International students' fashion "poor travel" saves money and goes global.

Traveling around the world is the dream of many people. But traveling is also a matter of spending money, so many people who love traveling are looking for all kinds of wonderful ways to play and the most economical way to play. ...

Nowadays, people who love to travel are overwhelming. Journalists set up a group at random in Xin Kai. It's called "Travel around the world anyway". It didn't take long to gather more than 1000 group friends, all of whom love to travel around the world. Everyone posted a reply to discuss things about traveling around the world. In many posts, in addition to the route guide, group friends are very concerned about how to save money, spend the least money to take the farthest road and play the most beautiful scenery.

Coupled with the global financial crisis, saving money has become a new fashion for everyone. Give up the travel plan, or seize the opportunity to visit the most places with the least money? Therefore, poor travel has naturally become a fashionable way of travel and is sought after by people. Many people want to be like Zhu, the author of "3000 dollars, I travel around the world". Even if they are short of money, they can still play around the world.

Spend the least money to play the most places

Not long ago, many Wenzhou donkey friends just went to Diaoyu Island in Southeast Asia. A family of three flew around and stayed in a five-star hotel. Nearly 10 days' journey actually only cost more than 10,000 yuan. Colleagues and friends are envious. It turned out that he had gone through all the formalities online and booked a low-cost air ticket in Juck Zhang early through AirAsia. The plane ticket to Bangkok actually only cost 500 yuan. After coming back, he talked about his experience of saving money and regretted not being able to book a free air ticket for AirAsia, otherwise it would save money. Indeed, he is a typical representative of poor tourists around us. His experience is that the sooner you find a special ticket, the better. Second, you know some foreign languages. Third, the closer you get to the weekend, the more expensive it is, so you bypass the high-priced holidays.

The word "poor travel" comes from the internet. It is said that in recent years, a number of China students have sprung up to study in Europe. In English-speaking countries, there is also a corresponding formulation, which is called "budget travel". Simply put, it is to do budget travel by yourself.

In fact, in popular terms, poor travel is to save money as much as possible while traveling freely. There are two kinds of poor tourists, one is really short of money, and the other is to be poor but not poor. Choosing poor tourists has nothing to do with "having money" and "having no money", but just wants to be poor in the most economical way to make the world better.

On the French version of "Poor Travel Network", the reporter saw that romantic travel to France in winter has become a popular choice. First of all, because air tickets in winter are much cheaper than those in summer, especially in the face of economic crisis, discounts make more netizens "eager to move". In addition, the winter in France is actually not too cold, and 65438+ 10 is the winter discount period in France. ...

However, if you just choose where to travel, you can't call it a "poor tour." Authentic "poor tourists" will definitely send their routes online and find someone to find fault with. Finally, a classic route is summed up to achieve the goal of "playing the most places with the least money".

The "treasure book" of poor travel

Clothing: Although all kinds of outdoor clothing are sold in major outdoor stores, it is not necessary to be so complicated. As long as the shoes fit comfortably, the clothes must have a windbreaker that can shelter from the wind and rain, and other clothes should be increased or decreased according to the climate. Outdoor products such as tents and sleeping bags can even be adapted to local conditions.

Food: Water is essential, besides chocolate, sausage, coffee, instant noodles and so on. When hiking or camping, you should also prepare outdoor stoves and rice and other foods.

One trick to save money on accommodation is to sleep on the train. It's cheap to buy a seat ticket during the day and make up a berth at night.

OK: Traveling abroad, all kinds of popular books on the Internet will give you advice on how to book cheap air tickets. In China, in addition to hiking, you can also choose to go to some places where poor tourists are concentrated. The advantage of this is that you can hire more like-minded people, greatly reduce the cost of "travel" and ensure safety.

There are all kinds of money-saving tips.

In the eyes of many poor travel enthusiasts, "no money" is the golden rule. "You can go to more places with limited money. Why not? " Outdoor sports enthusiast Zhang said.

After a long time, there are more places to walk, and simple walking has become a habit. What a good word "province".

In order to make the limited money play a greater role in travel, the word "province" takes the lead, and "old donkeys" don't pay attention to food, clothing, housing and transportation. They care more about the feelings of the soul than the simple material conditions. Onion in Lv You, Wenzhou spent more than RMB 1000 last two months and traveled all over Gannan, Xinjiang and Tibet. Speaking of this bad travel experience, he bluntly said that transportation cost accounted for the biggest cost during the trip. He tries not to fly, hitchhike, stay in a youth hostel, eat simply and never buy souvenirs indiscriminately. Two months later, he lost a lot of weight, but he enjoyed the experience of "being in purgatory and his heart in heaven". They want to experience natural, simple and primitive things, and they can only reach them with their feet. They also look for places to go.

Netizen Xixi said that when providing you with a poor travel plan, a city's round-trip ticket, one-day ticket, weekly ticket and group ticket are cheaper than ordinary one-way tickets, and public transportation is sometimes more convenient than sightseeing buses; Don't always book hotels and air tickets one week before departure. In Europe, booking a room six months in advance can be half cheaper. ...

According to online data, the foreign financial crisis has led to a continuous decline in the price of outbound travel, and it is time to dream of traveling around the world. Moreover, due to the financial crisis, it is also the peak period of zero-price air tickets abroad. After saving this money, the transportation fee will be saved by more than half. In addition, when going out now, many five major hotels are also offering substantial discounts. Hotels that used to cost $65,438+000 can now stay at only $30.

There are many ways to save money. You can find a lot just by doing your homework.

On-line positioning of economic tourism

It is understood that today's "poor tourists" are often people with knowledge, personality and economic mind. Moreover, they like to collect travel information online and choose food, shelter and transportation according to online word of mouth. It is understood that the popular websites on the Internet-"Poor Travel Network" and Zhao Rui World Wide Web, not only have the introduction of public transportation in various countries, but also the general prices of consumer goods, restaurants and local festivals. You can design and budget the route according to the introduction provided by netizens for free.

The best-selling author Zhu is regarded as a wandering god by many "poor tourists". Speaking of places that spend the least money to play the most, "no one believes in free air tickets, but I have traveled all over the world with this." Zhu said that there are actually many "free lunches" in the world, depending on whether you can find them. The ability to collect, distinguish and apply information is becoming more and more important. Traveling doesn't have to cost a lot of money, the key depends on how to plan. For example, on his trip to Southeast Asia, it costs more than 3,000 RMB to fly from Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia, to Singapore, but it only costs tens of RMB to fly to an island not far from Singapore. The fare from the island to Singapore is 100 RMB, and the voyage is half an hour. "Why is it so cheap? Because this island belongs to Indonesia, it is a domestic flight, and Jakarta flies to Singapore, which is an international flight. "

Experts reminded that although the special ticket looks beautiful, if you want to be good and cheap, you still have to scout slowly, because you can't refund, change your name or change your visa. Even if it can be changed, the change fee is relatively high, and the full amount including tax should be paid when booking. Therefore, when booking special fares, there are many places to pay attention to, such as payment methods. And it takes a lot of patience to make a combination.