Especially for you, Guruturizma.ru has prepared the most detailed and useful life hack that will allow you to easily and easily book budget accommodation abroad for your vacation. You will be convinced that you can relax the way you want and not pay a lot of money for it, that independent travel is not only profitable, but also very exciting!
House exchange
The first method is quite exotic for Russian travelers, unlike Americans and Europeans, who have been using it for a long time and significantly save on housing while on vacation - house exchange. This is a very profitable way to travel and its essence lies in the fact that you register at homelink.org, homeexchange.com or intervac-homeexchange.com., Post detailed information about your house and apartment and indicate interesting countries for you that you are planning visit soon.
Now you just have to wait until someone responds to your offer, and then you can exchange houses and have a great rest. You can wait a long time, so we recommend that you take the initiative and start looking for offers on your own.
As soon as you find a suitable option, do not hesitate to send an application to the owner for an exchange of housing. Perhaps luck will smile at you very soon! Another great site for housing exchange around the world is home-away-ru.livejournal.com. Of course, this method has some drawbacks, but we repeat that it is only in Russia that this method is still rarely used, while in other countries it is already a common thing.
Aggregator sites
Book a hotel through aggregator sites. How to choose a hotel and not be disappointed in your choice, read here. Here are a few sites that search for housing around the world:
Booking.com
A detailed life hack for booking accommodation on this site can be found here.
Hotels.com
The service offers a nice bonus for tourists who book 10 nights or more, namely, the company gives you one night for free.
Hrs.com (hrs.de)
This service is convenient for independent travelers in that it does not require a credit card information to confirm the reservation. Although, if you have a late check-in, card data may be requested. And one more useful life hack: if you are planning to travel with companies, you can save money by booking not four-bed accommodation, but two doubles with extra beds. In crowded but not mad. But such options still need to be looked for. This service will help you.
Agoda.com
On this site, you can save a lot and trick the system a little. How? Catch our life hack. When you find a suitable option and go to the payment page, then take your time. Now you need to go to hotelshake.com or, if you don't like it, go to hotelscombined.com and find the hotel of your choice. After that, click on the cost and from the general list, choose the site you already know agoda.com and go to the payment page. Thus, the price will decrease. Several dollars a day translate into several dozen for a long journey.
Other useful sites
If you are planning to spend your vacation in the United States, or, for example, in South or North America, then we recommend looking for suitable accommodation on these sites:
- priceline.com
- www.expedia.com
- www.travelocity.com
- homeaway.com
Excellent services for finding vacational rentals. Recommended!
Also unpretentious tourists can use the booking budget motels in the USA at motel6.com. The company often offers discounts and bonuses. In any case, booking through the website is much more profitable than doing it on the spot. Super8 hotels will cost you a little more. You can book on the website.
For holidays in Asia You will certainly need the following accommodation search services:
- agoda.com. Be sure to use the bonus program, which will allow you to get a discount on your next room reservation.
- asiahotels.com
- asiarooms.com
- latestays.com
- sawadee.com. Visitors are often offered profitable promotions and discounts on booking. You can also use the Russian version of the awadee.ru.com website.
- ibilik.com
- tunehotels.com
- elong.net
When booking hotels through the services, don't forget to participate in the various points programs. On your next booking, you will already be able to take advantage of your personal discount. Also, do not unsubscribe from news and promotions. Not everyone likes to receive spam, but sometimes it comes in handy and saves on travel.
If you want to compare hotel prices, you can use the following sites:
- epronto.ru
- hotelscombines.com
An important point
If you decide to use the search engine hotels.skyscanner.com and you are interested in the low price on the website hotels4u.com, which is significantly different from all the others, take your time to rejoice and book a room. When you arrive at the place, you will be told that this system and prices are valid only for residents of England, and for you the price tag will already be much higher.
Hostel
In addition to hotels, you can book a decent hostel through aggregator sites.
What he really is? In the hostel, for very little money, it is proposed to rent a bed in a common room without amenities, which can accommodate up to 24 people in addition to you. Hostels also offer private apartments for one, two or a maximum of six people.
Classification of rooms in hostels:
- Shared room - a room with several bunk beds.
- Private room - this room can accommodate up to 6 people, but you will need to pay for all beds. If you are eating companies, then this is ideal.
- Mixed dorm or female only - rooms in which both women and men, or only ladies can live.
Bathrooms and toilets in hostels are usually shared, but there are some exceptions. You can find a pretty decent or even designer hostel in the city center at a very attractive price that you will really want to return to because of the relaxed and pleasant atmosphere. It is important to know that bed linen is not included in the price, as are towels.
You can book a place or a room in a hostel on the website hostelsclub.com, hostels.com, hostelbookers.com or hostelworld.com, which takes a prepayment of only 10%. You pay the remaining amount on the spot. Hostels can also be booked on booking.com, hotels.ru, ostrovok.ru.
If you see a hostal sign in Spain, then keep in mind that this is not a hostel, but a boarding house. Well, now you definitely can't go wrong =)
Bed and Breakfast
If you are planning to drive away from the capital and admire the beauties of the provinces, then this is a great option for you. This type of accommodation is offered by the owners of family hotels, which have only a few rooms to rent. They are difficult to find in search engines. Usually they are booked on the spot and you can find really very attractive options.
Rent of apartments and cottages
If you are traveling with a company or with a family, it will be much more profitable to rent a cottage or apartment. Apartments can be booked at only-apartments.com or booking.com. Just enter apartments rental in the search engine and select the suitable accommodation option for everyone. You can book a cottage at nettimokki.com or villarenters.com. You can also use the local sites for the region you are planning to travel to.
If you are going to spend your vacation in Finland, you can use this website nettimokki.com.
If you are planning to spend a vacation in France, then you should visit chamonixallyear.com, chamonixsud.com, maeva.com.
Cottages in Austria can be booked at tiscover.com.
Apartments in Barcelona can be booked here apartmentbarcelona.com.
Keep in mind that this type of accommodation in the high season is sold out like cakes from the shelf, so we book as soon as we made a decision, better, at least six months in advance.
Accommodation options for ski resorts can be found at bergfex.com and tiscover.at. Low season for such resorts is from 15 to 30 January. New Year's holidays for Russian tourists have already ended, but European ones have not yet begun and this should be used.
Rental housing from local residents
Here you can use the sites roomorama.com or airbnb.com. This is one of the best options for those who do not like to stay in hotels and hostels, and who are used to home comfort and do not want to part with it even on vacation. Another plus is the kitchen, where you can always cook your own breakfast, if it is not included, lunch or dinner, and save a lot on it.
Carefully study the booking conditions, do not be too lazy to read reviews about the apartment and its owner. Do not worry that the owner can deceive you, everything is legal and transparent, the system of these services is thought out to the smallest detail, and even in case of force majeure, you will not stay on the street.
Camping
Travelers often choose this particular type of vacation. Why? It is convenient and very cheap. You are provided with a place for rent in a fenced area and at your disposal fresh air, a beautiful landscape and a cheerful company of happy travelers from different countries. For those who travel with children, it will be difficult to come up with something more original.
You can find suitable options on the sites: campings.com, campingo.com, and if you want something exotic in New Zealand, then rankers.co.nz/respect will come in handy.
If you are going on a Euro tour, then you will be surprised how many campgrounds are organized for tourists. Everything is quite practical and convenient. There you will always find where to park your car. If you do not have a trailer, but you want to live in the campsite, you can rent a summer house on its territory or put up a tent.
The camping provides everything for a comfortable life: toilets, showers, sinks for washing dishes, a kitchen. Some campsites provide playgrounds for younger guests, shops, restaurants, rental of sports equipment and tourist equipment, volleyball courts, billiards, table tennis, a swimming pool, etc.
Camping sites can be located both in the city itself and outside of it. If you do not think of a comfortable stay away from the city, then look for campgrounds in park areas. There are many like you, so come, meet and have fun.
