How to start travel?
Money is the starter and main block for most people to just pass on traveling and getting out of country. Travel is not free and expensive for most. Of course how much your trip actually is going to cost depends on where you want to go and what you want to do.
For example my last trip costed me around $3000-$4000. I went to Europe for over a month and a half with a partner and paid for all our expenses including getting daily necessities for apartments. I had to get a visa and all that process also costed money, but with a good planning and collecting you might not need that amount to go somewhere because yet again it all comes down to location younger traveling to.
Europe in general is one of the priciest destinations. Italy, France, Spain, and Germany. with those money I could have got a car but my priorities weren't to live for future but to experience and live now.
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Starting our first trip:
We decided, we are going on a vacation for two weeks and we should we start? Our budget is narrowed down to 1000$ and we are not picky to where we heading. We are opening Google flights or our app of preference to find affordable destinations, so we have just enough for stay, food, and etc. With traveling across the ocean you have to always plan ahead, since most of the time tickets cost less if you buy ahead. Always compare prices, until you are satisfied with the airline, timing and baggage cost. Yet again if it's cheap doesn't mean it is promised to be easy. When finding tickets, I strongly suggest using nearest big cities for airport since small towns you have to pay more to get to main airports, plus it is more hustle, if you have more layovers and stops. Also use at least three different airports near you so when the app search for best tickets, it will show the best options first. You will begin searching preferable time, stops, layovers and airlines. Best day to purchase affordable tickets are on a working day like Tuesday or Wednesday. You can choose any day you want to departure and come back, for a round trip. In google flight there is an option to see which days are cheaper and which are expensive to fly out. Same thing goes with coming back. usually weekends are cheaper for departure and weekdays are cheaper for coming back. Also all depends on season as of December and July are most likely to be the worst and expensive to fly out, considering its peaking seasons of summer and winter.
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Most affordable countries to visit:
- Turkey
- North Macedonia
- Romania
- Bulgaria
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Poland
- Montenegro
- Serbia
- Albania
- Hungary
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Most expensive countries to visit:
- Switzerland
- Iceland
- Norway
- Denmark
- Ireland
- Luxembourg
- Sweden
- Finland
- Netherlands
- Belgium
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After you have successfully found where you are going, and for how long, now we have to book a place to stay.
You probably would go look for hotels but if you are on budget and value entertainment over a stay you can find cheap rare stay on Airbnb or other apps like: Hostelworld, Couchsurfing, WorldPackers, Dorms.com, TrustedHousesitters, and HotelLook.
Always make sure the place is real, has good reviews and a good communicative host.
Read all the details and communicate host ahead of time, about arrival and etc.
After we found stay now it is all up to entertainment, food and etc.
Search up places near your stay and top rated, or affordable with good reviews. Research the place you are going from transportation to museums, and attractions.
Not everything has to be expensive, like free attractions for sure exist, it all comes down to proper planning and research. Don't be afraid to ask for help or ask locals for recommendations, of course be aware of what language the country you visit speaks, exchange money, or bring a card that is visa/mastercard and be careful!
Do not disrespect the country you visit, and do not show that you are "lost tourist" since most of the countries have criminal problems with tourism involved from stolen purses, phones, to even passports and etc.
Learn countries culture, tradition and don't be scared to embrace it.
Be PlanneD and PrepareD.
Two important P&D's
citation:
http://www.travelindependent.info/how-to-start-travel-backpacking.htmhttps://www.indietraveller.co/top-cheap-places-to-travel/
https://www.makeuseof.com/apps-for-finding-cheap-free-rooms/
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