To travel, you do not need to earn a lot of money, everyone can travel, because all you need is your desire! The only thing you need to understand is that you have to do everything yourself. Plan a route, buy tickets, book a hotel room, etc. But believe, it is not difficult, but on the contrary it is very interesting! And yes, ignorance of the language is not an obstacle to travel. Just need to prepare more carefully and that's it. In order not to ask on the fingers, but to know for sure which bus to get to and from which station to get off. The benefit of the Internet is full of information on any city, and on the subject forums you can answer your questions if you suddenly could not figure out something.
What is the preparation for independent travel? Consider briefly the main issues:
- Zone of your comfort . First you need to decide on what you are willing to save. For example, you do not mind sitting at the airport all night, saving a decent amount of money. Or vice versa, consider that it is better to overpay, but not waste your precious time. Also with the hotel. Someone is quite comfortable in a hostel in a dormitory room, and someone would never stay there. Having decided on your comfort zone, it will be much easier for you to look for the cheapest options you need.
- Bank cards for travel . If you still do not have a bank card, it must be done. Best of all, you have a special card with a good conversion for online purchases. A card on which you would never keep a large amount of money. From experience, I can say that at the moment the best travel map for Corn is from Euroset. Conversion takes place at the rate of the Central Bank without any commissions. You can attach any Master card to it, for example, Sberbank and easily transfer the necessary amount of money from it to Corn to pay for transactions.
- How to buy tickets cheap . To buy a ticket is really cheap, it is better not to depend on the time of departure. But it’s hard when you have to plan a vacation at work. six months ahead. Flights start selling for 1 year, you can see in which month the price of airline tickets are cheaper and match your vacation. Excellent search engine that easily copes with this task. Skyskaner . He has the function “The cheapest month”, by clicking on it, you will find out the month when your destination has the cheapest tickets of the year. I also really like the “Everywhere” feature. Suitable for those who have not yet decided where they would like to fly, but have a great desire to relax somewhere cheap. Or you can choose not a specific destination city, but the whole country and then SkyScanner will show minimum prices to each city of this country. Considerably save allows the selection of other cities of departure, to which it is possible to reach by land (for example, St. Petersburg and Helsinki or Riga or Moscow). In general, there are very few cheap flights from St. Petersburg, this is due to the fact that European low-cost airlines are not allowed into Pulkovo, but there are plenty of them in Moscow, and taking into account the fact that you can buy a ticket for the Sapsan in advance is very budget (more how to buy a ticket for Sapsan for 999 rubles ), then the game is worth the candle. Also, be sure to remember that a round-trip ticket is almost always cheaper than a one-way ticket.
- How to book a cheap hotel . Sites for booking hotels a lot, but not to spend there is also a search engine for all these sites and not to search for each separately Roomguru . It is very easy to use. Specifying the desired city and dates, you immediately see all the promotions on all sites for booking. Highly recommend. Little advice. To save on transport, and usually transport abroad is quite expensive, first study the selected city and the area you want, and then book a room. Overpaying a bit for a hotel in the center, you can save on moving from the hotel to the center.
- Booking an apartment on the Airbnb website . I have not used this site for a long time, I have always managed with hotels. But when we were going to visit Italy, namely Venice, also the three of them, I realized that the hotels for three cost the same as the whole apartment, but the difference is that the apartment has a full kitchen, which is very necessary in Italy, because the price tag to restaurants just rolls over. For the first booking with a new account, the site provides $ 20. You only need to register by this invitation . If you go to the site and sign up, you will not receive any bonuses. Traveling together or three together, you can further register the second and third traveler from your account and book apartments also at a discount.
- Visa issues . This question must be studied before purchasing air tickets. If you buy a ticket with a connection in one country or another, it is necessary to clarify whether a transit visa is necessary. Usually, if you do not go beyond the transit zone, a visa is not required, but be careful! We had a situation where we flew to the island of Barbados with a transfer (independent) in Manchester. I planned not to receive a transit visa, but to sit at night at the airport, it turned out that the airport was closed at night. It is good that I wrote a letter to the airport support service and found out this information. We didn’t get a visa anyway, but before that England had a concession for transit passengers, now this is no longer the case.
- Route by public transport . This is a very important point, especially if English is poor. Google Maps is always very helpful for me, as there is an opportunity to pave the route using public transport. You can also use the "little man" and visually see how the desired stop looks, for example. Very comfortably
- Create a route around the city . Be sure to read reviews of people who have already visited the city you need. Read about the various tourist maps with which you can save. I usually make up for myself the so-called must have of those places that you definitely need to visit, and the rest at will and mood. I also recently discovered the free Maps.me application. This is a smart navigator that works without the Internet in any city in any country, the only map of the desired city must be downloaded in advance. You can mark all the places you need and go straight on the navigator.
Unforgettable independent travel!
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What is the preparation for independent travel?