8 Ways to Get a Hotel Room for Free
Payment for accommodation is a significant part of travel expenses, but these costs can be minimized or completely excluded from the budget if you pay for housing not with money, but with bonuses, labor or talent.
There are several ways to optimize the cost of living while traveling, as well as completely exclude these costs from the budget. Here are some interesting ways and techniques that many people don’t know about:
1. Assistance in exchange for accommodation
The possibility of providing housing in exchange for certain services is sometimes found in special projects and promotions of hotels in different countries of the world. So, tourists can offer their help in harvesting or preparing pizza, and in return get free accommodation.
There is also an opportunity to settle in hostels for free for creating a video about the place of residence and its further publication in social networks.
An important nuance – you should have the authority of popular bloggers and a lot of followers on social networks.
2. Cooperation with travel bloggers
A common way to provide hotel services in exchange for travel blog ads is to partner with bloggers.
Bloggers can get free hotel accommodation in exchange for posting reviews and recommendations for their subscribers - in theory - future loyal customers (subscribers should be many).
3. Accumulation of bonuses
Many accommodation booking services offer loyalty programs for their customers, allowing you to accumulate bonuses for bookings, writing reviews and other activities, and then use these bonuses to reduce the cost of future bookings or even pay for your stay in full.
4. Voluntary participation
The opportunity to settle for free in exchange for volunteer assistance. For example, you can harvest on farms, help with cleaning or receiving guests. Usually, volunteers are willing to provide work, but there is an important nuance: not knowing the language in another country can become a limiter.
5. Free accommodation for long-term transfer
Some airlines offer free hotel accommodation and meals for long-term transfers during international flights, which can also be a good option for budget travel.
6. Night on the train
If you buy night train tickets, you win several times:
Do not spend money on housing;
- don't waste time moving around.
7. Couchsurfing
Couch surfing is a form of hospitality in which travelers can stay with locals for the night for free.
CouchSurfing (from English. couch - "couch, bed" and surfing - "fermentation, travel"), also CS, couchsurfing, "from sofa to sofa" - a social network, online hospitality service.
Now with the help of couchsurfing you can go to 200 thousand cities. According to the service, the site is used by 14 million people.
This type of hospitality allows tourists to save on accommodation and at the same time receive valuable information about the culture and customs of local residents.
Couchsurfing is usually organized through online platforms such as Couchsurfing, where travelers can create a profile and request a stay with locals, who in turn can invite travelers to their home.
8. The Million Star Hotel
If desired and suitable weather, you can spend the night in a tent, in the fresh air, under the endless starry sky.
A night in a tent allows you to feel close to nature and enjoy a peaceful and relaxing atmosphere, as well as save money that people usually spend on a hotel or other type of accommodation, which is especially useful when traveling on a budget.
Travelers can set up a tent in almost any suitable place, which gives great freedom in choosing the time and place of the night.
Overnight in nature in the tent gives you the opportunity to enjoy a secluded night rest without neighbors wall by wall.
Text: personalguide, photo: neural network
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