What is the best way to buy a tour. How does direction affect price? Search for neighboring dates

Pss, need a tour? Look in - we are here to tell you how to get it as painlessly as possible for the budget. How to find a last-minute tour and where is it cheaper to buy a regular one?

VK groups and telegram channels are, of course, good, but too fleeting and momentary. How to find the cheapest tours not only for today-tomorrow, but also for a week-month-year ahead?

Here is our instruction, developed over 8 tour trips, among which were Thailand for 60,000, and Greece for 26,000, and Spain for 35,000! Everything - for two and in 2017-2018, and not when the dollar was thirty 🙂

Ways

Buying a tour online

If you are used to visiting travel agency offices, it's time to try an alternative - a tour aggregator. If you haven't visited the nearest Pilgrim Travel yet, should you?

Buying a tour online is easy, convenient and modern. Everyone has been booking hotels on Booking and flights on Skyscanner for a long time, it's time for ready-made trips!

Where to look for cheap tours?

Their idea is extremely simple: the services analyze the bases of tour operators, compare prices and show available options tours, ranking them by cost or rating.

Advantages:

1. Search tours for all tour operators, moreover, reliable. No one on this scale budget tour will not go unnoticed.
2. Prices directly from tour operators. No additional payments for office rent, employee benefits, tea and cookies.
3. Really cheap tours , which even the cheapest travel agencies will not offer. Search engines will point you to Turkey for 30,000 for two, well, because that's how they are programmed, but travel agents are programmed for profit. Which increases with the amount laid out by the client.
4. Your own choice. And do not be afraid of this phrase! Calmly study reviews about hotels and be guided by prices - then the worm will definitely not swallow “what if there was something more profitable / closer to the sea?”
5. All conditions for hunting burning: saw + immediately bought = managed 🙂

Additional pluses:

Documents - immediately by e-mail
+ 24-hour support and offices in major cities
+ Secure card payment
+ Installment / the ability to split the payment into two stages

What is the best search engine for tours - not to say so, it's worth seeing all three. We noticed that, for example, the list of departure cities is wider, you can book a tour with a discount using the promotional code, and it always displays the final price with fuel surcharge (if any).

Rating of cheap countries by seasons

It is useful to know where the cheapest vouchers are sold. For each season, there are several mass destinations that differ in budget. Here is a brief rating of cheap countries and the minimum cost of the tour in 2019 (7 nights, 2 people):

The price is for one person when buying a tour for two

Smart search for tours across all tour operators

Where to look for tours - we have identified, now the question is - how? First, use smart search tours: online aggregators allow you to set parameters that will filter out uninteresting offers.

Let's say you intend to buy the most cheap tour, that's just to get out of the country. It is logical that a 5 * hotel on all inclusive is not included in your plans, so put the appropriate checkmark in front of the filters “Star rating / Hotel class” and “Food”. You can also play around with the distance to the sea, beach type, rating, etc.

Low Price Calendar and Date Flexibility

So, in order to choose a ticket optimally, flexibility in travel dates is desirable, at least a day or two.

Departure from Moscow or neighboring cities

It's a shame, but a fact: inexpensive tour packages for regions, especially distant ones, are quite rare. But cheap tours from Moscow are quite natural, because the development of air traffic decides.

If it is not difficult for you to get / fly to the capital, then you can think about it. We often take a ticket with a flight from Moscow and get there by train (and the amount is still an order of magnitude lower than from Kazan).

Well, if no Russian Railways, Pobeda help, look for where tours are cheaper, in the nearest big cities(St. Petersburg, Samara, Novosibirsk). But do not forget to evaluate whether such a way to save your comfort (especially with a child) is worth it?

Flexibility in directions

Conservatism is good, but sometimes it hits the pocket. And if you once again decided to buy a ticket to Turkey, but the price hinted that something was wrong, we advise you to change your priorities.

• Look for "fallback" options among the traditional budget directions(list above)
• When choosing a resort, study the prices for each (the site itself will tell you the names)

For example, cheap tours to Greece in 2019 are much more common than in previous years; and for an average price Turkish hotel 5 stars you can take an excellent Greek "five". Yes, it will not be all inclusive, but breakfast + dinner, but do you feel the difference in level? In addition, applying for a Schengen is very simple; and if it is open, then there are no barriers at all 🙂

In general, shuffle countries and places on search engines. Fortunately, there are places to fly from Russia (and even without a visa - as many as 88 countries).

Our hotel in Greece according to the fortune system (a tour for 11 nights cost us 27,000 rubles)

Low season holiday

From our experience, the most effective life hack on how to buy a cheap tour is to choose low season. More precisely, the off-season is when the weather is already or still ok, but there are no crowds on the beaches / streets, and prices are not inflated.

• to European maritime countries and Turkey is cheaper to travel in May and the second half of September-October. Works for beach holiday, and for the excursion
• It is more economical to fly to Thailand, the Dominican Republic, Cuba and even the Maldives in May-June and September-October (except for the Maldives)

We somehow looked through the whole forum, finding out if it's normal in Thailand at the end of May. All, as one, frightened with showers, but somehow unconvincingly, in words. Well, a cheap tour (Phuket, 10 days, 3 * with breakfast, 60,000 for two), in the end, did its job. The off-season May Island - without tourists and, surprisingly, without rain - we liked much more than the January one (when a similar ticket costs 90,000 rubles).

Photo from our trip to Krabi province in Thailand

Early booking

The cheapest tours are last-minute. Tour operators “throw away” them a few days before departure in order to somehow recoup the cost. Let's say right away where to look: at and. Correct the input data and choose (of course, if any)!

If you haven’t gone to the online distance where you can buy last-minute tours, with luck, you can do it once or twice, you know: this is still a lottery. Firstly, hotels tend to not sell out for certain reasons (guess what?). And secondly, last-minute tours do not appear so often, and it is better to count on them for a spontaneous trip, but definitely not for a planned one.

Promo codes

Everything is clear here: from time to time, search engines delight with promotional codes. On this moment, this is a site of cheap tours that allows you to make them - tours - a little more profitable.

• UAF300howtrip - a coupon for 300 rubles for any tours from 20,000
• UAF500howtrip - coupon for 500 rubles for any tours from 40,000
• UAF1000howtrip - a coupon for 1000 rubles for any tours from 60,000

Tours on the "fortune" system

Fortune is for adventurous and picky optimists. Well, or for superchip trips. It is found, as well as, not always and not everywhere.

In a nutshell, tour fortune is when you know only the resort, duration, hotel star rating and type of food. For example, 7 nights in Kemer in a 4 * hotel on an all-inclusive basis. The hotel itself will be known upon arrival in the country. More about Fortune on the example of Turkey.

What's the point? In exchange for such mystery, you get the cheapest tour - tours to all "certain" hotels cost 3+ thousand more.

How to find fortune?

• Go to , or
• Drive in the direction (ideally - the resort)
• Set ranking by price
• Select the desired stardom with a tick - fortune, if any, should be displayed in the first positions

Before you choose and buy a tour, take a look at the available hotel options from the tour operator offering fortune. In some of them they will settle! Plus, there is an opportunity to bring down the already low price with one of the promotional codes above 🙂

• If you travel abroad more than once a year: think about travel bank cards that return up to 7% of the purchase amount of the tour / tickets / hotels (we have Binbank AirMiles)
• Some tour operators can sell both a traditional tour (flight + accommodation + insurance), and a "ground" - only accommodation. Don't worry, you won't stumble upon this by accident; you need to select a separate column "only hotel" in the window of a specific hotel. Sometimes ground transportation is cheaper than booking on Booking
• Important reminder: the cheapest tours abroad do not always = quality. Still, you have to “pay” with something: comfort, food, inconvenient flight
• There are no cheap tour operators, there are economy offers in different directions. Therefore, when searching for a tour, online aggregators that process all tour operators and all resorts win.

Well, will you try to find a tour on your own? 🙂 Share in the comments how budget you spent your holiday and where!

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During the tourist season, many Russians go on holiday to Turkey. This is due primarily to low prices on tours than in other countries. Today, vacationing in resorts can be quite expensive. It is worth knowing when it is better to buy tours to Turkey in order to save money and at the same time get good service and relax in comfort.

Should I buy a ticket in advance?

There are several options for purchasing tickets. It will be beneficial to buy a tour in advance or purchase a last-minute tour. Despite the fact that the purchase of last-minute tours is very popular today, it is not always possible to purchase them. Especially in tourist season it is quite difficult to buy such a tour. That is why the best option there will be an early booking.

The option of buying a ticket in advance will be beneficial if you plan to travel to a country that is simply not offered. Today there are many such places. Basically, these are countries that require a visa to enter. Since a last-minute tour is considered an option when there are several days left before departure, there is no time left to apply for a visa. In addition, booking a tour in advance is more convenient, because in this case you can plan your vacation well and foresee everything. With a burning tour, you should always be ready in anticipation of a suitable option. Of course, Turkey is one of the countries in which last-minute tours are offered quite often.

How far in advance should I buy a ticket?

In order to profitably buy a ticket, you need to think about it in advance. In this case, you can save a lot. It is best to do this a few months before the start of the season. So to buy a ticket to summer direction, you should go to the sales office at the end of winter or at the beginning of spring. In the event that a vacation is planned for winter time, to purchase a ticket should be at the end of summer. It is for such a period that you can get a really profitable tour.

The cost of a tour depends on many factors. First of all, food, airfare, hotel accommodation, etc. are taken into account. Due to the fact that all this will cost the cheapest when traveling to Turkey, this direction is one of the most popular. That is why many travel companies redeem tours as soon as the opportunity arises. Naturally, they need to sell all these tours, so they start doing this in a few months. At this time, there is an opportunity to purchase economical tours, which are quickly sold out. Then there are more expensive offers.

Disadvantages of Early Booking

Despite the lower cost of tours, buying a ticket to Turkey in advance may not be very convenient. The main disadvantage in this case may be that long time circumstances can change a lot. So, for example, the owner of a voucher may lose his job, become seriously ill, or simply not be given a vacation. In this case, from the voucher, while losing a certain amount. It is also inconvenient that each person can change his mind and decide to rest in another country. In this case, you will already have to use the purchased tour so as not to lose money.

You can buy a ticket to Turkey at favorable price. In order to choose the right tour, you should consider various offers and compare them with other companies. It may turn out that there are more advantageous vouchers, which can be purchased in advance or vice versa, it is better to postpone this issue and wait for the burning tour to appear.

Last minute tours are a tidbit for any tourist who likes to save their money. And this is a great opportunity to arrange a spontaneous vacation for little money.

The tour becomes "burning" if it runs out of "best before". In fact, the tour operator arranges a sale on the eve of departure so as not to incur losses. The tour consists of air travel, transfer, insurance and hotel reservation. If the hotel has a lot of unsold seats or the plane is half empty, the tour operator reduces the price of hotel accommodation. The price difference between a burning and a regular tour can be 30-50%. How to catch a hot tour? Most best way- Follow them online. The tour operator is interested in selling the last-minute tour as soon as possible. The selection and purchase of a tour online is several times faster than in a travel agency - you see all the offers at once and can choose suitable option. On the Tutu.ru website, you can buy last-minute tours from all tour operators in 8 minutes, ahead of everyone who wants to go on a trip at a bargain price. The more noticeable the tour, the more profitable this offer is, the more people want to catch this “tidbit”. Therefore, if you find an offer that you like, then hurry up with the payment - it can be taken right from under your nose.

Last minute tours from Moscow

Most of the last-minute tours are offered with a departure from Moscow. Hundreds of regular and charter flights depart daily from the capital to many countries of the world. Buying last-minute tours 2019 with a departure from Moscow, you get the opportunity to save a lot - most often they are cheaper than similar ones from Russian regions.

Watch for new hot tours online, choose from a variety of offers and relax with pleasure!

Are you planning a vacation abroad, but the prices for good propositions- to put it mildly, bite? Especially for you, we have prepared several tricks that allow you to reduce the final score by tourist package. Something that travel agents won't tell you for sure.

Only proven tricks that save your hard earned money.

The article is relevant when choosing popular, "all inclusive" destinations: Turkey, Egypt, Tunisia, Dominican Republic, etc. And for those who are used to buying package tours containing: transfer, hotel, flight and insurance.

All-inclusive package is cheaper than usual - how to save money when buying

A complex approach

Oddly enough, but a vacation in hot countries for a couple of weeks is much more profitable to buy a “package” through a travel agency. Independent, step-by-step: booking air tickets, a hotel for accommodation, buying insurance and transfer - justifies itself only if long trips, for a period of one month. Why is that?

The fact is that with the wholesale "purchase" of hotels and tickets for air transportation of passengers, the tour operator receives decent discounts. Of course, in order for tourists to turn to him, and not to start "free swimming", he shares part of the discount with you.

Can everyone see?

To save on a ticket to hot countries, we do not recommend focusing on one tour operator. Much more logical to look for package tours in travel aggregator companies, where offers from all popular travel operators are presented. Every tour. the operator sets its own prices. The difference in the cost of a voucher, including the same items, can reach 30%.

A tour operator is one who organizes tours: establishes contacts with representatives of hotels, air carriers. Most popular examples: TezTour, Biblio Globus, Anex Tour, Pegast touristic.

Travel company - an organization that offers for sale ready-made tours from tour operators. It has its own premium for sold tours to the end consumer.

Early = cheaper

To reduce the cost of travel popular destinations Please pay attention to early booking. As a rule, a pre-planned purchase helps to save up to 40% of the cost of the tour + gives you a head start in choosing hotels and rooms.

Early booking is a program that runs from January to April. You buy much in advance, in the first months of the year, and in return, hotels offer up to 40% discount on the cost of tours scheduled for May-April. Remarkably, travel operators allow you to pay for such tours in installments, without interest and overpayments.

The famous place is worth more

Chain hotels are much more expensive than local ones. Want to save money on an all-inclusive package? Study the websites of small hotels, read reviews on them and make a choice in favor of such accommodation.

Overpayment "for the name" can reach 10-30% under equal conditions of residence and provision of services.

Right time

The holiday will be just as amazing, but much cheaper if you choose the right dates. The beginning and end of the season: May and September will always be 20-30% cheaper than in the midst of vacations and school holidays.

Do you want to do well? Do it yourself!

But, some correction should be made: before going to the manager, we advise you to independently look at various hotels to choose from. And to do this through a resource in which all tour operators are offered. For example, fly.ru.

The travel agent is not interested in your savings. Perhaps you will find something more profitable?

On any such search engines there is a rating system. All chain or popular hotels will be located higher than non-advanced, economical alternative options. Sometimes, not rated, but very successful offers are not “thrown out” at all in the general search. In this case, it is necessary to put a tick on specific hotels.

Of course, having previously found them on the Internet. This trick will allow you not only to save money on buying a ticket, but also to choose an excellent offer that is not sold at tripartite prices.

Every day counts

If you have already started an independent preliminary search for a hotel, “play around” with the dates. Very often, tours can differ by 2% -5% in value only on whether you fly out a day earlier or later.

Travel agents are too lazy to make such "brute force". And you can win a couple of extra thousand by pressing a couple of buttons.

Dollar $ and its value

Pay attention to the dollar. All trips to hot countries are tied to this currency. If today you pay 57,600 rubles for a ticket worth $1,000, then tomorrow, with a possible fall, you will have to pay only 56,300 rubles. A trifle, but nice, right?

The exchange rate for tomorrow is set after lunch. Is the dollar rising? Buy today? Is it falling? Pay your ticket tomorrow.

What about haggling?

Few people know, but with managers in travel agency you can bargain. Of course, not like in the market in Egypt, but throwing off a couple of thousand rubles from every thousand dollars is quite likely.

They have their own margin on the cost you paid. If the manager is interested in the client and does not want to let him go, he will offer you a discount. They are less willing to bargain during early booking - their benefit is much lower, less cheat on the tour.

Back to hot

If you missed the possibility of early booking, but you want to save money on your vacation, turn your attention towards last-minute tours. By the way, the best deals can be found in groups social networks major travel agencies in your city.

Unlike typical sites selling holidays, they post “free” canceled tours or really “burning out” vouchers with departure tomorrow or the day after tomorrow.

We hope these tricks will help you save at least a small, but pleasant amount of money when buying a ticket to hot country. Do you know of any other features? Maybe you have found other ways to save money? Share your opinions and stories in the comments!

Of course, it's great when you can plan your vacation several months in advance, buy tickets or a tour and calmly wait for the cherished date on the calendar ...

But what if you can’t plan your vacation exactly in advance? For example, in recent months, a dog has given birth to us, a close relative has fallen ill, several urgent work orders have happened, we had to look after the turtle of friends who left before us ... Well, how to buy a ticket in advance with such initial data?

If you have - about the same picture - read the tips below.

If your goal is the sea or a popular city in the hot season, and you want to fly away in the next week or two, then most likely it will be more profitable and certainly faster to find a cheap, so-called "burning" package tour.

Of course, if you have a visa and your goal is European city, you can look for low-cost flights, book a hotel yourself, etc., but in this article we are primarily considering the situation when there is no time and travel dates are determined only a week before it or even less.

For those who are already itching, you can start searching for a cheap tour through this reliable form:

Where to look for a cheap tour with real prices?

The general answer is the Internet. Only through the Internet you can quickly view dozens of offers and choose the best and most inexpensive option for you. Another thing is that the prices on the sites often do not correspond to the declared ones, and it’s a bit scary to buy a last-minute tour via the Internet for the first time. (Looking ahead - you can buy the options below in the office, but it’s better to find it via the Internet).

Very often, companies sin by not including fuel surcharges in the total cost of the tour. Like, these are costs from another category, and in general - the main thing is to attract a client with a low price, and come what may ... But we don’t care what category it is from, we pay out of our own pocket!

In general, now I will give several working tested options with the final price, where you can definitely choose and buy.

1. Website Online Tours

That's what I call a "site with a human face." shows us all offers with already final price. With flight, accommodation, selected food system, insurance, transfer from the airport. You don't need to add anything in your mind.
Moreover, she shows precisely on the basis of all those traveling - not some kind of hypothetical “for one”, but for everyone, including children, if they are traveling with you. The search system is very flexible.
The company, of course, is the most humane, has been working for a long time, with physical offices in different cities Russia, 24/7 telephone support (more than 250 operators in different cities) and the winner of many competitions in the field of tourism.
Just go to the tab "", choose right direction, departure city and see all offers.

Here sooooo convenient system setting parameters in comparison with other companies. The main thing is that you can immediately look for holidays with children, while on most other sites you can see last-minute tours only for one or two.

If you have very specific preferences (for example, you want to relax in April, only in Kemer and inexpensively), but desired tour no - leave your email address - as soon as something appears, the system will send you a notification.

And what after you have chosen a tour? The easiest option is to pay immediately bank card. But not everyone immediately has the necessary amount in the account, and indeed it can be scary to transfer such money online. Exit? The company offers to immediately pay only 30% of the cost of the tour, and the rest - by card or in the office within 3 days. Moreover, in large Russian cities a courier with a payment terminal can come to you free of charge. Well, isn't it a fairy tale?

After payment, you will receive a contract, and if you pay in cash at the office, you will also receive a check.
Moreover, the system supports bonuses from Mnogo.ru cards, and also accrues its own bonus miles for each purchased tour, more than 30,000 rubles.

I also really like the opportunity to purchase the “Extended insurance” option with one click, which is very convenient, especially for families with small children. After all, children are always unpredictable - they can get sick right before the trip, and then you have to stay at home ... Extended insurance in this case allows you to return all the money for the failed trip, and not lose it. Moreover, a refund will be made even if your child who does not fly with you falls ill.

Personally, I am very pleased with how the company develops and constantly improves its service.

2. Website of Level.Travel company.

The company works on a similar principle as the previous one, but with slight differences. So, for example, here you can’t immediately find a last-minute tour for a family with children, but you can set other parameters, for example, the type of food or the number of stars in the hotel.
It's also nice that you can immediately see the time of arrival and departure, and thereby save yourself from unpleasant surprises like getting up at 2 am for an early flight to the airport. Moreover, if the proposed flight does not suit you in time, you can immediately choose another one.

You can pay part of it right away, and then part of it is not possible in every tour, but there is an option to buy a tour in installments. You can mark it, fill out a short questionnaire - and within 15 minutes you will receive a response from the company. Installments are given at 0% if you pay for it within 50 days.

You can also fully pay for the tour at one of the company's offices (available throughout Russia). But in the case of last-minute tours, you need to understand that while you are driving to the office, someone else can buy a ticket, so it’s better, of course, to pay online.

For the purchase of any tour you get points. 1 point = 1 ruble. You can spend them when buying next round. The system also works with Mnogo.ru and Kukuruz cards.

See what tours are available now.

3. Sites of major tour operators

Sometimes it makes sense to watch last-minute tours also on the sites of large tour operators, such as Biblioglobus. directly with individual tourists they do not work, but you can always find the address of the agency closest to you directly on their website and ask them to sell a tour from them.
Life hack: if you came to an ordinary travel agency with a clear and specific option, a la “tour to Kemer, hotel such and such, dates such and such, price on the tour operator’s website such and such”, you can ask them for a discount for the time saved - after all, you did all the work on the selection of the tour yourself.

But in order for the selection of the tour to be successful, read a couple more tips.

Important points to pay attention to when looking for a last minute tour

Visa

If you need a visa to the country of your dreams, but you can’t decide on the dates yet, do it in advance, separately! And then, with full right and pride, look for a burning tour. You can contact a travel agency or apply for a visa yourself. Often it can be more profitable to make a visa separately, and then buy a cheap last-minute tour. Well, or at least more predictable for people with busy schedules.

The only thing that is extremely important for you to remember is that you need a visa with a good corridor of days - so that it does not expire before you get out on a trip. Example - You are planning to visit Spain for 10 days within the next three months. So, you need a visa for 10 days with a corridor of 90 days. Or multiple entry visa.

Well very cheap deals

Pay attention to the number of days on the tour, as well as the type of food. Very often, cheap last-minute tours are a vacation for 3, 4 days without meals. And this is not always the best option.

seasonality

Remember about seasonality - the closer to the peak of the season, the higher the price, even for the hottest tours. For example, a ticket to Cyprus in June could be found for $700 for two, at the end of July it was difficult to find a last-minute tour cheaper than $1,000 with the same parameters.

Getting to the city of departure

If you still have to get to the city of departure, it is very important to think about how you will do this before buying a tour. During the high season, there may not be optimal tickets for intercity train / bus - in this case, you will have to pay or extra hours expectations, or paying more than expected. Of course, there is often an option to get there by your own car, but there are also nuances here - for example, how safe it is to leave it for the whole vacation in a foreign city.