You will start traveling cheaper thanks to these solutions and tips.
1. Get discounts.
Some websites and hotel and flight booking apps offer loyalty discounts to their customers. If you book online repeatedly on the same platform, you can travel cheaper by saving a certain amount of accommodation or transportation. And not only that, these websites also offer you some advantages, such as late check out or discount codes to invite your friends to book on that website, obtaining you an additional discount for later bookings.
2. Using flight search engines and hotels will allow you to travel cheaply.
This type of websites or applications track the different online booking sites to show you the most economical possibilities for a particular flight or hotel stay.
In the case of flights, these search engines will offer you stopover or round trip flights on different airlines, although you can always use the filters to choose the most economical option within your preferences, for example, looking for direct flights only.
The searchers of apartments and cheap hotels will direct you to different web of reservations. The price of the same stay in each platform will vary, for example, depending on the payment and cancellation policy. Usually, your reservation will be cheaper if you pay instantly than if you do it once in the accommodation. Booking with free cancellation, ie recovering everything paid in case of cancellation, usually increases the price of the hotel or apartment.
3. Contact directly the hotel or apartment.
There are times when it works. If you have already stayed in a hotel, call and show interest in wanting to stay again. If you are enthusiastic about how much you liked the room, the service or the breakfast, they may offer you a discount for your next stay, and if you do not leave them, let them fall yourself. Same strain!
4. Take travel insurance.
Do not think of travel insurance as an expendable expense, but as an investment to protect your trip. It is true that the price of the policy varies depending on the type of travel you are going to do, but it does not involve a large outlay on the total price of the trip.
If you have a problem during your trip and you have a travel insurance, you will save the cost of remedying such problem, as long as it is covered by your policy. For example, in the case of medical care, there are countries where a simple visit to the doctor for a mild illness can cost more than the insurance itself. In the United States, a day at the hospital can be worth almost € 4,000, while insurance for 8 days travel to this country would cost you just over € 100.
In addition, if a problem of importance prevents you from traveling, there are travel insurance with which you can recover the costs of cancellation of the reservations you had confirmed for your vacation: flights, hotel, excursions, etc.
More incidents before you can save with travel assistance insurance: If your flight is delayed and you are forced to change your plans or you lose some of the services you booked (hotel nights, excursions, shuttle ...) An insurance runs the costs of your plan B or reimburses you the cost of those services not enjoyed. Moreover, if you require it, the insurer advances you money so that you can continue the journey.
If you travel several times a year, taking out annual travel insurance will cost you more than buying a policy for each trip.
5. Check out the last minute cheap trips.
As already mentioned, there are various search engines, online agencies and applications very useful to organize your trip. Although we know that booking in advance is a way to travel cheap, on many of these platforms you can catch offers and organize a last minute vacation. In InterMundial we also make it easy, since there are travel insurance that you can hire until one day before leaving without increasing the price of them.
6. Go for cheap all-inclusive trips.
There are also agencies and websites that allow you to purchase vacation packages with multiple services included at a lower cost than if you book separately. These types of trips usually include the flight, the transfer to or from the airport, accommodation and meals on the same or some excursions. Read the conditions of the reservation to know what is excluded in the price you are going to pay: alcoholic drinks, travel insurance, etc.
7. Travel to countries that do not require a visa.
There are countries that require a visa to enter their territory. However, processing some visas can cost around 100 euros. It is true that other states, on the other hand, issue this document at cheaper prices or even for free.
8. Avoid billing.
Before leaving for the airport, whether you are going to check suitcases or not, check that the weight and size of the same does not exceed the limits allowed by the airline, since the rates applied by the extra kilos in luggage Are quite high. In addition, bringing some snacks from home will prevent you from falling into the temptation to buy food on board the plane or in the Duty Free. Apart from its high price, they are not as appetizing as the homemade food. Of course, do not carry drinks in your carry-on, as they will be removed at the security checkpoint. In this article you have many more solutions to prepare your hand luggage and not have to check in.
9. Stay in hostels or private apartments.
A good way to save on accommodation are hostels, hostels and bed and breakfast establishments. However, if you do not want to share a room and want something more private, join the collaborative consumption, rent a private room in a house or make an exchange of houses. These types of accommodation are included in our insurance, in case you have to cancel the reservation.
10. Discover the destination through "free tours".
Once at the destination, you can enjoy guided tours or free tours, known as free tours. They are offered in websites or apps to reserve them. At the end of the tour, the traveler usually pays the will if he deems it appropriate.
11. Money, better on the card.
Paying with a card will save you a lot of the commissions charged by the exchange offices for selling you local currency. If you need cash, better take it in small amount and change it in your bank. If you do it in the destination, stay tuned to the screens or posters that inform of the exchange value and the commissions. Taking out local currency from a cashier can be a very high expense for the commissions that are applied in these operations abroad.
Having your bank's mobile application or jotting down what we're spending can be a good way to keep up with the charges on your card.
12. Make purchases Tax Free
There are countries that offer tourists the return of VAT-like taxes on purchases from certain businesses. Cheaper shopping at destination has a number of requirements. Learn how to buy Tax Free in this article, as each country works differently.
If your rate does not include data connection and calls abroad, turn off mobile data traffic before reaching the destination. If you need to talk on the phone, you can take advantage of the WiFi in the accommodation or other establishments to make voice calls or video calls through applications that include free messaging. Another option is to buy a prepaid card in the country where you travel to make calls and use mobile data.
14. Enjoy your mobile.
Maps, travel guides, recommendations and search engines to eat or go, translators, taxis ... Today there are many applications for the mobile that can be useful and help us to save money. Some of them offer discount codes for signing up or accepting a friend's invitation.
Bearing in mind that, at this point, traveling without mobile is unthinkable, we leave you some ideas, beyond the applications for cheap travel, that will allow you to get the most out of your next trip thanks to your smartphone.
Where to travel cheap?
We already know that the price of the reservations, in addition to the advance with which you confirm them, varies according to the season we are in, the day of the month and even the time of the trip. The most profitable is to travel in low season. For example, if you are looking for a beach destination, traveling in September may be a good solution, since transport is cheaper and the crowding of people is much lower. Also, if you avoid taking the plane over the weekend and you do not mind that the flight leaves early or late at night, the money saving is much greater. In hotels, the same thing happens, on weekdays the rooms have more advantageous prices.
However, there are destinations that for many Spaniards are still allowing us to make cheap trips. We passed you some posts where we talked about them.
Where to travel cheap in Europe
Hungary, Latvia, Czech Republic, Poland or Bulgaria. Any time of year is perfect to discover these 5 low cost destinations in Europe.
Where to make cheap trips as a backpacker
Traveling does not have to be expensive! Backpacking trips are a way to see the world in a more economical and fun way. Turkey, Peru, Albania ... Here is a list of 10 cheap countries to visit, so start planning your next trip right now.
Where to travel cheap in summer
Catania, Malta and the French Riviera. We offer you 3 low cost trips in which you can spend a week and in whose destinations you can enjoy not only sun and beach, but also the beauty of its monuments, the peculiarity of its people and the richness of its gastronomy.
