You can relate to retirement in different ways, for example, fall into depression, believing that life ends there, all that remains is to “live out”. Or, on the contrary, to consider that together with the pension a new stage in life begins, interesting and exciting, when you can freely dispose of your time and spend it on travel.
Travel is the best vacation
Russian retirees do not travel as often as people of their age living in Europe or the United States. The reason is that the pension is too small. However, if financial resources permit, they are happy to travel both in Russia and abroad.
There are special tours around Russia for pensioners, which are in great demand and popularity among the elderly. Travel agencies offer discounted prices that are affordable even for people with low income. For example, these are tours along the Golden Ring or a steamship tour along the Volga that costs from 2 to 6 thousand rubles. Bus and train tours to St. Petersburg for 3-5 days are also popular. The cost of such a trip is about 9 thousand rubles. At the same time, a ticket to domestic museums for Russian pensioners is sold at a discount, which they also use with pleasure while traveling.
In the summer, recreation on the Black Sea coast in the Crimea or Krasnodar Territory is in demand. For example, such places as Vityazevo, Anapa, Novomikhaylovka, Gelendzhik, etc. are popular. Almost all travel agencies organize trips there. A discount system is provided for pensioners in some hotels. To save money, some Russian pensioners prefer to travel "savages". In this case, you have to stop to live in the private sector, which makes it possible to save on food due to self-cooking. However, not all elderly people are shown such a vacation.
Holidays abroad
For those wishing to go abroad, travel agencies are developing such tours, during which pensioners are under medical supervision. It is popular with retirees because it is convenient, safe and affordable. Travel agencies select excursions that do not require much physical exertion and are short in time. But at the same time interesting and varied. In addition, retirees during such a trip have the opportunity to meet people of their own age. And this is important, since many older people suffer from loneliness and are looking for new acquaintances.
The prices are affordable. For example, a trip to the Hungarian "water region" costs an average of 24 thousand rubles for 18 days. A visit to the Polish "mountainous region" costs 21 thousand rubles for 18 days. These are the most popular routes among the elderly.
In case of an acute shortage of funds
Those retirees who cannot afford to travel abroad or even across Russia are saved by a bicycle. Summer cycling is not only enjoyable, but also healthy. You can ride a bike out of town or within the city to the park. It's a good pastime. Moscow retirees can often be seen cycling in Kuskovo. According to statistics, Russian tourists of retirement age can be found anywhere in the world, as well as anywhere in Russia.
