Summer vacation is a long-awaited time for those who are planning to discover new countries or relax in a familiar place. What to do: outsource the organization of your vacation to travel agencies and be tied to a tourist group, or organize your trip on your own?
1. Air travel: use online booking and purchase services
One of the most famous online services for finding flights in Russia is Skyscanner.ru. With the help of this service, travelers can compare airlines, flight prices from different resellers and choose the best options for themselves, focusing on their plans. There are other services as well: Anywayanyday.com, Aviasales.ru, Trip.ru - you can choose at your discretion depending on your own preferences.
2. Travel insurance: buy travel health insurance from an insurance company
If you already have a visa, don't forget to buy travel health insurance. The usual standard coverage, if the rest does not imply extreme, is 30,000 euros, and such insurance for a week will cost from about 510 rubles to 1100 rubles. If the insurance coverage increases to 100,000 euros (any well-known insurance companies in Russia have online calculators for the cost of "insurance for traveling abroad", you can calculate it on the website of the companies "Rosgosstrakh", "Ingostrakh", and others). And if you are planning to get a visa, then in any case you will not be able to forget the insurance - this is an official requirement of all embassies.
3. Accommodation: go to the platforms for finding and booking hotels or apartments
The largest resource in the world for finding and booking accommodation, as you know, is Booking.com. This is a huge service with which you can find accommodation offers in almost all corners of the world at any price. If there is a desire to rent an apartment or an apartment, then the airbnb.com service will come to the rescue (there is also a Russian-language version) - private traders willingly rent out their apartments, and Airbnb monitors the honesty and decency of landlords and tenants.
4. Transfer / moving: find the required type of transport via the Internet on specialized resources
Are you planning to rent a car? No problem: international online car booking services Avis, Europcar, Hertz and others are at your service. With the help of these services, you can choose a car of the class that seems suitable and affordable to you, both in terms of external or technical parameters, and in price. Basically, for the period of car rental, a deposit is taken (the amount on the account is blocked), which is returned after the car is returned. There are also companies that do not take collateral. In any case, it is worth contacting world-renowned services - this will help save time, nerves and money.
5. Treatment or diagnosis: if you plan to undergo treatment or diagnosis in the selected country, book an appointment in advance at the clinic
Some tourists prefer to combine vacation with medical treatment in another country. The option is really excellent: to see the sights and improve your health. Of course, on a short trip, it makes sense to consider diagnostics (Check-up) in a specific medical area, as well as light cosmetic or plastic procedures that will not take much time and do not require a hospital. In order to get to a good clinic, it is best to book an appointment at the clinic in advance through online services for finding and organizing treatment. One of the most popular international online services is MEDIGO, which has a Russian-language version of the site and a Russian-language support service. There are also local service providers in each country, but not all of them speak Russian and will not always be able to organize additional services, such as an interpreter or transfer.
