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How to choose a travel method?

Nowadays, there are many ways to travel and there is a lot of room for choice. You might as well make a comparison before setting off.

◆Self-guided travel

Everything including food, accommodation, transportation, travel, shopping, and entertainment is all done by the tourists themselves. The operation is relatively cumbersome, especially during the peak tourist season. Buying air tickets, There can be trouble getting tickets and sorting out accommodation in tourist hotspots. But difficulties are also challenges. As long as you find the trick, the problem is easy to solve. The methods are as follows: First, avoid tourist hot spots and choose some "cold spot" areas with beautiful scenery and tourism. Second, book rooms and tickets in advance. Visitors can calculate their travel time and entrust friends or travel agencies to book rooms and tickets in advance to avoid being overwhelmed at last minute. Third, travel together as a couple or as a family or colleague. 2 people can also make the trip, 4-5 people are best, and more than 10 people can also do it. The advantage is that the journey is not lonely, each other is taken care of, and the cost can be saved a lot. . Remember, when traveling together, you must appoint a smart and capable leader who will be responsible for solving everyone's food, housing, transportation and other problems in a unified way. You must not do their own thing, otherwise it will be a mess. Fourth, adopt a semi-self-service approach, that is, use travel agencies to solve round-trip tickets and air tickets, and tourists can solve other problems such as food, accommodation, and travel by themselves after arriving at the tourist destination.

Although self-guided travel is a bit troublesome, tourists can make their own decisions about food, accommodation, transportation, and travel freely. Especially in places with charming scenery or rich culture, you can have enough time to experience it. And linger. The shortcomings of self-guided travel are: first, the travel time is longer, and situations such as waiting and taking the wrong bus often occur due to unfamiliarity with local conditions, so it is not suitable for cross-regional travel. Secondly, expenses will increase, there will often be extra-budgetary expenses, and you will not be able to get greater discounts on air tickets, hotel room rates, etc. Thirdly, self-guided travel is also tiring and requires good physical condition. Especially when traveling to undeveloped places, bumps and tossing on the road are unavoidable.

◆Group travel

This method has gradually been accepted by most tourists, so every holiday is the busiest time for travel agencies. The biggest advantage of traveling with a group is that you save money and worry (especially the all-inclusive group). You can travel alone or with the whole family. You don’t have to worry about eating, drinking and eating during the trip. You only need to keep up your spirits and eat, drink and have fun along the way. That’s it. Group tours are generally much cheaper than self-guided tours because air tickets, hotels, cars, meals, tickets, etc. are all collectively consumed, and there are local travel agencies who are familiar with the situation to receive them, so the cost is almost affordable. to the lowest. In addition, the tour itineraries designed by travel agencies are generally more scientific and reasonable, and the selection of scenic spots is also based on the most representative or essential parts, with appropriate additions or reductions of secondary scenic spots, which can basically meet the requirements of most tourists. The main task of tourists is to choose the best tourist routes and the best travel agencies.

◆Self-driving travel

This method is only the choice of a small number of people. For some people who meet the conditions, driving a vehicle by yourself will make you feel more at ease. Self-driving travel can be divided into two forms: bringing your own car and renting a car from a travel agency. Generally, tourists first go to the travel agency to consult the situation and ask about the route, mileage, time arrangement and price, and then drive themselves to travel. Self-driving travel is not suitable for long-term, long-distance travel, because long-distance travel will make the driver too tired and increase unsafe factors, and it is easy to get lost. It is best to have several friends with driving licenses traveling with you when traveling by car, so that you can alternate driving during the journey, reduce journey risks, and increase the fun of the journey.

Other modes of travel include bicycle travel, backpacking travel, camping, adventure study tours, etc., tourists may decide according to the situation