How to save money by traveling alone? How to save the most money when traveling?

In fact, a person's trip is sometimes more comfortable than a succession trip. Today, Bian Xiao will talk to you about some tips to save money when traveling. You can look at these tips.

The most expensive things for food, clothing, housing and transportation are housing (accommodation) and transportation (transportation). These two things, together with a ticket fee, directly determine the level of travel expenses; Clothes and food are the easiest things to waste money, which determines your final myalgia index.

(1) Living and traveling:

These two points are the first to be noticed, because the type determines the price.

If you stay, your friend's house is the most cost-effective, followed by the Youth Travel Farmhouse Economy Hotel, the second hotel and the hotel with the best scenery.

Go to the travel APP to see where you like to live, and then book in advance according to your own situation.

Accommodation costs a lot of money. First, the mentality is that it is hard to avoid the affirmation that the youth travel service likes independent space and will spend more money. Second, the advance is not enough. Please book your weekend trip one week in advance and plan your holiday one month in advance.

If possible, an express train is smaller than a bullet train and smaller than an airplane. Choose overnight delivery for long distance, which saves time and money. Pay attention to the trend of air tickets three months in advance, grab low-priced air tickets, and usually pay attention to low-priced air tickets. In short, it's like the latest slogan of Qunar. Com: save more, of course play more.

If you think three months is too early and you are not Tony Leung Chiu Wai, you won't go to new york to feed pigeons on a whim. Long-distance travel is definitely the result of long-term planning Since it has been planned for a long time, it is not difficult to see the tickets earlier.

After arriving at the destination, take more public transportation and pay attention to the operation time of public transportation. Once I was playing in Wuhan, because I missed the last bus, I had to take a taxi from Hankou to Wuchang. That was really a drop of blood.

If you really want to take a taxi, carpool more.

Also, if the master lures you to rent a car on the grounds that a scenic spot is being built recently and public transportation cannot arrive, especially if you don't know the relevant situation in advance, you will choose not to believe it. After all, what you earn is money you don't know.

(2) clothes and food

Clothes are not a big problem, mainly the weather. Don't buy clothes, umbrellas, hats and shoes at the end of the game, and of course don't buy clothes and big souvenirs from scenic spots, especially when you are abroad. Don't forget that you once whispered about foreigners buying national costumes in China scenic spots. The quality of Taobao, the price of pit death! ! !

Eating is easy to be cheated, and you really have to do enough. It is suggested to avoid shops/snack streets with particularly loud names and choose sub-level shops that provide the same type of food. Because of its fame, the price is easily raised, but there is no time to make the taste full when there are many passengers.

These self-help tours will be mentioned, you can visit them more, and there are local post bars. Locals will take stock of food and recommend some unpopular shops. Famous places, Zhihu will have related problems.

Once in Thailand, the local people recommended an authentic but little-known restaurant and had a big table of similar dishes with three friends. In the end, everyone was 35 yuan, and he was moved to tears.

Some people may say that the off-season ticket season has a great influence. In fact, everyone knows the truth, but to be honest, how many of us can really have the opportunity to travel in the off-season? There are too many opportunities. Where is the off-season in this world?

2. The farther away, the stranger. The more you plan.

Travel when you leave, that's who can afford it.

If you can't afford money and time, then you'd better be a conservative party in your travel, leaving chic to others and sustainable development to yourself.

Long-distance travel is usually a place where you have been thinking for a long time. You don't have to wait until you have money and time to plan. If you think there is any problem or need to pay attention, search and take notes in the application. You won't be in a hurry when you leave. You will lose this and forget that, and then waste money.

3. The best strategy supplement is the advice of local people.

Of course, it is best to have a local friend who can play and eat. If not, you have to turn to Zhihu, and of course there is an omnipotent circle of friends.

Don't dislike Baidu's knowledge, post bars, forums and so on. Although they are outdated channels, many locals have left enthusiastic recommendations on them before.

When you get to the local area, ask the driver and the staff in the residence as a supplementary source of information.

These are casual things, but in many cases, they can save us a lot of trouble.

Myth 1: I want to spend less, but I don't want to lower my expectations.

Distance, different consumption levels in different regions will lead to differences in consumption, so when we choose a destination, the level of consumption has already been decided. Many raiders will recommend some niche tourist attractions with low consumption level, which is also the first choice to save money.

Poor travel is at the expense of a certain degree of effort. If you can't stand suffering and want to travel, you can't find your own happiness.

Myth 2: Every famous scenic spot should be visited, but it is a pity not to play.

Not to mention that in the peak season, the famous scenic spots have no scenery but people's heads, which is ugly. When you go, you just send someone's head. Travel is not punching in to do tasks, the key is to change the environment and mood!

We have nowhere to go. Wherever you go, there is scenery. Free scenery is also a scenery, or a scenery that many people miss in a hurry, isn't it?

Myth 3: I have heard a lot of truth, but I just don't want to take the time to implement it.

There are only two ways in the world. Exchange money for time or exchange time for money. Both hold what you don't want to lose. You'd better wash and sleep.

In fact, when traveling, don't be too obsessed with money and leave more room for yourself, because no matter how many plans we make, there will always be some changes that will catch us off guard.

The big pit must be avoided, and the small pit is an experience, which is the meaning of travel.

The other, the line.

For me, there is no such thing as the best way to travel. It all depends on the specific situation.

The following points need to be considered comprehensively: price, travel distance, travel time and safety! ?

First of all, I choose many modes of travel: plane and bullet train (including high-speed rail/train). I seldom travel by bus. I personally have no experience.

The reasons for choosing more planes are: first, it is relatively fast; second, if you choose to travel in the off-season, the air ticket price is often better than the train price.

Take my trip from Xiamen to Chengdu as an example. I traveled for a week and bought a round-trip ticket. No.7 and 750 were decided temporarily. Due to the stopover, the one-way flight time is 4 hours. The Xiamen-Chengdu bullet train is 300+ one-way, and there is no direct train, with a time of 37 hours.

I also bought: 1k round trip to Haikou and Fuzhou, 500 round trip to Wuhan and Fuzhou (to see cherry blossoms in Wuhan in March), and 500 one-way trip from Shenzhen to Kunming (this is in the tourist season).

But from Xiamen to Shenzhen, I usually choose the bullet train/high-speed train, which is not cost-effective and troublesome.

For example, in Yunnan, it is more suitable to take the train from Kunming to go to dali. Although the train is slow, choosing night travel can save one night's accommodation, which is also a different experience.

Well, to sum up:

If the distance is not too far, it is recommended to travel by train. If the distance is far, choose a train or plane according to the price and travel time. It is not recommended to travel by bus unless there is no choice or the trip is really short.

Website for purchasing special airfare:

Where to go, Flying Pig, Ctrip, official apps of major airlines (there are many answers about buying air tickets in Zhihu, so I won't go into details).

It should be noted that air tickets can actually be bought than the price comparison: for example, xxAPP looks very cheap, but it may not catch up with yyAPP when it is fixed. For example, on two apps, the lowest price of air tickets on the same day looks similar, but one of them may have a better flight time.

It doesn't hurt to shop around. )

Also remember to pay attention to the baggage allowance when choosing an airline. If you don't have enough luggage, please buy it in time, otherwise it is not very cost-effective to buy it at the airport.

When you get to the local area: take fewer taxis and try to take the bus and subway. Use the map flexibly, if you don't understand, it's not shameful to ask the locals ~

I really can't figure out how to give an intravenous drip. You can choose carpooling.

If it's not too far, just go. Maybe you found some surprises?

If you really don't know how to play, or want to go to the surrounding cities after arriving at your destination, you can choose to buy local tour products.

In fact, I think a good way to experience a city is to take a bus/subway, so that you can feel the life of the local people and get to know a city better.

Second, live.

Traveling alone is very, very recommended.

What's so good about youth travel?

First, it's cheap. Second, playing by yourself can sometimes be lonely (one can't eat a big hot pot), but you can ask a small partner to go to Youth Travel. Third, staying in a good youth brigade must be a deeper experience of local cultural characteristics and so on.

If you find it unacceptable to share a room with others, then it is recommended to choose a single room, inn, homestay and express hotel of youth travel service, which is also a good way to save money.

After staying, if you want to chat with the owner, you can ask a more authentic restaurant or a more convenient way to travel. Their longer stay will definitely be better than some strategies.

If you choose volunteers to change accommodation, the problem of accommodation will be solved, which will be discussed later. You can talk privately if you are interested.

Because I personally study hotels, some good hotels have discounts, and I would like to go, but this is not suitable for me, really lonely ~

Third, food.

As a baby who often laughs at Engel's coefficient of 80%, I have something to say about food:

Very not recommended in the scenic spot! Commercial street! Eat in the snack city. Unless you make a serious strategy and the most authentic and delicious shops are really here, the so-called "famous shops in China", "traditional food" and "the best in X" in these places are all lies!

The taste is not authentic and the price is very expensive. It is better to find a smaller fly restaurant to go to these places.

I've always been willing to eat! So I have no say in this matter.

It's just that I suggest doing a good job in raiders, or saying hello to others (such as your local friends, such as the shopkeeper where you live, such as friends who have been to this place)

Then what I need to say is that if you choose to stay in the Youth Travel Service, you can invite everyone to make a meal. A meal doesn't cost much, but you can taste local characteristics or eat dishes cooked by friends from all over the world. It is also a very good experience.

If you stay in a place for a long time, or you can't get used to the local food, you can see if the youth travel service can cook, and it's not bad to rent a kitchen from the shopkeeper and cook a small meal by yourself.

Fourth, save money tips.

1. Where can I get a super bus, providing shuttle bus service and shuttle bus service in some cities, directly to my destination? It's cheaper than the airport bus.

2. In many places, there will be some local official WeChat accounts, which will publish preferential information about scenic spots tickets, restaurants and shopping malls. If you are interested, you can pay attention before going out.

3. Remember to bring the student ID card and other preferential documents.

4. Do a good job in advance. Beehives and lonely planets are good helpers in raiders. Whether it's food or scenic spots, you should at least have a general understanding, and put together the scenic spots that you can go to in the same direction on the same day, which is convenient for travel and saves a transportation fee.

Pay attention to the local weather, don't bring enough clothes or too much, and don't increase unnecessary expenses because of adding clothes.

6. Recommend a way to travel: volunteer travel. I went to Daocheng as a volunteer in July. In short, work for accommodation. At present, the common form in China is to be a volunteer in an inn/homestay/youth travel service for a period of time. The store provides you with accommodation, and you get the opportunity to live in this place for a period of time. This is also a cheaper way to travel.

7. Those worth buying will recommend more cost-effective tourism products.

8. Remember to compare the same travel product on different travel apps. The names are different, but the itinerary, departure time and airlines are basically the same. It's actually the same product.

9. The travel lists of major OTA websites are well worth buying, so you can check them from time to time.

10, Japan-Korea cruises and Antarctic cruises have great price advantages, especially the one-way charter (this is not suitable for personal travel, but it is very cost-effective, so write it down).

1 1. Remember to keep an account when traveling.

12, not only explosive tourist attractions are worth seeing, but a street, a small park and a small shop may all have different scenery. You can also go to small streets and vegetable markets, where there are real fireworks.

13, strategy is a must, travel route planning and itinerary can be done, but don't make the itinerary too dead, and don't just follow your own itinerary, unless you just like to punch in, and many things change when you are away from home.

14, I have a group, and everyone shares the tourism products with high cost performance. Although I am a little lazy recently, I am too lazy to collect them, but my hair is really cost-effective! (Individual to be supplemented)