Many times you sigh and think about that destination that resists, to which you can never travel well due to lack of time, planning or, especially, money. However, and despite the general opinion that always condemns travel as an "expensive" whim, moving around the world does not require such a high budget if you know how and, especially, if you are willing to sacrifice a five-star hotel or dinners in four-fork restaurants. Will you apply these 7 tips to save when traveling in 2017?
The world awaits you.
How to find cheap flights
The flight is the backbone of any trip and the element that covers the most part of our budget, so it is essential to pay attention to this point. When we usually search for the first time flights to Bangkok, New Delhi or Rio de Janeiro We tend to get carried away by impulsiveness and a first impression at quite expensive prices. And it is that according to analysts, cheapest time of week is Tuesday night, since it is in this time slot when all the flights on Monday that have not been purchased at first are accumulated. Regarding the time in advance to buy them the seven week period before takeoff is the most appropriate. Among other options we have search engine alarms, the possibility of combining comings and goings from different websites, searching the airline and not the search engine (as it applies commissions) or the most classic step: checking exhaustively every four or five hours prices until an offer is listed. Most of the time you will be lucky if you are insistent.
Sleep in hostels
The hotel is the other heavyweight of any traveling budget, although our luck today lies in the variety of accommodation options that we can find at affordable prices: an apartment in AirBnB, houses of owners provided by the municipalities, camping or the most effective: hostels, accommodation for backpackers that today have already succumbed to any traveler who wants to pay no more than 15 euros per night and is willing to share a room (although not always) with other people. Far from what many think, hostels are relaxed, artistic accommodations, equally clean but above all very cheap.
Get a CityPASS
Your trip may be a three-day getaway to a European city or, if it is a route, you stop for a weekend in a large city. The option of CityPASS It is the best in these cases since it condenses the prices of all the tourist attractions in a single pass as well as offering you discounts at shows, restaurants or shops. The initiative, which initially emerged in American cities, has also reached Europe and allows you to save up to half the price you would spend to visit the monuments of Paris, London or New York one by one.
Eat in the street
When we travel to countries like Thailand or India, eating at street stalls may not be the most convincing idea for first-timers to exotic travel. However, it is just a matter of applying some logic: if a lot of people are queuing at a street food the food will be good, very good indeed. What's more, eating on the street is always much cheaper than eating in a restaurant, especially if this is of the tourist type located in strategic places such as Las Ramblas, the Champs Elysees or Oxford Street. I always eat on the street during my trips and the experience is more than recommended. If still yours is not the street food lean on the daily menus.
Use the wifi
When I made my first trip to India, I was not very adept at saving money. In fact, I remember making a half-hour call and sending a daily message to my family during the almost 30 days that we were in the subcontinent, something harmless in principle. The problem was when when I returned to Europe my bill was around 600 euros. Moral? Love the Wi-Fi in hotels and bars above all else and don't ever call or "whatsappear" under the influence of the roaming . In any case, and especially if you travel through Europe, contract data packages with your company as a complement to Wi-Fi; at least until the roaming in the European Union in summer 2017.
Do wwoofing
The wwoofing derives from platforms like WWOOF, which allows the exchange of work between farm owners and travelers who seek to collaborate in a project in exchange for food, accommodation and in very few cases some small financial compensation. A good way to get to know a destination in an authentic way while saving budget and allowing ourselves time when plotting the rest of our route. At the moment, WWOOF is available in more than 100 countries around the world.
Bring cash
Banks tend to charge high commissions when we have to make a withdrawal from another country, for that reason the ideal thing will be to carry cash with us, especially before traveling, and with the right amount so as not to have to change too much, to return to make a one-time retreat when we reach our destination. Knowing how to manage or save it is also another essential aspect if you do not want to get scared. And is that, sometimes, the most unsuspected place can be the best to keep money during your trip.
Do you dare to apply these tips to save traveling during your next adventure?