The vacation schedule has been drawn up, and you already know the exact start date of your long-awaited vacation. Now it remains to decide where you want to go, choose a travel agency and purchase a ticket.
If you have not been abroad before, our advice on what to look for when buying a tour will come in handy. After all, you do not want to overpay extra money for a tour, it is much more interesting to learn how to save money on a tour in order to spend this money on something else.
Rest should be comfortable and going on vacation, many of us are willing to pay more, just to have a good rest. Does an expensive package always guarantee you that you will receive the best service? How are travel agencies manipulating to get more money out of you?
The more stars the hotel has, the better?
Maybe this rule applies to European hotels, but if you have planned a seaside vacation in Turkey or Egypt, then there are often 3-star hotels are no worse than 5-stars. The level of service in the latter is often greatly exaggerated. Better to spend a little time and read reviews about the rest in hotels of different levels in order to choose the best price-quality ratio for yourself in order to save money.
In addition, you will not spend time in your room, the sea and the beach, walks around the city, nightclubs and restaurants, excursions, especially if you are thinking about where to look for an oligarch - there will only be time for sleep, for which you will overpay for the hotel is not worth it.
All inclusive - all inclusive
The buzzword - all inclusive, meaning "all inclusive", guarantees you peace of mind on vacation - after all, you do not need to think about food, many dishes are prepared at any time to order. If you are going to sit in a hotel all the time, eating cooked meals and drinking drinks, then yes - this is your holiday option, which is not worth saving. But if you prefer to spend time actively - excursions and trips, and just decide to have a bite to eat at a local restaurant, it turns out that you overpaid for all-inclusive.
It would be better to buy a tour that includes only breakfast, and order lunch and dinner in a cafe. It will cost much less, and sometimes you don't want to eat in the heat. It is not expensive to get some fruit to the beach at the market or in the supermarket.
How else can you save on the tour
1. Purchase a ticket out of season - in early June or September. Prices for popular vacation time - July-August are usually 30-50% more expensive. Track last-minute tours in travel agencies or on the Internet, you can save a decent amount on them. If there is still time before your vacation, take advantage of early booking - this will save you almost half.
2. Single rooms are always more expensive than double rooms, because it is not profitable for hotels to accommodate one person in a room that can accommodate two. In a travel agency, note that a vacation for two is not twice as expensive, but about one and a half. Therefore, if you are going on vacation alone and want to save money, look for a fellow traveler on special sites on the Internet. This is really beneficial.
3. In order to attract customers, many tour operators offer holidays in installments. Unlike a loan, interest is not charged to you, and the entire amount of the tour is spread over a period of up to 4-6 months. Therefore, if you do not have the opportunity to pay for the entire trip at once, and you want to have a good rest, you should use this service. And for those who like shopping, this is a great option to pay for part of the tour, and take the rest of the money with you and spend it on fashionable foreign things.
