Tips To Save Money On Vacation. In the current difficult time for travel, the issue of saving money on vacation is becoming more and more relevant. Here are some simple rules that will help you stay on budget and not ruin your vacation.
Tips To Save Money On Vacation
- Find out what is more profitable: a self-booking or a tour
Do not be too lazy to climb the sites of travel agencies and last minute trips. Very often there come across really great options, both the place and the timing of the trip will suit you. If you are interested in any option, be sure to find reviews, both about the hotel and about the details of the tour. Sometimes the imaginary cheapness turns into not only a spoiled vacation, but also significant expenses to somehow brighten it up. There is no universal answer to the question of what is more profitable: a tour or self-booking a hotel and buying tickets. Hotels and airlines often arrange discounts, you can successfully get them, although in general tours are cheaper.
Buy tickets in advance.
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- Buy tickets in advance
If you have definitely decided to go, do not delay buying plane or train tickets. The longer the time before the start of the trip, the cheaper the tickets. Do not rest on specific dates, unless, of course, you are bound by obligations. It often happens that a shift in departure or return by one day significantly reduces the cost of tickets. Check flights with transfers. If they are not too long – why not? It will definitely be cheaper that way.
- Take a card and cash
Spend another hour learning how best to pay at your chosen resort. Again, to help – reviews of those who have visited the places where you are going. Prospectuses will surely say that “cards are accepted everywhere.” But in reality, the terminal suddenly turns out to be broken (for a week already), or simply “we don’t accept cards, brother”, the nearest ATM is in the neighboring village. Determine the amount that you must have with you in cash.
Let 80-90% of the money be stored on the card, and take 10-20% in cash.
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- Learn all about the cost of mobile communications
If you are going abroad, it is better to turn off mobile data transmission immediately after landing or crossing the border. Then – decide for yourself: to be on the network “from Wi-Fi to Wi-Fi”, or buy a local SIM card. If you think about it – why do you need the Internet on an excursion or a walk? There are applications with offline maps (you just need to remember to download the map of the desired country or region in advance). Do you want to immediately post your unrealistically beautiful selfie on social networks? Be patient at least until the cafe, now in Europe, and we have Wi-Fi in almost everyone.
Turn off mobile Internet immediately upon arrival in another country.
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The same can be attributed to domestic tourism. A couple of simple arithmetic operations – and you will understand what is better: use the special tariff of your operator or look at the communication salon upon arrival for a local SIM card.
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- Don’t get fooled by taxi drivers
At any airport, at any station, especially in the resort town there are a lot of taxi drivers who will take you to the place at the price “so as not to rob you”. Most often, this money is enough to get back home. Therefore, find out in advance how much a taxi costs from the station / airport to the city, whether it is possible to use the services of popular aggregators. If not, bargain mercilessly. Most often, the initial price can be significantly reduced. Some hotels offer transfers from the airport or train station. Often it is also cheaper than a taxi. Look at the public transport schedule. It is quite possible that you will get to the place in an empty bus for symbolic money.
Find out in advance how much a taxi costs to the right place, and feel free to bargain.
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- Think about how you are going to eat
Hotel with breakfast is good. But before booking, you must definitely find out what this breakfast is like, and find out in detail. Because, from experience, “continental breakfast” or “rich breakfast” is understood differently by everyone. It may happen that an hour after it you will regret that dinner is not very soon. Try to avoid hyped places.
A good habit is to cook breakfast on your own when traveling.
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Yes, you will surely want to drink wine while watching the sun go down into the sea. But then be prepared for the fact that the sunset will add 15-20 percent to your account. For daily lunches and dinners, choose an establishment some distance from the main tourist attractions. There are plenty of such restaurants everywhere, and either the owners of the hotel or local taxi drivers will be happy to tell you about them.
PS In the hot season, you can go broke on water if you constantly buy it on the street. Grab large bottles from the supermarket, and before leaving the house, fill small ones and carry them with you.
- Do not rush for souvenirs
Of course, you need to bring something in memory of the trip. But, having arrived in a city or some place on an excursion, refrain from storming the stalls with souvenirs. Most often, the best places sell the most expensive. It is worth moving a few meters away – the same magnet will cost less. Think about whether you really need this very vase or this stuffed crab on a plank. Chances are you’ll throw it away at your first big cleanup. Walk around the city, for sure you will find either small shops or people who make magnificent unique things themselves. You will immediately see their difference from consumer goods.
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- Bargain with sellers and tighten your tongues
In many regions of Russia and abroad, bargaining when buying something is not only not forbidden, but also welcomed. And somewhere they can even take offense at you if you take a thing without bargaining. Deprive the seller of pleasure. Most often, the original price drops by 50-70 percent.
Before traveling abroad, it is worth tightening up your English.
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If you are going abroad, tighten up your tongues. If you learn a few words and expressions in the local dialect, this will not only be a plus in karma. Residents of small (but proud) countries are always pleased if they are spoken to in their own language. Even if they just say hello, ask “how are you?”, say “thank you” and “please”. In this case, you can count on a good attitude and a discount.
- Travel out of season
It would seem trite. From the series – a five-star hotel on the coast is definitely more expensive than a three-ruble note on the second line. But still. Out of season does not mean: go to the Crimea in early December instead of August (by the way, it is also great there in winter ). Look at the weather in the places where you have gathered in early autumn. Often it is no different from the summer. Even in October in the Russian south you can fully sunbathe and swim. At the same time, walking around the resort town is not in the crowd, do not stand in lines. Almost the entire resort infrastructure works and pleases the eye with the absence of excitement from tourists. And, of course, prices. That’s where the real savings are. Hotels arrange attractions of unprecedented generosity.
