing.

CONSTRUCTION OF THE ROUTE.

Compose routes with a landing in European cities, you will get cheaper than direct flights.
Develop a route through neighboring countries. To make your itinerary cheaper. Sometimes air tickets in the EU countries can cost only 10 euros to each other.
Travel around your own country.
In Russia, there are many beautiful places worth visiting. Baikal, Kamchatka, Valaam, Karelia, Caucasus, this is only a small part of the beautiful places of our country.
Plan your trip carefully. Try before the journey to learn as much information about the cost of transfer, taxi, entrance tickets to places of visit, national and cultural characteristics and other important details, so that you can plan your budget and minimize unnecessary costs.

MONEY AND PURCHASE

Change money at a favorable rate. In advance, find out where you can exchange money when you arrive in another city.
For purchases it is advantageous to have both a currency bank card and a ruble one. This will help you to save, because You do not have to pay once again the interest to the bank for paying a ruble card purchases in dollars or euros.

TRANSPORT.

Pay attention to the services for finding fellow travelers. It is possible to save considerably on a joint taxi order from (at) the airport.
Book your car directly, and not through intermediaries.
Do not use the taxi all the time. Sometimes it's much cheaper to get there by public transport.
Look for the best options for travel. Study travel forums, there are always reviews of inveterate travelers who will share their own experience in traveling around the country with the least cost.

EXCURSIONS

Avoid paid services of guides when there is an opportunity to use a free audio guide or a quality guide.
Take the opportunity to get on free guided tours. These can be found in almost every city. As a rule, these are sightseeing tours or excursions for shopping, which do not oblige you to buy something.
Do not buy a guide. It is better to print in advance the information on each object that you intend to visit.

WHAT DOES NOT IT SAVE

Never save on an insurance policy, being in a foreign country, you should be sure that if an insurance event occurs, you can count on quality medical care. Your life and health, this is the most valuable thing that you have, do not skimp on these things.

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