12 tips on how to transform your trip in the VIP-trip and break out of the budget

The term «VIP-rest", many associated with the exorbitant budget, sparkling champagne, white yachts. So it made advertising and Russian oligarchs. In fact, wealthy travelers pay for a cozy atmosphere, quality services, new experiences and getting to know the culture. If you have not had time to become a dollar millionaire, and sprinkle your vacation diamond dust want right now, follow these tips.

1. Traveling in a group of 6 people: so profitable

Experience has shown that it is six people in the group - an ideal balance of price, convenience of the organization of travel and the climate within the team.

With this composition opens in front of you the opportunity to live in more comfortable conditions if you sat in the house instead of hotel rooms. It is much more affordable to rent equipment and get a good price when guided tours, workshops, tastings and other entertainment is based on one person. In our tours we try to take just six members.

2. Look for interesting places on the geolocation and hashtags

Despite the fact that we live in an era of information technology, many interesting places you will not find on the Internet, either they do not have Web sites and pages in Facebook, or they are hidden very far. Several attractions can be found on the geolocation and hashtags. For example, we're looking for so closed country residences and yachts.

Very often, the owners of the chalet, or any vehicle purchase them not to earn money and use them a couple of times a year. Sometimes it is very well possible for something to rent. We have several cottages for rent which we did not pay. Instead we do the final cleaning after departure by a cleaning company services. There is a yacht charter for which we can not pay, if we carry famous people, but on the condition that the owner of the vessel had dinner and get acquainted with the guests.

In the same way you can search for people, sights, different small factory and factory, which is interesting to get to the workshop or tasting.

3. Get friends to travel agencies

The presence of friends in the travel agencies not only to simplify the search for information, but will also provide an opportunity to use some services at a better price and get privileges such as entry without waiting in line, or placement in the VIP-box.

A good company always have discounts at hotels, airlines, restaurants, shops and theater tickets.

Employees of travel agencies are always aware of new discoveries and the closure of the old places. They are prompt, where you do not need to travel due to the influx of tourists, and where to need, because this price will not be greater than ever. By the way, it will help you find interesting places that could not be detected by geolocation and hashtags.

4. Prefer hotels country houses

Traveling group, more profitable to rent a small cottage. In addition to more comfortable conditions you can get a kitchen with a dining area, a courtyard, a sauna, and sometimes even a swimming pool, a gym and views of any body of water.

If you do not find a suitable cottage, choose a hotel with a small capacity, it is desirable not networking, and family. Similar hotels sidestep noisy tourists from China because of their groups of 30-50 people they are small. There you will feel the local atmosphere and meet new people in a relaxed atmosphere.

5. Vozite with an alcohol

Today, as always, many issues can be resolved, have a few drinks good whiskey. In Russia - a couple of vodka liqueur glasses.

Vozite a few bottles of alcohol, preferably something homemade. Somewhere in the Altai it can be your ticket to the reserve, where you can watch the tame bears. On Baikal will show you the secrets of fishing in a mountain river, and will treat Tyve fresh venison. Abroad, people also do not disdain a sip, so they may benefit anywhere. As it turns out, even heartier and kinder than money.

6. use barter

For example, you basically do not use the services of travel agencies or you do not have the money to spare. Then we can agree to cooperate on a barter basis. We had a case when an artist from Novosibirsk decided to arrange her husband a surprise birthday: arrange a visit to the bath with the best bathhouse attendant country. It is fair to say that the desired amount of money it does not have, but instead offered us three of his paintings. Now it hangs in our office as a reminder to employees that you can always negotiate.

Everyone knows something of their own: making furniture, keeps a blog, photographs, versed in interior design, or websites. Offer travel agency in return for your skills you are interested in the service. Perhaps at this moment she needs what you have.

7. Do not go in the pop places

When the place is gaining popularity among tourists, often it is not only crowded and dirty, but also expensive.

In China, there is a state program in which rural areas are trafficked to different regions and countries. They come in groups of 30-40 people for 3-4 days. In those places where their concentration is increased the most, prices rose by 30-50%, in some cases, by 100%, and the level of service has decreased.

This is the case in all the tourist capitals of the world, not only with Chinese tourists. Many places are visited not because they are unique, but because they are the most affordable transport and hyped on the internet.

If you depart a little away from the popular routes - will get a lower price, a secluded spot, unspoiled service and staff.

8. Travel at the junction of the seasons

In countries and regions where there is an abrupt change of seasons (summer melts the asphalt in the winter freezes in the ears), you can save well, arriving at the junction of the seasons.

The lion's share of the holiday falls on the period from late June to late August. It was at this time, all those who work with tourists, bulge pockets wider and fleece double the price. But if you arrive in September, the tourists will be less, the weather is still warm, and the price - at 20-35% lower.

Throughout the world, seasonality is a serious factor in pricing. Angry at the system, when a couple months of feeding the whole year, not necessary. Match with the schedule change of seasons and relax like a king, and waste like a beggar.

9. Use different techniques

Another advantage of traveling a group of six people is an opportunity at an affordable price to rent special equipment: airboat, "Khivus", helicopter, boat.

Almost all transport, which made travel, designed for so many people (if you It will be less expensive to get, if more - need another unit of transport and in the end will again be expensive). This significantly diversifies the trip and will give the opportunity to visit remote places.

Mountain streams, quiet coves, ice caves, hot springs may remain behind the scenes, if your main means of transport - car.

The only problem, if you organize your own journey, connected with the search of this technique. As a rule, everything is in private hands and is intended for personal use. Here you will again geolocation, hashtags and a friend in the travel agency.

10. take a guide

Perhaps guide - this is where you need to start familiarizing with the terrain. In the web you can easily find guides who have interesting author tours. You can even choose a theme: church, architecture, museums, famous people, restaurants, shops and so on. In addition to historical information, will tell you where to eat, is beneficial to buy something and what else is worth seeing of sights.

Depending on the season and popular places in terms of tourism, tour guide services can cost from 1500 to 3500 rubles per day. Take a guide who is not just dumped a bunch of boring numbers, and in a friendly walk with you and share non-obvious facts.

Yes, the tour guide - this is not the VIP-service, but if you organize your own holiday, it will be the first person who can help you in case of unexpected situations.

11. Invite the chef for dinner

If you come to a place where has its own kitchen, absolutely sure you want to try it. In a good restaurant average check for dinner without alcohol - 2 500-4 000 rubles per person. At six is ​​15 000-24 000. For the money you can arrange a dinner in either a pleasing place you with a much larger range of dishes, if you hire a chef.

This gives a number of advantages:

• Thank you in advance worked menu according to your wishes and recommendations of the cook.
• Select a convenient location for you.
• You will see some of the products prepared.
• You can participate in the preparation, at the same time learn something new if you wish.
• Everything will be done individually and without prying eyes, in the restaurant.
• Try more dishes.
• Maybe you save. Chef services the average cost in the 5 000-8 000 rubles, the rest - products. But do not forget that if the event is scheduled for nature, the ability to spend on rent area, dishes and other kitchen utensils.

12. Attend workshops and tastings

Our customers in 99% of cases, do not buy souvenirs of mass consumption, but the massive transports tons of tourist junk made in China.

There are plenty of interesting things to buy as souvenirs. In Russia, this Tula gingerbread, Rostov enamel, dolls, handicrafts made of birch bark, hohloma, Dymkovo toys. driven wine, cheese, porcelain from Europe, perfumes, Pasta, chocolate and articles of cork. Now imagine how valuable this will be a souvenir, if you make it with your own hands, and in monetary terms it will be cheaper vinyl magnets.

A group of six people, you can easily find the craftsman who will arrange for you a master class. You rich spend a couple of hours, make pictures for social networks, get to know the local culture and the carrier will take away with a thing with meaning.

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So that your trip could be called the VIP-rest, you need a good place to stay, great food, interesting people and for original entertainment program, which will help to get to know local people and their culture. I am convinced that this is possible at relatively low cost.