It seems that to go to another country "savages" - is romantic and savings. The first - for sure, especially if you love adventure, but what about the second no confidence. At least, if you are not very proshareny about travel, cheap flights and hotels.
Leave only vaguely loomed on the horizon, it is planned in May, but I want to know where to go. I decided that we should finally see Greece, especially as the air in May, there is heated to 20 ° C and above, as long as tourists are not many. Everywhere write, that the prices for hotels in the very beginning of the peak season below, there is no second-hand market in the sights and in different institutions.
As for the area, I decided at once: the familiar rested in Rhodes, and reviews were the most enthusiastic. They went to a family with year old son, so the conversations were mostly about beaches and sights, but judging by the descriptions of the various travel agencies, nightlife there, too short.
I must say, I originally wanted to feel self-drive trip, especially since the English I do not have a bad thing.
So TRAVEL is, left to figure out how much it cost me a trip (go together with a friend, she is working on a freelance, so it may fall down at any time).
Thousand tabs
First of all, I decided to find a hotel in which I would like to spend a week of rest. Of course, I want to save money, but on the other hand, the first visit to Greece, I want to make comfortable in every sense - to not have to live in a hotel with an inoperative Conder, three hours away from the beach.
Sites with the ability to book rooms in advance just a bunch, and after seeing thousands of tabs, I'm really tired of comparisons. I must say, not many of the sites can be called comfortable, who tried to find the best prices, he will understand.
Immediately I was guided by the average level of prices, and of course, a pleasant appearance. Some of the cheapest rooms (about 859 rubles. / Day) remind ward in the hospital, and I know that her friend would not agree to live in this. For her (and for me, to be honest), the external aesthetics - one of the criteria that can not be ignored.
As a result, the hotel, which will fully satisfy our esthetic requests found on the Booking.com website: four Belvedere Beach Hotel. The hotel is on the beach, 15 minutes walk to Rhodes, the sea, the rooms have a shower, TV, telephone, and in the hotel bar, swimming pool, shop, in general, all that is necessary.
The site offers to book a room at a discount hotel. Ostensibly so worth 16,155 rubles double room for 6 nights, and if you book with them, 13 463 rubles. already with all sorts of fees. That is, it turns out that a residence (no meals) for two we will leave 13,463 rubles, if you book immediately (On the site such alarming signs "remains number 3,2,1", so if this is not a publicity stunt, probably can not catch).
So, place is defined, it is necessary to solve the flight.
What fly
I do not often ride on airplanes, so that is not particularly aware of ways to save, even though they surely complete. Not to compare the prices of most, searched online One Two Trip, which is connected to different ticketing services.
I was looking for tickets direct, because a vacation for a week, and every minute counts, in addition, transplants are fraught with problems, loss of baggage and other troubles that may overshadow me start vacation.
As a result, I found the cheapest flight from straight - take off from Domodedovo Airport and 3.5 hours dwell at Diagoras. Tickets will cost us 14,282 rubles for one, that is, on the road in both directions on the two leaves 28 564 rubles.
But before buying tickets for a specific date (although One Two Trip also have reason to hurry with the purchase), it is necessary to make a visa.
How much will my visa
Again, the internet is full of companies found that offer to do a tourist visa to Greece. The money obtained from 5000 to 7000, depending on how quickly the necessary visa.
But in order to do it, we must first find a hotel to make the documents confirmation of hotel booking or travel voucher, but for the latter it is necessary to contact the travel agency. Suppose we make the visa is to count how many leaves on the trip.
In general, our tour for two will cost 42,027 rubles, without a visa, food and everything else. After this I decided to just numbers to compare tours offered to look, not hot, of course, a bit early, as usual, to a guarantee.
A good friend I promptly inserted links to different websites of tour operators and generators tours, and in one of them, travelata.ruI found the tour for two in the same hotel, but the price difference made me reconsider the attitude to romance.
Various buns on Travelata.ru
So the tour in early May is worth 22,702 rubles for two, and a fuel surcharge yield of 27 190 rubles. After that, the idea of independent travel fell off, because almost 20 thousand rubles (the price difference compared with his ticket to) - it's not a joke.
At the same time, the living conditions are the same in the tour price includes charter flight, transfer from the airport to the hotel, which can not but rejoice, and medical insurance. In addition, it helps to make a visa, so you can not bathe yourself - just handed over all the documents and ready.
Who cherish their time
Holidays will be in May, and until the time I did not speak to the car, so Travelata property interests. It turns out that a ticket is much cheaper and at the same time they give you a guarantee that everything will be fine.
In fact, Travelata - this is not a travel agency, a service that picks up the most profitable tours that did not have to sit for hours on various websites searching for the best prices.
Incidentally, an interesting detail - in this service has such a chip "Best Rate Guarantee». Service selects the best rates from 120 tour operators, but if you find a cheaper, then you give this tour for the same price or even lower.
Personally, I do not feel to scour other sites, but if you want, you can try.
There is another guarantee of the service, which probably makes it even more secure than the offers from tour operators - Turgarant. That is, if your tour operator went bankrupt, or something went wrong, then do not leave breaks off because travelata quickly picks up another tour with the same conditions.
In the end, my friend decided to sacrifice romance for comfort and safety. I think we will find an adventure and a comfortable ride.
Yes, and more, it provides discount coupons as a New Year gift, so I decided not to pull the cat's gums, and buy another round of 1000 rubles cheaper. Just have to click on the "Subscribe" and that's a discount coupon comes to a specified e-mail.
If you have more profitable, convenient and safe ways to travel, please share in the comments.