Tips for saving money on self-help travel

How to save money by self-help tour during the Spring Festival?

It is necessary to make a detailed plan for traveling abroad. If you don't prepare carefully, you are likely to get twice the result with half the effort.

For example, the route to Tibet is obviously to go to Chengdu first and then fly to Lhasa. In fact, there is more than one way to enter Tibet. You can choose a more innovative plan with a little understanding. Take the Qinghai-Tibet Highway from Xining, Qinghai, enter Tibet via Kunlun Mountain, Tuotuo River and Gladden Snow Mountain, and take a bus tour all the way. It only takes four days before and after. Most people who go to Tibet have a desire to explore and find secrets. Doesn't this mean that the production capacity has doubled?

There are also many tips on the choice of transportation. From the perspective of improving efficiency, expanding content and saving money, sometimes flying is not necessarily time-saving, and taking the train is not necessarily slow; Long-distance buses are just suitable for sightseeing, and luxury cruise ships are also cost-effective. For example, it takes only half an hour to fly from Kunming to Dali, Lijiang, but the price is very expensive, and many scenic spots are missed along the way. If you take a sleeper and drive at night, you will be more interested and tired along the way. It's really economical and interesting!

At present, there are many high-end cruise ships on the Three Gorges of Yangtze River. Many people think the price is too expensive and don't care. In fact, if you calculate the bill carefully, you will find it worthwhile. This year, the price of a three-star cruise ship is about 1400 yuan, and the Sheung Shui ship from Wuhan to Chongqing is cheaper. On the ship, there is no need to spend extra money on accommodation and meals, and the full cost of sightseeing along the way is also included in the fare. Taking such a boat is comfortable and leisurely, and its advantages are obvious at a glance.

Go out for self-help travel, and the choice of accommodation should be hygienic and safe; Second, there should be a place to take a bath. It's not difficult to do these two things. A hostel of twenty or thirty yuan a night is enough. If you want to stay in a star-rated hotel, you can also pursue reasonable prices. As long as it is not the tourist season, the front desk of a two-star hotel or above has the right to give guests appropriate discounts.

How to save money by self-help tour

In tourism, as long as you are careful, you can save money without affecting the quality of tourism.

Use the time difference to save money

If you don't want to spend too much money and want to travel well, you must first be good at using the time difference to save. One is to avoid peak season and travel in off-season. Generally speaking, a scenic spot can be divided into off-season and peak season. Traveling in the off-season is not only convenient to ride, but also because there are few tourists, some hotels have discounts, which can reach more than 50%. On the issue of food, hotels also have different discounts. Therefore, for this alone, the off-season travel cost is at least 30% less than that in the peak season. The second is to plan the return time of the trip and buy tickets in advance or at the same time. Now, in order to attract passengers, some airlines have made provisions for booking air tickets in advance, and the longer the booking time, the greater the discount. At the same time, there are special preferential policies for purchasing round-trip air tickets. This is true for booking air tickets, and there are also discounts for booking train tickets and bus tickets. If you book a train ticket and buy it early, you can temporarily avoid all the formalities of buying a ticket. Third, when traveling, we should carefully plan the interesting places and the time needed, and try to fill in the dates, because one more day in the tourist area will cost one more day.

Choosing a hotel wisely can save money.

Traveling abroad and staying in hotels will affect the quality of tourism and the expenditure of expenses. So how can we live well and cheaply? First of all, before you go out, you can ask where you want to go, whether there are any acquaintances to introduce you or the guest houses and stagnation points of enterprises and institutions that you can stay in. If there are, these hostels and offices with better conditions are preferred, because most of the hostels and offices of enterprises and institutions enjoy many "benefits" of their own units and are generally limited to receiving people related to their own units. Living in such hotels and offices is cheap and safe. Of course, when you choose these guest houses and offices, you should also decide according to the location. If it's inconvenient to travel, you can't live. Second, when the guest houses and offices of enterprises and institutions are not suitable for them, they should aim at hotels. When choosing a hotel, try to avoid staying in a hotel next to the bus stop and choose a hotel in a less prosperous area with convenient transportation. Because these hotels are much cheaper than hotels near railway stations and bus stations, and hotels in these areas can also be discounted. Nowadays, urban taxis are developing rapidly, and it doesn't matter if you live far away.

Playing well can also reduce expenses.

Traveling is one of the most important purposes, and it is necessary to save money on playing. So how to save money? First of all, you should have a simple understanding of the scenic spot you are going to, and sort out the most distinctive places of this scenic spot and the places you must go. This distinctive place must be. When you visit these places, you should also screen some scenic spots, so you don't have to repeat the construction of the landscape, because these scenic spots are everywhere. Secondly, when traveling, you should spend some time in the street to see the scenic spots and the local customs of the city, because such a stroll does not need to spend money to buy tickets, but it can have a good mood, because it can enrich your knowledge and cultivate your temperament.

Don't waste money on shopping

In the traditional tourism concept of China people, there is a hobby that is tourism and shopping. Some people often spend a lot of money on shopping, but they don't spend a lot of money on traveling. So how to not spend money? The first thing is to buy as little as possible when traveling, because shopping is inconvenient to travel, and the prices in tourist areas are generally high, so it is not cost-effective to buy things. At the same time, it is worth noting that remember not to buy expensive things. When selling valuables, some tourist areas often use various methods to sell fakes in view of the high mobility of customers. If you buy these valuables, once the tourists come back and find that they have been cheated, they have to admit that they are unlucky because the journey is too long. Of course, it is also necessary to travel to a place to buy something, one is to give it to relatives and friends, and the other is to commemorate it. So what should I buy? Generally, I just buy some local goods with better prices than my own place. These goods are both cheap and distinctive.

Avoid being slaughtered, and self-help tour will teach you 30 tips to save money.

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1. Off-season travel is the basis of saving money.

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2。 The route design is reasonable, and there are few repeated roads, which saves a lot of money.

3。 When you charter a car, you should tell the driver first that if you want to pick up other passengers on the way, the price will be cheaper.

4。 It is better to take a train than to fly. Sometimes it's cheaper to take a train than to drive. To buy a train ticket, if there is a non-air-conditioned car, you can buy a non-air-conditioned ticket, which can save 1.5 yuan, but the car condition will be worse. Make a few more phone calls before buying a plane ticket and negotiate by phone.

5。 Take more buses in the city.

6。 When you take a taxi or charter a car, ask the driver if it is your destination. If it is, it can be cheaper. Because he will go back eventually. If you meet someone else's car and return, you can have more room for bargaining. Because the average driver will put the return gas money on the one-way package, which means that someone has paid for the gas for you.

7。 Regarding the choice of transportation routes, sometimes you can save a lot of money by changing trains instead of taking the through train. Key points of this method: (1) Appropriate transit; (2) the combination of various modes of transportation; (3) Look at maps, railway operation lines and highway lines, and use your head.

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8。 Look at the house before bargaining.

9。 If you are a loner, you don't want to live with strangers without a single room, and there is no need to rent the whole room. You can ask the hotel to arrange your room after all the other rooms are full.

10。 Staying in a hotel without a hot shower can save money by taking a bath in the bathroom outside.

1 1。 Getting on the bus outside the long-distance bus station is sometimes cheaper than getting on the bus inside the station. But not necessarily. Besides, you can bargain on the road.

12。 After the train speeds up, many trains arrive in the evening, which is most suitable for self-help tourists. Stay on the train for one night, arrive at the destination in the morning, and throw yourself into the tour with great interest. The combination of fare, accommodation and expenses is a good way to save money.

13. If you arrive in the morning, don't look for accommodation immediately, because many rooms may not be checked out yet. Besides, it is not good to bargain with the bag. You can put your bag at the train station first, play first, pay attention to whether there is a suitable hotel while playing, and then go to see the house at dusk to bargain. And if no one lives at this time, you can stay at a lower price.

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14。 When eating local specialties such as seafood, you can go to the seafood wholesale market or the farmer's market to buy it yourself, and then take it to the restaurant for processing. But you have to know the general processing price of the restaurant first. If you eat low-grade seafood, there is no need to do so.

15。 Ask if you want to pay for napkins at dinner. If there is a charge, you can use your own napkins instead of napkins.

16。 Lonely people want to save money by eating, and northern food is generally more weighty. You can put forward your price and let the restaurant weigh it according to your price. This saves money and is not wasteful. Of course, the actual unit price will be higher.

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17。 Bargain more, regardless of food, accommodation and purchase, and keep the price down. Sometimes it seems that you can't bargain, but you can still bargain.

18。 Don't shop in front of the tour group.

19。 Don't stay in a hotel under the guidance of an intermediary, because it will be more expensive for him to get kickbacks.

20。 Even if you think the price is cheap, don't say "this thing is really cheap" when you consume it, otherwise you will get more expensive prices when you consume other things.

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2 1。 Tourists in rich areas should not say their origins when spending money. Because travel providers usually set prices according to the wealth of your area.

22。 The combination of 2-4 people is the most economical.

23。 In some places, you can't see anything, especially ancient buildings, but you have to pay the explanation fee for hiring a tour guide. What are we doing? Listen. The tour team must have a tour guide to explain, and you can be an observer. If you are afraid that following a team all the time will be an eyesore, and you are embarrassed yourself, you can listen to this person's explanation and go to the next place to listen to another person's explanation. After listening to the introductions of various places, visit them again in detail.

24。 Free time tickets can be bought at the booking office. You can also get free maps in star-rated hotels (although it is simpler), which can save money on buying maps.

25。 It's best to take a smaller cup with you, so you can save money on drinks and mineral water. After drinking, you can order boiled water at the place where you eat and fill it up. There is usually free boiled water in the waiting room, and you can also draw water from your own cup here.

26。 If you are a student, you must bring your student ID card. Many scenic spots have student tickets, which can save a lot of money. If you are a graduate student, you'd better borrow an undergraduate certificate, because many local graduate students can't get half a ticket.

27。 Carry a national ic card with you to make phone calls and avoid being slaughtered. Of course, there are 30 cents public telephones now, which are cheaper than ic cards, and you can make calls without ic cards.

28。 When checking in, ask whether breakfast is included and whether local calls are included. If so, use the room phone. If it is not free, don't use the room phone, because it is generally more expensive than the most expensive outside. ?

29. Look at the online strategy before you leave. Some detailed raiders will list the local consumer prices, not afraid of being slaughtered. ?

30. During transit in general large and medium-sized cities, you can choose a bath center as a place to stay at night, and you can also do some repairs when you are tired, especially in the three northeastern provinces, provincial capitals and many bath centers. Personally, especially in Changchun, it is a better choice for a single man to stay in the lounge of the bath center for one night. There is no need to spend money without bathing, and the bag has a special storage place.

Self-help travel saves money!

I have traveled by myself for many years, and I have summarized my experience in saving money as follows:

1. Off-season travel is the basis of saving money.

2。 The route design is reasonable, and there are few repeated roads, which saves a lot of money.

3。 The combination of 2-4 people is the most economical.

4。 It is better to take a train than to fly. Sometimes it's cheaper to take a train than to drive.

Buy train tickets. If you have a non-air-conditioned car, you can buy a non-air-conditioned ticket and save 1.5 yuan. Of course, the car condition will be worse. Make a few more phone calls before buying a plane ticket and negotiate by phone.

5。 Take more buses in the city.

6。 Look at the house before bargaining.

7。 If you are a loner, you don't want to live with strangers without a single room, and there is no need to rent the whole room. You can ask the hotel to arrange your room after all the other rooms are full.

8。 Staying in a hotel without a hot shower can save money by taking a bath in the bathroom outside.

9。 Lonely people want to save money by eating, and northern food is generally more weighty. You can put forward your price and let the restaurant weigh it according to your price. This saves money and is not wasteful. Of course, the actual unit price will be higher.

10。 When eating local specialties such as seafood, you can go to the seafood wholesale market or the farmer's market to buy it yourself, and then take it to the restaurant for processing. But you have to know the general processing price of the restaurant first. If you eat low-grade seafood, there is no need to do so.

1 1。 Ask if you want to pay for napkins at dinner. If there is a charge, you can use your own napkins instead of napkins.

12。 Getting on the bus outside the long-distance bus station is sometimes cheaper than getting on the bus inside the station. But not necessarily. Besides, you can bargain on the road.

13。 Bargain more, regardless of food, accommodation and purchase, and keep the price down. Sometimes it seems that you can't bargain, but you can still bargain.

14。 Don't shop in front of the tour group.

15。 Don't stay in a hotel under the guidance of an intermediary, because it will be more expensive for him to get kickbacks/

16。 Even if you think the price is cheap, don't say "this thing is really cheap" when you consume it, otherwise you will get more expensive prices when you consume other things.

17。 Tourists in rich areas should not say their origins when spending money. Because travel providers usually set prices according to the wealth of your area.

18 When you charter a car, you should tell the driver first that if you want to pick up other passengers on the way, the price will be cheaper.

19。 After the train speeds up, many trains arrive in the evening, which is most suitable for self-help tourists. Stay on the train for one night, arrive at the destination in the morning, and throw yourself into the tour with great interest. The combination of fare, accommodation and expenses is a good way to save money.

20。 In some places, you can't see anything, especially ancient buildings, but you have to pay the explanation fee for hiring a tour guide. What are we doing? Listen. The tour team must have a tour guide to explain, and you can be an observer. If you are afraid that following a team all the time will be an eyesore, and you are embarrassed yourself, you can listen to this person's explanation and go to the next place to listen to another person's explanation. After listening to the introductions of various places, visit them again carefully.

2 1。 When you take a taxi or charter a car, ask the driver if it is your destination. If it is, it can be cheaper. Because he will go back eventually.

If you meet someone else's car and return, you can have more room for bargaining. Because the average driver will put the return gas money on the one-way package, which means that someone has paid for the gas for you.

22。 Free time tickets can be bought at the booking office.

You can also get free maps in star-rated hotels (although it is simpler), which can save money on buying maps.

23。 It's best to take a smaller cup with you, so you can save money on drinks and mineral water. After drinking, you can order boiled water at the place where you eat and fill it up. There is usually free boiled water in the waiting room, and you can also draw water from your own cup here.

24。 If you are a student, you must bring your student ID card. Many scenic spots have student tickets, which can save a lot of money. If you are a graduate student, you'd better borrow an undergraduate certificate, because many local graduate students can't get half a ticket.

25。 Carry a national ic card with you to make phone calls and avoid being slaughtered. Of course, there are 30 cents public telephones now, which are cheaper than ic cards, and you can make calls without ic cards.

26。 When checking in, ask whether breakfast is included and whether local calls are included. If so, use the room phone. If it is not free, don't use the room phone, because it is generally more expensive than the most expensive outside.

"Cheats" of Saving Money by Self-help Travel in Golden Week

Remember the song "I want to go to Guilin"? Not everyone can go out and have time and money. Donkey friends have long given up the habit of going with travel agencies. For most people who love self-help, time is squeezed out and money is saved. Although we love traveling, we are also keen to exchange some skills to save money on the trip. Speaking out loud may give you some advice:

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Staying in a hotel is boring. When traveling, you must stay in the most distinctive local places. When you go to Lijiang, you must stay in Naxi folk houses. To go to Pingyao ancient city, you must live in a mansion of Shanxi merchants. If you want to go to Beijing, you should stay in a quadrangle. To go to Shanghai, you have to live in the old building of Shikumen. To go to Phoenix, you must live in a diaojiao building by the river. To go to Xiamen, you have to live in an old villa near the sea on Gulangyu Island. There was too much information on the internet before. It's really not easy to find

You don't have to visit all the scenic spots.

When traveling abroad, you must first know your own tourist attractions, and sort out where the most distinctive place of this attraction is and where you must go. You must screen the scenic spots during your trip, and you don't have to go to the repeatedly built landscape. Try not to take the cable car or cableway. It is best to visit many scenic spots in person, so as to save money and appreciate its charm. When traveling, you should spend some time on the street to see the scenic spots and the local customs of the city, because you don't need to spend money on tickets, you will find surprises.

Carefully buy scenic goods.

Buy as little as possible during the tour. Generally, the price in tourist areas is high, so it is inconvenient to travel after shopping. In view of the high mobility of customers, some tourist areas sell counterfeit valuables, while those that truly reflect the cultural and historical customs of the region may not be sold in scenic spots. West Lake Longjing, for example, grows in meijiawu and Wengjiashan on the outskirts of Hangzhou, instead of the West Lake scenic spot. Therefore, the price of Longjing in the West Lake Scenic Area is not only much higher than that in the producing area, but also comparable to that in Beijing. In addition, it is best to prepare the necessary items in advance, such as film, so as to avoid cramming for high quality and high price items.

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Most scenic spots are divided into off-season and peak season. Traveling in the off-season is not only easy to ride, but also because there are few tourists, even five-star hotels can get amazing discounts. For example, if you go to Qingdao to see the sea and live near Badaguan, the scenery is the most pleasant in winter, which is more than 50% cheaper than in summer. In addition, off-season travel can purchase tickets in advance and return tickets. In order to attract passengers, airlines have made regulations on booking air tickets in advance. The longer the booking time, the greater the discount. At the same time, there are special preferential policies for purchasing round-trip air tickets.

Eat more special snacks

When traveling, you don't need to go to a local high-end restaurant to eat, even a high-end restaurant can't make a "moon meal". The radish and cabbage we usually eat are still radish and cabbage wherever we go, just in different plates. If you want to save money on food, try more local specialty snacks. Although these things are not expensive, they are full of local flavor, so they can be passed down to this day and the taste must be very attractive. For example, Lamian Noodles in Lanzhou can be seen everywhere, but only the soup in Lanzhou is the most fragrant and strong, and you can buy it in any street shop.

Traveling with a group is very cost-effective.

In the city, it is more suitable for a person to travel. But traveling to Tibet, Qinghai, Xinjiang and other places alone is definitely not the most economical way. You should find a few people with the same goal of self-help travel, take public transport such as trains and buses or rent a car in partnership, solve the three meals by yourself and form a team to travel together. In a place with closed traffic, it is the safest and most cost-effective way for several people to rent a car to eat and live together.

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Travel is a big expense. When you are going to travel with your family or friends, have you considered how to use your money reasonably and how to get the pleasure of traveling in the most frugal way? If you have a financial thinking and consciousness of spending money to travel, I believe your journey will be relaxed and happy.

1) Train travel is economical. For self-funded tourists, the first thing to choose is transportation. As we all know, the train time is long and the plane time is short, but this long and short form the price difference. For example, for a trip from Hangzhou to Xi 'an, the round-trip train sleeper is around 400 yuan, and the "two-way flight" cost is 1.900 yuan, and the difference between them is 1.500 yuan. According to a family of three, the difference is 4500 yuan. It can be seen that for ordinary families with low income, it is more cost-effective for the whole family to go out by train. Besides, traveling by train with family or friends is actually a way of traveling. Coupled with the speed-up of trains and the improvement of software and hardware services of "Tielaoda", it provides more convenience for ordinary people to travel by train than before. From this perspective, it is suitable for most families to travel by train.

2) The choice of transportation for visiting tourist attractions. After arriving at the tourist destination, there are many means of transportation to and from the tourist attractions, including coaches, buses and taxis. From an economic point of view, it is better to buy a guide map yourself. According to the route of the guide map, it is much cheaper to play by bus. From the convenience point of view, although the bus is not as good as a taxi or coach, from the freedom point of view, it is much more convenient to play by bus, because you can freely control the time of each scenic spot according to your own preferences.

3) Counter-offer before registration. Economic prosperity has promoted the rapid development of hotel service industry in cities, and traveling and staying abroad is no longer a problem. At the same time, it also provides tourists with greater choices, and of course, it also makes the accommodation price flexible. Accommodation prices in some cities are mostly negotiable, generally 80-70% of the marked price. Therefore, after arriving at the tourist destination, you must not rush to check in regardless of the price. You should negotiate the price first, and then check in. If time permits, you can visit more places and make a comparison. From the perspective of safety and food hygiene, you should consider hotels, hotels and guest houses with higher grades when choosing accommodation. You must not covet to save money, but stay in a hotel with poor environment.

Besides, when you decide to travel by train, you should pay attention to the relatively high food prices in some shops in the station. Therefore, before taking the train, you can choose a big shopping mall to prepare enough necessary food, which is both economical and reassuring, and try to avoid buying food at the station store or stops along the way.

Cheats of saving money by self-help travel

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There are few ways to get to the destination, usually by plane or train. Even if it's a short trip, sometimes it's cheaper to take a train than a car, and it saves time. You don't have to worry about breaking down halfway or being blocked by snow and fog.

If you choose to fly, it is best to "hook up" with a travel agency to book air tickets or enjoy the membership treatment of a membership organization.

Today, with the prevalence of the Internet, "online group joining" has gradually become popular. There are netizens who need to fly together on the Internet. After reaching a certain number, they can naturally get the collective fares of airlines.

Taking the train is a better choice. If you have enough time, you can enjoy the scenery by train. For example, if you head south along the Beijing-Kowloon line in winter, you may still have a vast snowfield when you leave. You have seen the hay and the sails of the river, but when you reach your destination, a green leaf is dancing to meet you.

Taking a boat sometimes saves money and saves the trouble of changing trains. For example, a boat ticket is enough to get on the boat from Chongqing along the Yangtze River and go ashore in Wuhan to enjoy the scenery along the way.

Flying alone and sitting on your back are good ways to save money and avoid fatigue.

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If we want to reduce some scenic spots in order to save money, it will not be worth the loss.

One way for smart backpackers to save money is to plan their travel routes and itineraries to avoid going the wrong way. Tourism should focus on the most famous natural and cultural landscapes in this area.

Asking a tour guide at a scenic spot must pay the explanation fee, so it is better to "rub" it. The tour team must have a tour guide to explain, and you can be an observer.

Don't forget to buy a local traffic map, which can help you understand the direction and distinguish the distance. It is also a good helper for riding.

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If you want to save money on food, try more local specialty snacks. Although these things are not expensive, they are full of local flavor, so they can be passed down to this day and the taste must be very attractive. For example, Lamian Noodles in Lanzhou is found all over the country, but only the soup in Lanzhou is the most fragrant and strong, which can be bought in any street shop.

Nanjing sesame oil bean jelly, the most authentic bean jelly in street stalls, costs 50 cents a bowl and eats ten meals, but it costs 5 yuan. Do you think it's worth it?

Also, ordering the same special snacks, the prices of high-end restaurants and street shops are far apart. If you stay in one place for more than two days, but you can't resist the temptation of "time-honored brands", you can have a special meal, such as Lao Sunjia's An Paomo, Lao Zhengxing's Shanghai Dasubao and Lao Tongcheng's Wuhan Doupi, all of which are famous for being "old". But you can only eat one meal. Eating too much is useless, but it costs a lot of money. This meal is just to satisfy your "authentic psychology".

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If you are not picky about the facilities, there are many middle and low-grade hotels in the city, especially the guest houses of various enterprises and institutions, which are often cheaper than ordinary hotels.

If it is off-season, don't forget to bargain at the front desk of the hotel. As long as you mention it, you can get a discount price without bargaining. If you want to make it cheaper, you can only rely on lip service. But don't break the hotel's bottom line. Once you insist on a very low price, you may not even get the initial discount.

Living in a "mobile hotel" is also good, killing two birds with one stone. There are many trains arriving at night. Considering the fare, accommodation and expenses, it is most suitable for self-help tourists. This is really a good way to save money.