Independent rest. Do-it-yourself vacation. How to organize a vacation without a travel agency

Who among us hasn't experienced problems? organized recreation: uncomfortable flights charter flights, the imposition of excursions with a mandatory check-in at all kinds of factories, buses that are delayed due to late tourists? If you have some free time, Internet access and bank card You can organize your own vacation. You won't even need a guide-interpreter abroad! We'll show you which tools to use.

Air ticket

On the sites anywayanyday.ru and skyscanner.ru, you just need to specify the dates of the flight and the destination. The system displays prices for free tickets, and you choose the most attractive option for you. Skyscanner will redirect you to the website of the desired airline, where all you have to do is enter your bank card details. Then a confirmation of the paid reservation will be sent to your email inbox. On anywayanyday, it's even easier - you can book and pay for a ticket directly on this site. The same procedure can be done on the website of your favorite airline.

Hotel and itinerary

You also need to enter your bank card details to confirm your booking. If you have chosen a room for which the special offer is valid, the full cost of staying at the hotel will be deducted from it - it turns out cheaper, but you can no longer refuse the reservation. If there is no discount, then the hotel will block a certain amount on your card (it will be removed during check-out). Remember, if for some reason you cancel your booking, the money can be blocked for several months! We advise you to carefully read the conditions of the reservation. So, you can usually cancel your reservation free of charge 72 hours before arrival. But on some sites, a zero is added to this figure - it goes beyond 720! So, you can't change your mind. Also, check with the embassy of the country you are going to, what kind of booking receipt they need: some countries require 100% prepayment.

During a trip

Are you traveling by car? Calculate the route and understand how much time and money you have to spend on the road, say, between two European cities, - the viamichelin.com portal will help. There you can also find information about the best restaurants that come across along the way, as well as hotels and interesting places.

On the street unknown city you see beautiful building and want to know what is there? You were attracted by the sign of the restaurant, but you are not sure that the food is tasty there? Of course, a paper guide can also answer your questions. But if it is not there, using the Google Goggles program (download at Google.com), you can simply point the camera of your mobile phone at the desired object and immediately get information about it.

An invaluable source of advice is the local population. Fortunately, thanks to modern Internet technologies, the language barrier has practically disappeared. Download the Translator app at mobile phone. Using it is simple: pronounce the desired phrase on mother tongue, and the system not only translates it into the local language, but also voices it. Approximately the same way you would communicate with native speakers of a foreign language if there was always an interpreter next to you.

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Hello again, dear readers. Finally, I got around to writing the final article on travel arrangements on your own. Even before this happened, many friends and acquaintances asked how I manage to travel on my own, book tickets, find hotels or fellow travelers. The questions, in principle, are the same for many, so I came up with the idea to arrange everything in the form of a small plan or guide for those who are just about to start organizing their travels.

This article will be both introductory and final, because first I had to write all the useful posts on this topic, and then combine them into a single guide. I want to say right away that all articles, tips and examples are mine. personal experience which I have tried and use to this day. So if you have any questions or misunderstandings, you need help, or maybe you want to add some more to the list important information be sure to write to comments.

So, below is a list of articles that I included in the topic “ How to organize your own trip”:

1. How to organize a trip on your own and cheap

This list will be visible at the beginning of each page that is included in it. This is so that the reader does not get lost in the links. And the current article that you are in (for example, we are now on the page from the first paragraph) will be inactive and highlighted in a different color. It's simple. Naturally, only the most important planning points, in my opinion, are mentioned in the list, which is why I ask you to feedback with me, suddenly you think otherwise.

Now let me tell you how the organization of an independent trip is going on with me, at the same time I will briefly go over the items from the list.

1. Obtaining a passport via the Internet. Of course, what is a trip abroad without a passport. No, I do not argue that there are several more countries post-Soviet space(Kazakhstan, Abkhazia), where you can get with a Russian passport, but we don’t want to limit ourselves to the “near abroad”, right?

I am glad that with the development of the Internet, many operations with papers have become much faster and easier, so I always get my passport the same way. On which site can this be done, for how long, at what price and under what conditions is it better to take, as well as a list required documents to receive and a couple of practical tips you will receive by reading the corresponding article under item number 2.

2. Planning a route. Next, you need to decide, but where exactly will I go? And after the answer to this question is received, I begin to draw up a route for the country (countries) where I am going. For many, this particular point is a stumbling block, but I assure you that there is nothing complicated about it. Of course, for a beginner, you will have to spend some time, but then your work will be more than paid off by the fact that you will start easily and quickly compiling routes in any country, even in which you have not yet been. You can find out about this in the article item number 3.

3. Obtaining a visa. Oh how! Someone will say: “Where did this item come from? He is not in general list!”. That's right, it is not there, because for each country obtaining a visa is individual. That's why I said that I included only the most important points on organizing a trip, I will not describe obtaining a visa to all more than 200 countries, especially yesterday, for example, in South Korea, a visa was needed, but today it is no longer there.

But, to make it easier to navigate this issue, because in any case it will be necessary to find out about the need to obtain a visa to a particular country, I will shed some light on this issue.

For starters, it would be nice to find out do i need a visa to the country where I was going. Personally, in this case, I do it simply: I go to Yandex and write “Japan visa” and see what they will give me. There are, of course, a bunch of sites where a whole list of visa-free or visa countries, but I do not trust them, because it is not known when this list was updated and whether it was updated at all. If you are still interested, then the best site (in terms of relevance at least) in my opinion is this one, but, I repeat, be sure to double-check the information.

If you need a visa, there are several ways to obtain it.:

• at the embassy of the city of Moscow - I often use this particular point, since it is the cheapest and easiest for me (despite the fact that I am not a Muscovite), I still go through Moscow;). However, it is good to know what documents are required to apply. I deal with the solution of this issue on the same site that I gave above, but you can follow the standard scheme - “google”, and the best thing is to go to the consulate website (although sometimes info is only available in English). And it would be nice to have acquaintances in Moscow who would take the documents if you do not need a personal presence.
• at the embassy of another country - this is if you have a lot of time and are traveling in more than one country.
• upon arrival in another country - this item is not valid for all countries, which also needs to be found out. There are also options for obtaining a visa when ordering services in the form of air tickets around the country or hotels (very expensive option)
• through a travel agency - the easiest way for those who do not live in the capital, however, you will have to pay for mediation. Accordingly, the farther from Moscow, the greater the “duty”.

4. What to take: card or cash? Choosing a plastic card. Money is the eternal question of mankind :). I think the title of the title speaks for itself. We decide in what form to take money with us, in cash or on a card? And if a card, which one is better? You will find answers to these questions in the article below. №4.

5. Buying a train ticket online. Since I am very far from the capital, and I fly mainly from Moscow, I often have to think about railway crossings. It is a pity that Russian Railways has no competitors, but if you make a purchase via the Internet, even a monopolist can find a couple of “tasty” offers. I wrote about this and much more in this article. item number 5.

6 and 7. Finding and buying cheap air tickets. The key word here would be “cheap” because, unlike railway, airlines compete, and how. But finding a cheap ticket is not so easy among the many “tricky” offers. So be sure to read not only the purchase method itself ( item number 7), but also the nuances of search engines that will help in your future experience in purchasing air tickets ( item number 8).

8. Finding cheap accommodation: book in advance or search locally. Well, of course, apart from all the tickets, we still need a roof over our heads. Since we are talking about independent travel, we will also look for and book a hotel on our own. There are two ways - booking in advance (via the Internet) and on the spot. What is better and better, you will definitely learn from the article item number 8.

9. List of travel items. It would seem the most banal point, well, why can’t I assemble myself? However, personally, I always keep with me a standard list of the most necessary things for all types of travel (mountain, long-term, recreational), so as not to suddenly forget something. Of course, a couple of items from the list are easily removed or added, it all depends on the preferences of each individual.

10. Airport: how to check in for a flight. Many travelers now chuckle when reading the title of this paragraph, apparently completely forgetting how they themselves stood for the first time in a huge airport lobby in confusion, not knowing where to go and who to turn to. And I remember, and therefore I wrote about how painlessly for your nerves to check in for a flight, which you can read about in paragraph number 9.

last two paragraphs No. 11 and No. 12 rather additional, however, in Lately I increasingly encounter questions from others on these two topics, which is why I put them on the list. Who joined our group

There is nothing difficult about making your trip on a budget. A little planning and knowing a few savings secrets is all it takes. Flights, hotels, visas, transportation, meals, communications - all of these items can be reduced with a little effort. MAKE-TRIP shares a dozen with you useful tips, how to travel cheap. Hurry to find out!

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1. Travel on your own!

The first (and most important) law: do not be afraid. It's simple, it's fun, it's cheap. Some people do not even imagine that it is possible to travel abroad without the involvement of agencies and other organizations - they believe that this is the only way to guarantee their safety. And in the end, they either get a boring rest, mostly in a supine position, or spend unimaginable amounts on more or less non-standard rest. Traveling alone is not only possible, but necessary! Only independent trip can be considered a real journey, everything else is a tourist vacation. Organize yourself great trip Anyone can, you just need to show a little independence. Look at our different countries and cities.

In our opinion, it is especially interesting to travel by car (personal or rented) - absolute freedom movements! If you are interested in this option, read our tips about. Traveling is amazing too!

2. Find the cheapest flights

The ability to find and book flights at the lowest price is the most needed skill for budget travel. The main rule that must always be remembered is that the earlier the purchase is made, the more chances find an affordable option. Ours will help you become a real master of finding the cheapest flights. It makes sense to keep track of the current ones on our website and see ours in a particular country or city.

Also, be sure to read about - in this article we talked about the schemes of budgetary entry into the Schengen countries through border Russia European countries. In addition, we advise you to find out about, which allow you to fly for amounts close to zero (buying tickets for 20/30/40 euros will not be a problem).

It is best to search for flights on the Skyscanner metasearch engine - it will find the best deals for you in any direction. This good helper independent travelers, since he is looking for tickets among hundreds of airlines and does not take a single ruble of commission from the buyer. The search engine makes it possible to view the cost of tickets to any country from all cities of Russia (or any other country) at once - a very convenient feature for budget travelers, it allows you to find an option at the best price.

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3. Make your own visas

Why resort to the help of an intermediary and pay him twice or three times as much for it? You do not turn to the help of agents if you want to buy something in a supermarket, and here you do not need to. After all, we are going to travel economically, and not to improve the welfare of strangers.

Search the Internet for information about the nearest consulate to you or visa application center desired country, collect all the required documents and go to them. Many people think that it is more reliable to do it through an agency, allegedly this way the probability of visa refusal is lower. This is a delusion, since the whole mission of these intermediaries is that they will take the documents to the consulate instead of you. Tips on how to prepare the right documents to improve your chances of getting a visa are easy to find on the Internet. Our site also has for a number of popular destinations.

4. Find and book your accommodation the right way

To make travel cheap, you need to find inexpensive accommodation. You can use the excellent metasearch engine Roomguru.ru and select the desired hotel according to your criteria and reasonable price. This resource compares prices among different booking agencies and finds the best deals. Large database of hotels, hostels, guest houses and so on. We recommend reading our tips on.

An alternative to hotels is a popular service for renting private accommodation Airbnb.ru. Try to find an apartment or house for your trip. It is much more comfortable and often cheaper (especially if you travel with a company or family). On service huge selection unique accommodation (beautiful apartments, villas and even residential boats and castles!), accommodation in which will make your trip much more enjoyable and memorable. Take advantage of the current promotion and get a discount - $25 bonus on your first booking.

To choose the perfect accommodation, look also for different cities.

And for those who generally want to live for free, the Couchsurfing resource is vital, where after registering and creating a personal profile, you can find people who are ready to host travelers. The network covers millions of users around the world.

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5. Travel light

Take only what you really need - do not burden yourself with excess luggage. As a result, there are a number of advantages: there is no need to wait a long time for baggage claim, there is no threat of losing it, you don’t have to pay for overweight (and with low-cost airlines in general, any baggage is always paid separately and can cost you up to hundreds of euros), and moving around the airport and in your destination will be much easier and more pleasant if you do not have to lug huge suitcases and bags with you. We even fly to Asia for semi-annual wintering with only one backpack per person.

Read also our tips on and formation. By the way, we recommend shopping on Aliexpress (we order there and tourist equipment, and equipment, and numerous accessories) - it turns out much more profitable than shopping in conventional stores. Pay attention to reviews to choose the best product. Another good store sports and tourist goods - Decathlon (there we bought a tent, hiking clothes and other equipment for trips to the Altai and the Caucasus).

6. Find out about airport transfers in advance

Taxi is always the most costly way transportation, it is much more profitable to use public transport: bus, metro, train. Read about all the possible options before departure - this way you will save a lot of money.

However, sometimes it is more convenient and cheaper to use private transfer- for example, when you travel with a large group and order a multi-seat car. For these cases, we can recommend a reliable service. Better yet, rent a car directly from the airport (you can find the best deal on Skyscanner Car Hire).

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7. Night move instead of hotel

Night travel by trains and buses will make travel cheaper. This good opportunity save time and money on the hotel at the same time. It is better to take first class tickets - you will have to overpay a little, but then you will be comfortable and you will sleep well. It’s not so convenient to ride on buses, so it’s better not to overdo it and not plan daily night trips for yourself - your body will swear. However, in some places there are slipper buses, the peculiarity of which is recumbent soft shelves instead of standard chairs (we made night trips to these more than once). It's definitely a great option for budget travel without loss of comfort.

It is also convenient to travel around Russia by trains on short distances picking up night crossings. For example, we traveled from St. Petersburg to Moscow, from Perm to Kazan - the journey took exactly one night, we slept well. There are many route options. You can find and book a train ticket at.

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8. Use discounts

Groupon gives you the opportunity to buy coupons with a significant discount on a variety of things and events: restaurants, shops, entertainment, attractions, leisure etc. If you are a student, a young teacher, or you are just under 30 years old, then it makes sense to get yourself an ISIC, ITIC or IYTC card. in Europe and North America on them you can get good discounts in the most different places- from cafes to museums.

9. Save on communication

Use Skype or Viber to communicate with Russia. Connect to local operators for local calls and 3G internet. By the way, using Skype you can call any landline and mobile phone numbers- these calls are paid, but inexpensive (for example, we used this opportunity to call from Vietnam to Russia and unblock a Sberbank card).

10. Use travel tickets

Learn about the system travel tickets to urban transport. As a rule, there are many types of travel cards, depending on the mode of transport, validity period and travel zones. Think about what type of ticket is best for you. If you want to save money and decide to travel like a hare, keep in mind that in many countries (especially in Europe) fines for free riders are very high.

Also in many popular tourist cities there are special museum cards, which provide discounts for visiting attractions and allow you to skip the lines.

11. Organize excursions yourself

It is always cheaper to get to the place you are interested in without the participation of agencies and guides, besides, you make your own visiting program - there is no need to adapt to a given schedule and rhythm.

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12. Eat at local restaurants

Eat while traveling cheap and delicious at the same time! Tourist-oriented restaurants always jack up prices. And in the places preferred by the residents themselves, you will find a real national cuisine, the lowest prices and the most delicious dishes. If you see a lot of local visitors in some restaurant or cafe, it means that the food is excellent there - feel free to come in too!

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Live economically and at the same time do not deny yourself anything - new concept gaining popularity in modern times. We are used to traveling, exploring new countries every year and spending a lot of money on this pleasure. However, if today we do not have the previous financial opportunities, this is not a reason to give up our favorite vacation. After all, the global tourism industry has long known many ways to travel "at a discount."

If you are independent, not afraid of new conditions, know how to plan your time and speak a foreign language, The best way savings abroad for you - an independent organization of travel without the participation of tour operators. You can buy a plane ticket via the Internet, book a room in a small family hotel, to rent a car. During an independent trip, there are also ways to save money: buying food in a supermarket instead of going to expensive cafes and restaurants with exorbitant prices designed for tourists, shopping during seasonal discounts, purchasing “guest” subscriptions for public transport or visiting museums and sightseeing.

Now more and more Russian travelers depart from the standard programs offered by agencies and travel independently. A whole class of self-amateur clients appears - people who prefer to independently organize their stay abroad based on the possibilities of their personal budget.

From point A to point B: buying tickets

When planning an independent trip, it is worth starting with a search cheap flights. There are several very useful sites where a tourist can get the cheapest fare: www.avantix.ru, www.polets.ru, www.amadeus.net. However, it is better to purchase tickets on your own through the websites of the airlines you have found, it is more reliable and a little cheaper. You can use the services of discount airlines specializing in flights at rail fares, Evolavia, etc.). However, they have a number of serious disadvantages - the purchased ticket cannot be returned to the box office, even if the flight is canceled, there is no service in the flight, the planes arrive at small provincial airports, from which you need to get to your place of residence by taxi or rented car.

We advise you to choose an inexpensive fare when buying an air ticket, having studied the offers in systems that combine search for many airlines: expedia.com, travel.yahoo.com, and special offers on airline websites. You should definitely book tickets in advance, do not forget that a flight with a transfer can reduce the cost of air tickets several times, and when choosing a departure date, consider several options. Most airlines have an electronic ticketing system, which is carried out through online booking - you can pay for your order with a bank card. Also, the card is necessary if you plan to move abroad within the country and want to buy a ticket for a domestic flight from Russia in advance.

If the plane still seems expensive to you, and you can’t find cheap fares, you can use the railway. For example, going to Austria for ski resort You can take the train to save money. This is almost two times cheaper than by plane (about 400, not 700 euros). However, there is one serious disadvantage - individuals train tickets are sold for 45 days, and for legal ones - for 90. Therefore, when a person comes to buy a ticket, it may often turn out that they are no longer there - the agencies have bought everything. There are no such problems with airplanes: you can quite easily buy a ticket there even a few months before departure.

Independent rest: saving rules

• Rest in advance and not with everyone. It is worth going on a trip at the end of January instead New Year holidays and in June instead of August. In the first case, prices for placement and re-smearing are lower by 70%. And vacationers in June save 30-40% compared to tourists traveling in August. If you are still going on vacation during the peak season, start booking tickets and accommodation 3-4 months in advance, then you are guaranteed best deals at the best prices.

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• Villas and apartments instead of hotels. always cheaper than hotels, regardless of the country you choose.

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• Non-touristic places. Instead of a well-known well-known resort, you should prefer a small medieval town located nearby - the prices there will be half as much, and you will get no less pleasure.

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Going to independent travel, you can save money by staying in a non-tourist expensive hotel, but by renting housing from the local population. Cozy apartments, cottages or even yurts (if you are going, for example, to Mongolia) will give you a comprehensive idea of ​​the life and customs of the "natives". And by renting a car, you can drive around the country without parting with "a picture, a basket, a cardboard box and a little dog."

Pension instead of hotel

One of the main expense items of a traveler abroad is accommodation. You can save a lot on a hotel by staying in a small private pension or renting inexpensive apartments. Self-booking accommodation is quite simple. Usually the site has all the information on English language, you can set search parameters: room size, price, number of rooms. Leave a request, and after a while you start to receive suitable offers. Write letters to the owners, negotiate. We received answers pretty quickly, but in general it took about two to three weeks to find housing. The search time depends on the finicky of the tourist. You always want to keep looking in the hope that something more attractive will appear, but if there is no time, you can find a decent option in a week. The pension will cost about 300 euros per person for two weeks of stay. European boarding houses are small private family hotels with 6-7 rooms. Most often they correspond in level to three-star hotels. To check in there, you need to show the owner proof that you paid for the stay.

Good opportunities for savings are provided by the rental of villas, apartments, loggias, cottages, bungalows. These types of accommodation are rarely used by travel agencies accustomed to mass products. Meanwhile, apartments for 4-5 people cost the same as a hotel double room. Couples prefer them due to the ability to comfortably accommodate small children and individual diet. And the youth - for the fact that you can live there in a big company.

There is an even more economical way - homestay, offered by many companies involved in organizing "exchange holidays" www.hospitalityclub.org, but this is quite a risky option - it is difficult to predict which people you will get to and whether they will spoil you long awaited vacation.

Issue price

If independent purchase tickets and booking a room still seems to you a rather difficult process and you want, as usual, to use the services of a travel agency, then try to contact only "trusted authorities". Now, due to the crisis, many tour operators have problems and it is possible that in a small and not too famous company, offering vouchers with incredible discounts, they will take your money, draw up all the documents, and then go bankrupt without fulfilling their obligations. Study the press, follow the reputation of agencies and the general situation in the travel market, subscribe to the newsletter and reviews of special offers from travel agencies, determine for yourself the circle of “strong players” who are not very afraid of the consequences of the crisis. Unfortunately, the risk of running into unscrupulous operators is always high.

Those who have already tried to travel on their own believe that it is not so difficult to organize, the savings are obvious, and the lack of a clearly regulated route and routine makes it possible to plunge into the color of the country, get non-standard experience, feel like a pioneer, and not look at the world from the window hotel or bus. On the one hand, savings always affect comfort, but on the other hand, such a vacation more accurately meets your needs and allows you to abandon expensive stereotypes that are the result of the work of large tour operators. A self-organized weekly vacation at sea for a family of 3-4 people or a company of 2-3 families according to the AAA principle (air flight + car + apartments) will cost you 55-60 thousand rubles. We assure you that there will be no unpleasant surprises in civilized countries. Savings on this trip will be about 30-35 thousand rubles. per person.

True, on such trips it is important to know foreign language and easy to communicate with local population. Irina Moshchenko traveled to China on her own, flew four times in two weeks domestic airlines, traveled about 500 kilometers on buses, used railway trains. "In addition to airfare, my girlfriend and I spent about $ 1,000-1,300 during our vacation, without denying ourselves delicious food and entertainment. If the trip was organized by an agency, our trip (including a guide, car, mandatory hotel accommodation during the entire route) would cost at least twice as much," she says. Independent organization rest, of course, has a number of advantages and allows you to save quite a lot of money. However, you must have the time and desire to look for the best and convenient options. Are you ready for such a travel adventure? Decide for yourself.

Tourist services that cannot be obtained without a bank card

Flight

• Purchasing e-tickets
• Redemption from Russia of tickets for domestic flights foreign countries

If you have an Aeroflot-MasterCard-ALFA-BANK bank card, you can simply accumulate enough miles as a bonus and exchange them for an air ticket -

I decided to create this little cheat sheet, in which I described step by step the procedure for organizing any trip: be it to me in Dahab, in our vast Motherland or anywhere else in the world.

Here I have collected all the information about useful services for travelers, using which you can easily, interestingly, variously and, most importantly, safely organize your trip. So, save the page to your browser bookmarks, so that later you don’t have to search all over again on the web 🙂.

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And I, in turn, will try to give comprehensive information on the age-old question: how to organize a vacation abroad.

So...let's go.

First of all, you need to decide: Are you going to travel according to a package offer from the operator or, as well as suitcases, tickets, insurance and hotel will be completed by yourself.

Where to buy a package tour

Now, in order to buy a tour to anywhere in the world, you don’t even need to leave your home. There are cool on-line aggregators with the possibility of instant booking, which, after analyzing the offers of hundreds of tour operators, will show the best prices in the direction you have chosen.

Things get more interesting if you and your friend are going to travel on your own. This is what most of this article is devoted to.

Where to buy cheap tickets, book accommodation, insure and order a taxi

Visa

What is the visa regime of the country you are going to? Here you will have to look for information or turn to competent guys who are competent in these matters. This can also be done without leaving your home here (every time I am surprised how laziness is the engine of progress).

ABOUT visa regime in Egypt, I wrote in an article

Buying tickets

Here I stop my choice on ticket search services skyscanner And airline sales

But, nevertheless, most often I prefer aviaseles. It triples the optimal set of tools for me.

Tracking cheap flights on aviaseles

The guys are working hard to ensure that we have the opportunity to track prices for areas of interest. And they come up with different tools for this, some of which let's talk about 🙂 .

Application for mobile devices

aviaseles has a mobile app. It often displays offers that are not on the site. Thus, developers promote their mobile service. However, issuing "bonuses" for using the application is a common practice on the network 🙂 . It is not usual that a free service works without glitches and is worthy of our attention only for this. So feel free to install it on your gadget. Download from the link to the official page offering to install the plugin:

Browser plugin

Another tool. This time for PC: the aviasales plugin is installed in the Google Chrome browser. With it, users can find tickets and proceed to their booking.

Its benefit is that:

Instant notifications- when subscribing to a direction, price change notifications will be sent directly to the plugin. This happens immediately when cheaper tickets are found.

Fast clearance- in the plugin you can store your passport data. When issuing a ticket, all the main fields will be filled in automatically from the plugin. At the same time, your data is stored in the browser itself and is not transmitted to the service server. Sending occurs only at the time of ticket issuance, so everything is very safe.

Current special offers- the plugin displays the most current special offers from airlines and booking agencies.

Calendar low prices

And finally, the main tool, in my opinion, is the low price calendar (I posted it below). Sometimes it displays offers that are more profitable than in the main search on the aggregator's website. You can check right now by asking the direction you need here and in the search on the site.

Little hack. Search for one-way tickets only, analyze the low price calendar, mark the date with the best price offer, make sure that you are satisfied with all the conditions of the flight. Then everything is the same with the search for tickets home. Ultimately, the last step is to search for round-trip tickets, in which you should set the dates for which there were the cheapest flights. With a high probability, the search engine will offer you the most pleasant price.

I wrote in detail about buying tickets to Dahab in the article.

We book accommodation

A. Hotel booking. The unchanging leader in matters of hotel booking has been and remains Booking.com

Although, I personally like the metasearch engine hotellook. Still, on booking.com the light has not converged like a wedge and there are other not bad booking systems that, at times, offer delicious prices. And hotellook is good because it gives an overview of the price offers of various booking services. In addition, they also have a mobile offer with a sea of ​​​​interesting booking offers.

B. Search for housing. First, housing can be searched on the above-mentioned services. If you haven’t looked at anything there, you can refer to sites such as Airbnb or

Of course, no one canceled the social. networks, acquaintances or resettlement "by exchange". I also have offers for vacationers in Dahab. You can see them.

Insurance

I know a lot of guys who, in order to save money, neglect medical insurance on a journey. But this, as they say, is up to the first case ... Because no one else dares to fly into such amounts for the second time. In general, let's not talk about sad things, as they say, be careful - God protects. You can solve the issue of insurance on this site

Transfer

Please make sure your hotel does not provide a free taxi from the airport before ordering a transfer. Asked the price for different options and, in principle, the prices are quite the same nothing. I recommend. Also have perfect solution- free Uber app, which can be used when moving around the city. From Sharm to Dahab and back you can order from me 😉 .

In general, this is the minimum that is quite enough to organize a vacation abroad..

We organize leisure and travel

– railway tickets and subscriptions in Europe.

is an international service for booking cheap car rentals in the world, Russia, and Europe.

is a convenient service for searching and buying bus tickets in Russia, the CIS and Europe.

–booking ground and water transport while traveling in Asia.

– rental of motorcycles, bicycles and scooters in any part of the world.

BlaBlaCar- Search for reliable companions.

(English) — tickets to concerts, sporting events (MLB, NBA, NFL, NHL, NCAA, boxing, etc.) and theatrical performances around the world.

(English) -From Paris to Phuket, from traditional tours to unique experiences, there is something for every traveler to choose from: helicopter tours, day trips And multi-day excursions, private and VIP shows and much more.

– booking sea ​​cruises.

– unusual excursions from local residents in 350 cities around the world.

What to do when traveling with English

I know that many are stopped by the lack of English. On the one hand, I believe that this is not a reason to deny yourself pleasure (I am convinced of this by the fact that she herself went to live abroad without knowing the language), on the other hand, he needs a nosebleed ... It is needed not in order to get from point A to point B (the abyss will not work - the world is full of people ready to help you), but in order to be able to communicate with people along the way, exchanging and enriching yourself. It is at this moment that it happens to us real life🙂 .So keep in mind: you can ask a question (you will need reading and speaking skills), but it’s not at all a fact that you will understand the answer. Therefore, if you plan (in the format of a lifetime) to feel free in terms of language, then you should take care of this right now.

Well, in my opinion, the most the best option, is to devote 5 hours of your time on the eve of the trip and go through FREE thematic lessons of the English course that I studied.
The lessons are also called "Hotel - Reception". In order to access them, you need to register using the link. Then confirm your email address and get access to thematic lessons.

Lessons fit:

For those who do not know the language at all (remember and practice key phrases);

For those who want to brush up on travel vocabulary.

Long term solution

— You study English so hard... What are the prospects?

“No… I just want to be ready if they show up…”

from my conversation with a friend

In general, my friends, you need to be ready for the opportunities that life provides. Moreover... working on ourselves and developing, we begin to create them ourselves.

And knowledge of the language is an opportunity to travel, career growth, new friends, life abroad, etc. To each his own...

I also had my own reasons 🙂

And I chose for myself, as it turned out later, just a bombing way to learn English. Although the course is called “English in 15 weeks”, nevertheless, this is not an option for idlers who expect to speak in an instant, but for those who know that for a good guaranteed result you will need to work - it took me 1.5 years to complete the course. But there is a result 🙂! I like to take a complex approach to solving any issue and this tutorial allowed me to speak through a methodically built course program.

By the way, the course has a Test Drive - 5 free lessons, where you can plunge headlong into the learning process and decide whether this teaching method suits you or not.

In order to get access to 5 free lessons, you need to register in the form that I have embedded below. Then confirm your email address and get access to the lessons.