For budget accommodation in an unfamiliar city, you can use several specialized services to select cheap hotels, hostels or apartments for rent. You can book and pay online.
Necessary
Smartphone or tablet computer with working internet, passport
Instructions
Step 1
In many Russian cities there are a number of inexpensive hotels that cost from 500 to 1500 rubles per night (sometimes with breakfast). The easiest way to find and book them is via the Internet: you need to enter "cheap hotels" and the name of the city in the search bar. You can also use the services of dedicated aggregator sites such as Booking.com or Agoda.com. In this case, you can immediately set the sorting by the cost of the hotel, as well as by its location in the city, so that it is easy to get to the hotel. You can pay for accommodation by credit card through the website or in cash on the spot. The advantage of aggregator sites is the ability to book a hotel directly in the city of stay on the day of arrival (for this you only need a working Internet on a tablet or smartphone).
Step 2
An even more budgetary, youth option is hostel accommodation. The hostel differs from the hotel in that the room has 4 to 8 beds, the room has a toilet, shower, a shared kitchen where you can cook or warm up food. The cost of living in hostels does not exceed 1000 rubles, as a rule, it is 300-600 rubles per night. You can book places in hostels in advance, but it is also possible on the spot. There is a fairly complete resource for hostels around the world - Hostelworld. Reservations can be made through it. On it you can see photos of rooms, common areas, a map of the area and conditions for the provision of additional services.
Step 3
For those who want to spend the night on a budget, not in a hotel, but in a separate apartment, you should go to the Arnbnb website. On this resource, you can select a room, apartment or house in a particular city. Unfortunately, in Russia, the renting of real estate through this site is not yet very developed, but all over the world you can find apartments from 700-800 rubles per night. Payment is made through the site, which guarantees no further problems with the owner. You can book and pay a couple of days before arrival. Also, in any city there are newspapers with advertisements for daily rent of apartments, costing from 1000 rubles per day.
Step 4
The most budgetary (in fact, free) way to spend the night in an unfamiliar city is couchsurfing. There are large world resources where you can find a place to spend the night, but there are also local ones (groups in social networks). It is better to agree on the "registration" in advance, not less than a week in advance of arrival. On the Сouchsurfing website, when creating an account, it is better to provide as much information about yourself as possible, since people are much easier to invite guests with similar interests and habits.
