Lifehak: how to go on vacation and not spend almost nothing

If you want to spend your holiday in Turkey or Egypt on the "All Inclusive" system, then it is worth using travel agency's offer. But to see the world outside the hotel, it is better to plan a journey to himself, without overpaying to intermediaries.

Free accommodation

There are several options to save on accommodation in an unfamiliar country. The first is "kauverterfing", or simply "search" to someone home. Good people can provide you with a sofa for free or even a place on the floor, where you post in your sleeping bag. You will find these good people on the service www.couchsurfing.com. The second way to live for free abroad is the exchange of houses. It is more difficult and more responsible for the crawls. On the service www.homexchange.com/ you can get acquainted with the family from the city you are interested in and offer them to accommodate your apartment or house while you are waiting for them. Naturally, this is done not in two days. It is necessary to meet well, chat with people before entrusting their Berker, Murzik and Ficus. But it is worth it. So you will have the opportunity to truly plunge into the life and culture of someone else's country.

Economic accommodation

If there is no desire to come into contact with unfamiliar people, then place in hostels and guest houses. It is much cheaper than in the hotel. All the same, the bed is needed only to spend the night. And the next day, we again go to wander around the city in search of attractions. You can also rent apartments, often they are more convenient and cheaper hotels. There are good selection of inexpensive homes and apartments on the website www.airbnb.ru.

Night travel

Another way to save on accommodation is night crossings. Sleeping on the bus or the train is not so comfortable, but it is not necessary to pay for the hotel. I arrived and immediately began to examine the city. If you go to Europe, USA or Australia, then housing is better to book in advance. In Asia, on the contrary, there can be more convenient and inexpensive accommodations in accommodation than on the Internet.

Saving on flights

Flights It is better to look for on the sites-aggregators, like www.anywayanyday.com, www.aviasales.ru and them like. There is a little trick that will help you save money. Such sites have a property to vary the cost of air tickets depending on which city you enter the network, which operating system you use or how many times you have already looked through information about one or another direction. In other words, the Muscovite with MacBook ticket will cost more than the resident of Voronezh with a computer on Windows. To deceive cunning sellers, use the "incognito" mode in the browser. For example, in Chrome and Opera, click the SHIFT + Ctrl + N combination, in Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer - Shift + Ctrl + P. In the "Incognito" mode, the computer does not transmit any information about you. You are a clean sheet for them. The cost of a ticket for Muscovite and for "Clean Sheet" may vary on a hundred dollars. For internal flights, use local airlines. The cost of the flight by the Loadosters in Europe and Asia may well be 10-20 euros. Popular tourist routes run charters, places in which are cheaper than regular flights of airlines. Charter flights can be viewed at www.chartex.ru, www.charters.ru and other similar sites. Subscribe to sending airlines, the same "Aeroflot" sometimes offers flights to Europe for 40-50 euros.

Ground move

To make ground movements cheaper, we recommend using sites to find travel companions, such as www.blablacar.com and www.carpooling.com. So you can travel, paying only your share for gasoline. If you are going on your car, then during walks around the city leave the "horse" on free parking lots near supermarkets or attend a hotel that has its own parking.

Money

Going on a trip to Europe, take a MasterCard card, in the states for calculations it is better to have Visa. Also take care of the presence of a currency account, in euros or dollars, depending on where you go. Given the features of local calculation systems, you avoid currency conversion costs. The most unreasonable is to calculate abroad ruble card. We think it is not necessary to explain it.

Communication

Buy a SIM card of the local operator. It will cost much cheaper than connecting robber roaming. Also at the airports you can issue a travel sim card TravelSim or Globalsim. Before you travel, install the program for calls via the Internet: Viber, Skype and the like. To communicate with the house, use Wi-Fi in a hotel or in a cafe. But you have to be ready that in Europe Wireless Internet is not as often as, for example, in Moscow.

Savings on shopping

Making buying on a trip, ask for a check of Tax Free. This can not be done in any store, but only in those where there is a TAX FREE sticker on the showcase or on the door. When departure from the country, you can make a return of VAT. In some countries it is up to 20%. Agree, not bad.

Countries without a visa

Maybe you did not know, but there is a lot of interesting countries in which Russians are allowed without a visa. It is only necessary to have a passport.

• Azerbaijan (up to 90 days stay)
• Antigua and Barbuda (1 month, price - 135 dollars)
• Argentina (90 days)
• Armenia
• Aruba (Netherlands Antilles) - no more than 14 days
• Bahamas (90 days)
• Barbados (28 days)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina (30 days)
• Botswana (90 days)
• Brazil (90 days)
• Vanuatu (30 days)
• Venezuela (90 days from 180)
• Vietnam (15 days - without a visa, if more than 15 days - a visa for free, but you need to get Visa Approval Letter via the Internet).
• Guyana (90 days)
• Guatemala (90 days)
• Honduras (90 days)
• Hong Kong (14 days)
• Grenada (90 days)
• Georgia (90 days)
• GUAM (45 days)
• Dominica (21 days)
• Dominican Republic (30 days, in the presence of a tourist card received at the airport for 10 USD)
• Egypt (1 month, at the airport you need to pay 25 USD)
• Israel (3 months)
• China (some cities, subject to certain conditions)
• Colombia (90 days)
• Costa Rica (1 month)
• Cuba (30 days)
• Laos (15 days)
• Mauritius (60 days)
• Macau (30 days)
• Macedonia (up to 90 days)
• Malaysia (30 days)
• Maldives / Maldives (30 days)
• Morocco (90 days)
• Micronesia (1 month)
• Moldova
• Mongolia (30 days)
• Namibia (90 days)
• Nauru (when leaving the country charges in the amount of 25 Australian dollars)
• Nicaragua (3 months)
• Niue (30 days)
• Cook Islands (1 month)
• Panama (up to 3 months)
• Paraguay (90 days)
• Peru (3 months)
• Salvador (3 months)
• Swaziland (30 days)
• Northern Mariana Islands (up to 45 days)
• Northern Cyprus
• Seychelles (up to 30 days)
• Saint Vincent and Grenadines
• Saint Kit and Nevis (in the presence of a tourist voucher, up to 90 days)
• Saint Lucia (up to 2 months)
• Serbia (1 month)
• Thailand (30 days)
• Trinidad and Tobago (90 days)
• Tunisia (14 days)
• Turkey (30 days)
• Uzbekistan
• Ukraine
• Uruguay (up to 90 days from 180)
• Fiji (4 months)
• Philippines (1 month)
• Montenegro (30 days)
• Chile (90 days)
• Ecuador (90 days)
• South Korea (for 2 months)
• Jamaica (30 days)