How to organize a budget trip to several countries
Travels / / December 19, 2019
Life is short, always a lot of work, and leave only lasts a few weeks a year. To stay a truly memorable, spend it in several countries. Here's how to do it as economically.
Lena Gitt and Pasha Kotikov
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1. Consider the route
He does not have to be circular. You can arrive in one country, and depart from another. Play around with the dates and on the websites of aggregators ticket prices - you'll likely be able to pick up interesting options for ridiculous money. The main thing - to start to do so in advance, for 3-5 months before the holiday.
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2. Cross the border on budgetary modes of transport
Often cheaper to get to the border on the same transport to cross the border on foot and then transfer to the other. Consider all the options, including hitchhiking, train ride in the third-class carriage and flight loukosterov.
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For example, from Guangzhou to Hanoi can reach an average of 100-130 dollars. And you can for $ 20 domchat on a high speed train to Nanning, spend denok and after exploring the city to go on the Chinese train for a couple of bucks to the border, which go on foot, and the dollar on a normal train to reach Vietnamese Hanoi. So will save $ 50 per person even with the additional overnight stay.
3. Observe country-specific transport to save
In the Caucasus, you can easily pick up for free, and group taxis are inexpensive. In Europe, you can buy bus tickets at a discount. And in Asian cities is better not to pass on a tuk-tuk more than two or three kilometers.
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Wherever there is Uber, use it. In some Asian capitals, for example, in Manila, the city trip will cost 1-1.5 dollars, and delivery to the airport (half an hour the way, by the way) - as much as 2 bucks!
4. Eliminate the country need a visa
For example, a quartet of "China - Vietnam - Hong Kong - Macau" China can be eliminated and thereby save 3300 rubles to the nose of the short-term tourist visa. A Chinese flavor is quite possible to feel and visa-free Hong Kong and Macau.
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5. Scroll through the city at night
If the distance between settlements overcome longer than 8-9 hours, if possible try to move at night in a sleeping car or on the bus. So you will save the cost of the night at the hotel.
6. Use to find free accommodation website CouchSurfing.com
If the culture of the country is very different from ours, as, for example, in Iran, we recommend denok-kerf other in what is happening, and after spending the night fit for free. Do not forget to bring a souvenir from your host country and give a meaningful dialogue in return for hospitality.
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7. Learn currency exchange rates in all countries
Advance to clarify this point, if you change cash, or even make a bank card at home, offering conversion at a favorable rate if you use bank transfer or withdraw currency from the map. Keep in mind that each operation can lose up to 5-10% of the budget.
8. Similarly, expect spending
When exchanging or withdrawing money at an ATM, try to accurately calculate the expenses for each country, or risk, or make a reverse exchange unprofitable on the road, or - even worse - to bring home a significant amount of non-convertible currency.
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9. Rasprobuet prices in the new country
General rule: in tourist areas prices may differ from the prices in the local schools for several times! Shopitsya, buy souvenirs and make other costly actions better after a while, when exactly orient in prices.
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10. The expensive countries spend less time but more intensely
Conversely, in countries more cheap days can be scheduled less active, while allowing yourself more of paid entertainment.
For example, after a stormy and economical recreational days in Germany, you can budget to revel to the full extent in Prague, and after an active day in Geneva to go to sleep in neighboring France. Another example - Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. Although the distance between the cities is only 350 km, the budget for one day can differ by several times.
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examples of routes
Finally, we offer a few chains of countries friendly to visit in a single trip. All combinations are tested by us personally:
- Estonia - Latvia - Lithuania (can also be rolled up on a ferry in Helsinki).
- Georgia - Armenia - Azerbaijan (you can also get acquainted with Eastern Turkey - Trabzon and Erzurum).
- Azerbaijan - Iran.
- Germany - Poland - Czech Republic.
- Southern China - Vietnam - Hong Kong - Macau.
- Thailand - Cambodia - Laos.
- Belgium - Netherlands - Luxembourg.
- Uzbekistan - Kazakhstan - Kyrgyzstan.
- Serbia - Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- Austria - Switzerland - northern Italy.
- Spain - Portugal.
And there are still so many interesting combinations in the world! Experiment and collect your megatrip.