Economical traveler. How to save money on travel: practical tips

• If you like to stay in hotels, hot deals on Priceline or Hotwire can save you up to 60% off the regular price. You can also participate in the Better Bidding auction, where buyers place bids, and you can also look at the previous prices at which you booked a particular room and avoid overpaying.
  I once managed to get a room in Times Square during the Christmas holidays for only $90 a night.
• When you check into your room, ask for extra amenities. The tourism sector is not in the best state at the moment, and it is very likely that your request will be granted and you will receive a compliment from the hotel for free. After all, all hotels want their clients to feel good and tell their friends and acquaintances about good service.
• If you are traveling in a company of 3-4 people, then take a deluxe room. Usually there are folding sofas and beds. Once, while traveling as a group of four, we rented a king room in Chicago at a 4-star hotel, which cost only $50 each.
• If you come for a week or more, it is better to rent an apartment. There are plenty of great options on AirBnB, Wimdu, HomeAway and 9Flats, they're almost always cheaper than hotels and you'll have your own kitchen to save on food costs.
• You can also use sites like Couchsurfing and Hospitality Club, which allow you to stay with locals for free. I love these sites very much and have used their services more than once. My experience was extremely positive. This type of accommodation will not only save you money on housing, but also provide an excellent opportunity to get a free city tour from a local resident. What could be better?
• Most hostels also offer private rooms at a lower price than hotels. You'll have a private bathroom and clean sheets every day, free Wi-Fi, and sometimes a TV. In New York, a hostel room cost me $80 per night, and in the nearest hotel (in the Central Park area) room rates started at $120, and Wi-Fi was not included in this price.

Travel Tricks

• If possible, visit local travel agencies and hire travel agencies. Sometimes with these cards you can go somewhere for free or get a good discount on museums, public transport, restaurants, etc. By purchasing a Paris museum pass, I saved $85. This opportunity is available in many large cities, take advantage of it.
• Libraries, Starbucks, and most coffee shops offer free Wi-Fi, a good way to save on data while traveling.
• Lunch time is the best time to visit historical sites. Basically, tourist groups come for excursions either in the morning or in the evening, and around 13:00 there are fewer queues. Well, if you are an early bird, then come in the morning, you have every chance of being first in line.

How to save on food while traveling

• Never eat in a tourist area when traveling - the food will be 2 times more expensive and less tasty. For some reason, this obvious advice is most often forgotten. Just walk 2-3 blocks in any direction and you will find an excellent restaurant with more affordable prices.
• The local population goes to restaurants far away every day, and you don’t need to. Better go to the supermarket and cook your own food. If where you are staying you do not have a separate kitchen, then buy ingredients for sandwiches and go to the park for a picnic.
• Go to expensive restaurants during lunch. Many restaurants offer so-called business lunches - sets of dishes at cheaper prices than the main menu. Keep in mind that your choice will be somewhat limited, but your waste will also be reduced.
• If you don't know where to go, ask someone local or the staff at your hotel or hostel. But under no circumstances look for advice in a guidebook.

When you plan your next trip abroad, keep these tips in mind. Traveling doesn't have to be an expensive pleasure. They should be easy, inexpensive and most importantly, fun.

If you have your own tips for saving money while traveling, share them in the comments.

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When I travel, I spend less than at home

A little about extreme savings when traveling

Sometimes there is not only little money, but no money at all. In my experience, sometimes traveling can be cheaper than spending the winter in Moscow.

Anna Efremova

student, traveled to 25 countries

I am young, healthy and not rich. As a student, I visited Italy, France, Luxembourg, Germany, the Czech Republic, Portugal, Belgium, Holland and other countries that are considered expensive. When I travel, I save on travel, accommodation, food, water and museums.

This article is not a comprehensive source of travel tips. This is a personal experience that will be useful to those who deny themselves travel without understanding how much they can cost. And also for those who are ready to sacrifice comfort for the sake of impressions.

Flight

Now I buy air tickets 2-3 months before departure, I don’t choose a seat for an additional fee, I don’t include insurance during the flight in the price and I don’t take more than 10 kg of checked baggage with me, so it’s budget-friendly.

From Russia I often fly with Pobeda, because it has the cheapest tickets. When flying around Europe, I choose the low-cost airline Rainair. I spend every winter in India, where I fly domestically with the low-cost carrier Indy-Go. India has more than 100 airports and very developed domestic air traffic. A ticket from Chandigarh to Madurai, which is 2800 km across the entire country, cost me about 4000 RUR this winter.

I unfollowed airline stocks because I hadn't gotten any real benefit from them in years. Now I just monitor websites selling air tickets 2-3 months before departure and look for great deals.

Most often, I create a complex “bus-plane” or “train-low-cost” route. I wrote about this in detail in the article I like to travel for a long time and make transfers in unfamiliar cities - this embellishes the trip, and sometimes becomes the best part of it.

For example, once I got from Moscow to Milan for 2650 RUR. I took the train to Vilnius for 1250 RUR, spent the night for free with a young couple of couchsurfers and flew to Italy on a Rainier plane for 1400 RUR. As a result, I also made close friends, whom I now visit sometimes.

Whenever possible, I fly to Europe on Turkish Airlines with two 24-hour layovers in Istanbul. For a ticket to the European capital and back I pay about 14,000 RUR, and as a gift I receive two days in Istanbul. In one day I manage to walk around the historical center, eat the famous “wet” burger on Taksim Square, meet old friends, make new acquaintances, drink tea 4 times, ride a ferry along the Bosphorus Strait, buy home Turkish sweets and rose water and sleep in airport.

Road from the airport

From any airport you usually need to somehow get to the city. I go to the airport website and read what public transport I can use to get to the nearest cities.

Usually, on the website of any airport there is always a map of stops, bus and train schedules, and fares.

In the Stambul From Ataturk Airport you can directly go down to the metro. The token costs 4 liras (about 60 R). To get to the city center, you will have to buy two tokens. For comparison: a taxi will cost 60-70 liras (900-1050 RUR), according to The Istanbul Insider website for 2017.

In Paris Most flights from Russia land at Charles De Gaulle Airport. There I take line B of the RER commuter train and pay 10 € (728 RUR) for a ticket to Gare du Nord. At the station, using the same ticket, I change to the Paris metro and go where I need to go. A bus from the airport to Grand Opera Square costs 12 € (873 RUR), and a taxi costs 50-55 € ( 3639 -4002.9 R).

In Riga There is bus number 22 between the airport and the city center, the ride takes about 15 minutes - the city is very small. I buy a ticket in advance at a newspaper kiosk for 1.15 € (84 RUR), because the driver costs 2 € (146 RUR). If desired, you can get from the airport to the center of Riga on foot, the walk is only 9 km.

In Vilnius I walk to the airport. It is only 6 km from the station. Once I had to take the train - it costs 70 cents and takes 7 minutes.

Moving within the country

By bus. In Europe it is cheap to travel by bus. The Flix-bus company has the most routes. A ticket from Berlin to Munich costs 10 € (728 RUR), from Milan to Rome - 14 € (1019 RUR), from Paris to Bordeaux - 10 € (728 RUR).

I studied in Germany in the small city of Trier. I got there from Russia like this: I flew to Luxembourg and took a Flix-bus bus for 9 € (655 RUR) to the town where my university was located. It turned out cheaper than flying to Frankfurt and taking the bus for 17 € (1237 RUR) or taking the train for 20 € (1456 RUR).

By train. When choosing a mode of transport, I take into account the specifics of the country. Trains in Europe are expensive: a ticket for the Genoa - Milan train (150 km, 2 hours travel time) costs from 13.45 € (979 RUR), and for the Frankfurt - Cologne train (170 km, 2 hours travel time) prices start at 35. 90 € (2613 RUR). In Europe, it is cheaper to travel between cities by bus or Blablacar.

In India, on the contrary, trains are the most economical transport. A seated ticket from Rishikesh to Pathankot costs 145 rupees (Rs 130). The distance between these cities is 450 km, the train takes 11 hours. I traveled from Mumbai to Udaipur (760 km) for 250 rupees (230 R) on a reserved seat carriage. All of India travels by train, so 35 hours on the Gwalior-Goa train introduced me to this country better than pre-studied literature about the local culture.

When I arrive in a country, I always check with the locals on how to get from point A to point B, and I almost always find cheap alternatives.

Two years ago I was on Lake Baikal and decided to travel along the Circum-Baikal Railway (CBZD). In summer, travel agencies offer train tickets from 3,300 RUR to citizens of the Russian Federation and from 4,600 RUR to foreigners. But the little-known train “Matanya” runs along the same route. The ticket costs 100 RUR for the entire 89 km of the Circum-Baikal Railway.

Hitch-hiking. There is only one free way to get around - hitchhiking. There are websites to help hitchhikers, my favorite is Hitchwiki.org. They explain in detail how to choose a suitable place, and the map shows “points” tested by others. Getting out of big cities is the hardest thing, and this site has helped me out many times, telling me where I’m most likely to be picked up.

There is also a smartphone app called Hitchhiking Maps. It lists 18,420 hitchhiking spots in Europe. I study each place in street view mode, it also shows the average waiting time for a car, there are comments from travelers and a comparative rating. There are green, yellow and red dots.

On Blablacar. I often use Blablacar.com. This is usually the cheapest way to get from one city to another, but not the most reliable. The driver may pick up and not arrive at the appointed time.

Sometimes I use groups on VKontakte like “I’ll give you a free ride!” or "Fellow travelers - blah-go-car", where drivers (mostly truckers) lay out their routes and name the number of empty seats in the car. This is a kind of “planned hitchhiking”: everything is free, but no one guarantees the safety of the trip.

Housing

Free on Couchsurfing. The Couchsurfing.com community is the stuff of free overnight stay legends. Over the course of several years, I stayed with 50 strangers. Many of them became my friends and no one caused harm.

Free, but working part-time. In Europe and Russia, you can look for housing in exchange for work: for example, live in a hostel and in exchange help with cleaning or administrative matters. Hostels in St. Petersburg sometimes offer you to live in an 8-bed room and work at the reception, for example, 2 days a week.

You can save on travel in dozens of different ways. The most important thing is to discard all stereotypes and refuse the services of modern travel agencies. In fact, just this one step will allow you to reduce the cost of your trip by an average of 30-40 percent. However, this is far from the only way to reduce costs to a minimum. Read more about how, without sacrificing coziness and comfort, in our new article.

• Plan your trip in advance. This approach will allow you to competently plan each stage of your trip, and also save a lot on tickets, which, like French wine, only become more expensive over time.
• Choose the dates correctly. As a rule, midweek flights are significantly cheaper than flights departing on weekends and holidays. In addition, it is essential save on travel, sometimes it is possible by choosing buses and trains departing at night or early in the morning. A good confirmation of this is, for example, the Polish carriers Plusbus and Polskibus, which often sell such tickets 2-3 times cheaper than usual. Often the cost of tickets is even reduced to 1 zloty ($0.27).

• Track promotions and discounts. Today on the Internet there are a huge number of different sites, blogs and public pages that generate super offers from a variety of companies in Europe and the CIS. Here are just a few of these blogs: vandrouki.by, lowcostavia.com.ua, www.piratesru.com.

Good options and interesting tips can also be found on the Vinsky Forum. For those who speak at least a basic level of Polish or English, the sites www.fly4free.com and lastminuter.pl are an excellent solution.

Please check these pages periodically to ask questions. how to save money on travel will decide on its own.

• Replace hotels with apartments.

As a rule, this option is much cheaper. And the level of comfort of hotel rooms is noticeably inferior to modern apartments. You can find suitable solutions on the AIR BNB website. As a nice bonus, you will also receive a small discount on your first booking (if you register using the link provided). Among all the home rental services, the AIR BNB website is definitely the best solution for independent travelers.

• Use metasearch engines.

If you cannot refuse hotel services due to certain stereotypes, before booking, be sure to check the room prices on various housing rental services. Compare prices and also good save on travel allows, for example, the site RoomGuru, as well as some other similar portals.

• Learn to couchsurf (a network of free accommodation for short trips). This option is especially relevant for expensive countries, such as Norway, Iceland or France, where the cost of apartments and (especially) hotel rooms is sometimes simply prohibitive. You can find suitable solutions on the website https://www.couchsurfing.com/. You can read what couchsurfing is, as well as why it is good.

• Fly low-cost airlines.

The prices of low-cost carriers are an order of magnitude lower than the cost of tickets of conventional airlines. In many directions, such transportation costs 10-15 times cheaper! Take this option into account and you will always know how to save money on traveling in Europe and other regions of the earth, while choosing the best options for recreation. The airports closest to Minsk from which low-cost airlines fly are the airports of Lublin, Gdansk, and Kaunas. Special buses regularly go to the last two from the Central Bus Station of Minsk. Ticket prices, as well as baggage requirements, can be found on the websites of low-cost airlines (here are a few examples).

• Choose the right airport.

As a rule, the cheapest way to fly to Europe is from Europe (for example, from Vilnius or Riga). But for long-distance destinations, it is often better to look for options from neighboring Russia (from St. Petersburg or Moscow). The most interesting offers from Ukraine usually include flights to and to Cyprus. Flying to Latin America is usually the cheapest from.

• Use air ticket search systems. Often, on sites such as Buruki or Aviasales, ticket prices are even lower than those that can be found on the airlines’ own websites. In addition, such platforms allow you to simultaneously “see” the prices offered by different carriers, which also helps save on travel. You can also view tickets for the desired destinations. It is better to search for low-cost airlines through this site.

• Don't ignore compound routes.

This option is relevant for traveling both by land and by air. For example, the best way to get to Kyiv is with a transfer in Gomel. And in - with a transfer in Brest. The same principle applies to trips to Poland, Estonia and many other countries. At the same time, you can choose cities from both one and the other side of the border as a transit point. For example, moving Minsk-Warsaw will cost you one and a half times more than moving. The trip Minsk-Bialystok + Bialystok-Warsaw will cost approximately the same amount. The reason for this phenomenon is that domestic flights (especially those operated by local carriers) are usually significantly cheaper than international ones.

• Use Bla Bla Car services.

This service allows you to find drivers in advance who are on your way. The essence of this method is quite simple: register in the system, select the route you need and, among the proposed options, look for a driver who, like you, is going to the specified place. Thus, by “reserving” an empty seat in someone’s car, you can easily travel from one city to another, get to distant attractions, or simply drive from the airport to the center without resorting to a taxi.

• Plan your finances correctly.

I understand that during any trip we tend to spend more than in normal life. However, this does not mean that you should throw money left and right. An extra three dollars here, five more there... This seems like nonsense only at first glance. But by the end of the trip you will have accumulated a very decent amount. You can plan your expenses in different ways. But personally, I use . It has analogues. However, I like this particular program more than all the others. If you need to plan a budget, calculate cost estimates and simply eliminate unnecessary expenses, this is simply an irreplaceable thing.

• Track Groupon promotions.

This platform sells discount coupons, each of which will allow you to save from 30 to 90 percent of the cost of the selected service. Moreover, branches of this system operate in dozens of different countries on our planet. Dinner in a Parisian restaurant, a hot air balloon ride in Cappadocia or a ready-made “package” tour to the Carpathians - all this and much more can be purchased at a good discount. Below are a few links as examples.

https://www.groupon.es/# (Spain)

That's all for now. We hope our article is about how to save money on travel, was useful to you. Don't put off your dreams until later. And remember, travel is the only thing that makes us richer when we buy it.

Inexpensive vacation - how to save money while traveling TOP 5

Every year we go on vacation - to visit relatives, to a seaside resort in the summer, to Russia or abroad. Of course, everyone wants to travel as budget-friendly as possible, to find options for inexpensive and interesting vacations. I also like to travel on a budget - in Europe, Central and Southeast Asia. During my 400-day trip, I have gained experience saving on many things, so I will talk about general rules on how to save money - on air tickets, transport, attractions and food, but at the same time get a rich vacation experience. You can also find links to posts on how to travel on a budget to some countries in Southeast Asia, for example, Thailand, Laos, Myanmar and others. to receive notifications about new articles to be the first to know about new countries and life hacks.

Most of the expenses of any tourist and traveler consist of:

1. Airfare
2. Hotel prices
3. Transport costs within the country
4. Expenses for attractions
5. I'm going.

Most often this is 80-90% of all expenses, and sometimes even 99%. If you are going on vacation and not on a shopping trip, then you will get the same statistics.

Any budget holiday abroad means that you will try to save on one or more of these components. We are talking specifically about independent holidays, when you organize your holiday yourself. Let's look at each point in more detail.

How to save on air tickets

• Buy air tickets in advance
• Buy airline tickets from low-cost airlines
• Catch promotions and discounts
• Fly for miles
• Buy charter tickets

The first 3 options work very well.

1. Standard airline tickets tend to be cheaper the earlier you buy them. If any tickets are already on sale, they will most likely become more expensive every month.

An exception. There are situations when some airlines do not post their tickets for a certain flight “until the last minute”, and they appear on the website and in ticket search engines only 1.5-2 months before the flight.

Example. The option of postponing the publication of tickets to the public is regularly practiced by Aeroflot and Air Astana for the flight St. Petersburg - Almaty, for example.

1. If you are looking for flights within Europe, Southeast Asia, South America, Australia and the USA, pay attention tocheap low-cost airlines, they are usually much cheaper than other airlines. For low-cost airlines, the price does not include luggage, drinks and food in the cabin. You are allowed to take only hand luggage, and it’s commonplace that water in the cabin is for an additional fee. But ticket prices are inexpensive. Everyone knows the famous Raynair in Europe and Air Asia in Southeast Asia, but in fact there are many more of them. For example, in Southeast Asia there is a good company Lion Air, which is often cheaper than Air Asia for the same route, and they also have more luggage in the cabin.

Example. When I fly from St. Petersburg, I always check flights to my desired (desired) place from Tallinn and Helsinki; if such tickets are available and very cheap, then I look at how to get to these cities by bus. You can also check flights from Riga and Vilnius. This is not relevant for Moscow, because... Most often, flights from Moscow are much cheaper everywhere in the world than from St. Petersburg.

1. Search for long compound flightsoften helps for flights to or from remote Madagascar and some other African countries, most Pacific island states. If you are flying from Russia to Africa, Australia, South America, then most likely the cheapest ticket will have 2-3 transfers and long waits. Check out several airline ticket search engines.

The last 2 methods work under certain conditions and can often waste a lot of your time if you want to use them.

1. The common idea that you should wait until airlines dramatically reduce ticket prices, such as through clever marketing price hikes during the low season, is indeed sometimes supported by facts. Also, every year some company has an anniversary or big promotions, and prices temporarily become lower than those of competitors.Promotions and discounts on ticketsoften occur during the low season and most often do not coincide with the dates of long international holidays and weekends, such as Christmas and New Year. Therefore, if you are looking for something cheap for the New Year, then this method is definitely not for you.

1. Fly for milesobjectively possible only if you actually fly very often and on the same route from year to year. As a rule, if you flew with one company a couple of times, and then chose a different direction, then you fly with a completely different one (they are cheaper) than with the first one. In this way, you accumulate several hundred or thousand miles from many, but it is difficult to accumulate the required amount of miles for a free flight with at least one. For example, I’ve been saving for 4 years now for a conditionally free flight using Aeroflot miles.

Often airlines are united into groups (alliances) of airlines with common rules of transportation and service (or similar). For example, the largest are Star Alliance, SkyTeam and Oneworld. In theory, you can transfer miles from one airline to miles from another, but in practice there are quite a few problems. Either the flight is not classified, or the miles are temporarily not transferred.

1. Search and buy charter ticketsnot so simple anymore. Typically, this is available to travel companies or individuals purchasing a large number of flight tickets at a time. It is best to search on specialized services, access to which is usually closed and available to tour employees. agencies Ask around, maybe it turns out that one of your friends works in the tourism industry.

How to save on hotels and accommodation when traveling

• Go on vacation during low season
• Search for hotels online using local hotel search engines
• Search hotels locally
• Stay in hostels
• Catch discounts and promotions. Participate in bonus offers
• Search for accommodation through the hospitality service couchsurfing.com
• Take a tent with you.

1. Low seasonParticularly pronounced in Europe from late autumn and winter (except Christmas holidays) and in Southeast Asia during the wet rainy season.

1. Local search enginesoften provide simpler forms of cooperation for local owners of small hotels and guesthouses. That's why their prices are lower. The most important thing is to find such local services for finding housing. For example, in the Austrian Tyrol, during the ski season, housing is significantly cheaper when searching through local search engines. Most often they provide general information about the hotel and approximate cost, and you need to book by going to the owners' websites, which are only in German or not very good English. And sometimes the owners don’t speak English, this can also happen. In addition, to book accommodation with such hosts, you need to send an advance by international bank transfer, which is quite hemorrhoids and comes with a significant commission.

1. Search for accommodation locallyworks well at some popular Thai resort, especially if you are planning a more or less long vacation (from 10 days), because On other sites the prices are too high. Often small hotels and bungalows that have just opened and have not yet had time to register with booking have a low cost, especially if you know how to negotiate (for this you don’t even always need to know the local language, and sometimes English).

1. Hostels in Europeequipped with a kitchen - this is a big plus compared to hotels.Hostels in Southeast AsiaThey don’t have kitchens, but it’s much cheaper to stay there than in hotels, especially if you’re traveling alone.

1. Promotions and discountsThey happen during the low season, and also for some reasons that are not obvious to us. Bonus programs, for example,1000 rubles to your account in Booking when you follow this link. If you follow my link to, book and go, you will receive 1000 rubles to your booking account. By the way, I will also receive 1000 rubles to my booking account. Very useful bonus program.

1. couchsurfing.comis a very good and useful resource for all travelers. Once you register and complete your profile, you will be able to send accommodation requests to club members around the world. It is most common and easiest to send in English. Hundreds of thousands of participants live around the world. Thisabsolutely freeand is in no way connected with the hotel business or airbnb. At the same time, you have a great chance to meet new and very interesting people. I've stayed in 20 countries this way and I really like this project.

1. A tent in Europe will give you the opportunity to stay at an inexpensive campsite or set up a camp in the forest without any payment, and in Asia, staying on the shores of the Cote d'Azur is also completely free.

How to save on transport within the country

• Ride second class local buses, the simplest buses (for Asia, Russia)
• Buy bus tickets in advance (for Europe)
• Look for sales on low-cost airlines - this can be even cheaper than buses over long distances (for example, in Mexico)
• Ride with fellow travelers - look for trips on blablacar (for Europe, Russia)

Methods for daredevils and those who have more time on hand and the passion of a traveler:

• Hitchhiking is a free and often the most interesting way
• Traveling on freight trains is a breeze

1. The cheapest transport in Southeast Asia issecond class buses. Only hitchhiking is cheaper. But this is no longer transport, but a method of movement. Buses for locals are sometimes not the most comfortable and fastest way to get from point A to point B, but they are definitely the cheapest.

1. Some bus companies in Europe have the mostfirst tickets on salefor almost any flight -the cheapest. There are often promotions where the first tickets are sold for 30% of their regular price. Previously, it was Megabus for 1 euro for a distance of 500 km, and now - a striking example of Flixbus (which just absorbed Megabus) - from 5 euros.

1. In Mexico, due to the high cost of bus tickets from oligopolistic companies (this means that there are not very many companies, and they can negotiate the minimum price), for long distances it is sometimes more profitable to take for the same distancelow-cost airline ticket.

1. Blablacarin Europe and Russia it is often cheaper than the cheapest bus for the same distance. Usually not much cheaper, but still - it is more fun and interesting - there is a reason to chat with fellow travelers.

1. Hitch-hiking- one of my favorite ways to travel. This is a sure way to communicate with the locals (in their language or in English). You can learn a lot about the country and be treated to lunch. But be prepared to communicate a lot - this is your fare.

1. On freight trainsWhere permitted, driving is safe and fun. Often, freight trains have the best view (better than cars and buses), because... you are sitting on a platform. If you travel in the evening or over long distances, wear warm clothes.

How to save money on attractions

• Visit them with a student card (Europe, Asia, almost the whole world)
• Go on free days or certain free hours (for Europe, Russia)
• Visit tourist places in the off-season (Russia, Europe, Asia)

Extreme methods for the brave and persistent:

• Climb over the fence
• Look for holes in the fence
• Show “travel certificates”, “certificates”
• Know how to negotiate with ticket takers
• Be able to pass unnoticed

1. Make yourself student ID- Russian and ISIC based on it - this gives a 30-50% discount in many countries. Works in Europe, Asia, Russia. I won’t post the details for obvious reasons. Hint - in Bangkok, on the famous Khao San Road you can still get ISIC and other documents for 500-1000 baht.

1. In Europe, some museums and other important attractions have entrance times at certain times (in Seville, Spain, from 5 to 6 p.m., for example) or even free on certain days of the month for all. In St. Petersburg, for example, to Pavlovsky Park, before 9 am and after 5 pm, entrance to Catherine Park and Alexandria Park (New Peterhof) is free at any time of the year.

1. During low season tickets to many attractions in Europe are much cheaper.

1. In Southeast Asia, Russia, sometimes in Europe you can climb over any fence if you are patient.

1. Climb over fences. Around large attractions, it is more difficult to control the fences and often locals make some holes in them, which you can also use. Somewhere in Indonesia the fence might be a thick hedge with a small fence in it, in which the locals are sure to make a lot of holes.

1. Prepare Traffic certificates that you are an important traveler for science and the whole world with an important purpose. Put the stamp of some real organization, for example, the local administration and off you go. Be sure to translate the paper into the local languages ​​of the countries you want to visit. Stamp and laminate the document. Such an important document can often prove to the ticket takers or management of the attraction you are visiting that you are an important person who should be given a big discount or admission for free.

1. Sometimes without any documents you can simply negotiate with the ticket takers or security of the attraction. Explain where you are from. Ask around where they are from. Have time and patience.

1. Sometimes you can just try to walk with some crowd of tourists unnoticed or pretend to be a local, throwing something over your head and face. This could work anywhere. If it doesn’t work, buy a ticket later or try another method.

How to save on food

• Eating food for the locals (in Asia)
• Eating in places for locals (in Asia)
• Buy food in supermarkets (Europe, Russia)
• Buy food in supermarkets with discounts (Europe, Asia, the whole world)
• Find the most popular and cheapest street food in each country

1. In Asia food for locals by default it is always cheaper than what you buy in cafes for foreigners or with international cuisine. More often than not, it tastes better.
2. Food for locals in places for locals. Local food in tourist centers can be expensive. Move a little away from the center or even to the outskirts, and there it will be much cheaper and, most often, tastier.
3. Food in supermarkets in Europe and Russia, sometimes the surest way to feed yourself on a budget. Especially if you have somewhere to cook. For example, in a hostel or on your own gas burner.
4. Food in supermarkets in Europe and Asia is often on markdowns 50% of normal cost or more. Lidl, Carrefour, Remi in Europe have special small departments with such markdowns on goods that are about to expire. At Tesco Lotus in Thailand, after 19:00 some goods (vegetables, fruits, ready-made food) begin to become cheaper by 25%, after 19:30 by 50%, and by 21 and later the discount can increase to 75% (if something remains).
5. Absolutely every country has street food, which is very popular in this country and is not very expensive. Sometimes it may not be some unhealthy street food, but just a very popular and common dish that costs mere pennies. For example, in Vietnam and Laos these are soups that cost a dollar or less. One can sometimes feed enough for two. In Germany - Turkish doner kebab. In Thailand - Pad Thai. In China, these products vary from province to province, from rice noodles to dumplings.

The most important - You can travel in any country on a budget. It doesn’t matter whether you come for 1 week or 2 months, you can always find something where you can save a little without sacrificing quality. If you have a little time and patience, if you find a cheap international flight, in the main cities along the route, look for accommodation through couchsurfing or sleep in a tent in wild places, hitchhike, climb over fences or through holes in them, eat food for the locals in places for local - this can reduce your travel budget 3 times. At the same time, you will receive no less positive emotions and impressions if you lived in luxury hotels and traveled in expensive tourist buses or taxis.