Independent travel vs. tour

Often there are several reasons to give up on independent travel abroad: lack of knowledge of the language, lack of skills in planning a vacation, fear of overpaying.

 

Often independent trips are cheaper than tours. By planning a holiday in advance, you can track the cost of tickets. Aviasales and Skyscanner will help you find the cheapest tickets, they have a chance to save a round sum.

 

 

 

 

The plus of your trip will be a free choice of accommodation. Booking is a proven site for booking hotels and hostels around the world, accommodation can be found on any wallet. And if you like a homely atmosphere, use the site to book Airbnb apartments. Choose proven hosts, location, amenities, read reviews and safely book. Avid travelers on the forums will tell you where it will be better to eat.

 

Plan your leisure time in advance, calculate the costs of excursions. Often on official sites you can buy tickets for sightseeing cheaper than at the box office on the spot. The advantage is that you will avoid queues.

 

 

Take public transport. Taxi drivers always see the crowd of tourists and break prices.

 

Eat where the locals eat. These are proven places where you will not get stomach problems and spend a tidy sum of money.

 

Buy souvenirs at the market, not in souvenir shops.

 

Imported goods are always more expensive, buy locally produced goods.

 

Bargain. In many countries of the world, this is normal practice: taxi drivers, sellers are often ready to drop a couple of dollars.

 

Transfer. In most cases, it can be abandoned. From the airport to the city you can always get by public transport.

 

Another reason for fear of self-traveling is Zero English. How to ask the way, arrange accommodation, find out what and how much it costs, what to do if you lost luggage at the airport, and the staff speaks English? At first glance, the situations are appalling, and the solutions are actually simple.

 

Download maps of the place where you are going to go, make sure that they work without the Internet. Do the same with the translator. Write it down and try to remember the 20 most simple and necessary phrases. Remember that you can always explain the simplest things with gestures.

 

 

 

If the fear of the language barrier is stronger than you, for the first trip, choose a country where people speak the usual Russian language. Great country for the first independent holiday - Georgia. You will not need a visa to visit her, only a passport, this will make your fees much easier.

 

Suppose that you decide to visit Tbilisi in March, the price of the tour for March 26, for 4 nights starts from 32,000 rubles per person. This price includes flight, accommodation and breakfast. Deciding to fly on your own, you will pay about 12,000 rubles for tickets. Yes, this is a low-cost airline, they will not feed on board, but the savings will be significant. To rent an apartment in the heart of Tbilisi, through the Airbnb website, will cost 1500 rubles per night. Breakfast in a good cafe about 300 rubles. In total, for the flight, overnight and breakfast you will give about 19 000 tr. And for the saved difference of 13,000 rubles, you can extend your vacation.

 

Many services will make your own travel more comfortable. If you want to know about Tbilisi firsthand, You can order a tour from local guides.. Prices do not bite at all and start from 550 rubles. Who, if not the locals, will be able to show the best side of the city?

 

If you have calculated all the costs, looked at tickets, hotels, apartments, cafes and attractions, clarifying the rules for issuing visasBut still doubt the choice of country and city for your holiday, read what your predecessors write about it.

 

A huge plus of self-travel is obvious: FREEDOM! You choose when to fly, which airline, book a hotel / hostel / apartment, location of housing.

 

You are free to choose the places where you will have breakfast for lunch or dinner. Distribute your time as you want, see the sights yourself or with a guide, in a group or without it. Save on tickets, hotels, and save money on new travel. Don’t be afraid to do something new for the first time. Choose a country, study everything carefully, pack a suitcase and go on a trip.