The year 2020 is at its full peak and is promising enough to strike off that travel goal from your bucket list. If you are yearning for wanderlust but unsure about price that comes along with it, we’ve got your back. You ask how? A budget friendly yet memorable vacation is a dream come true for the first time travelers as well as the seasoned ones. A cheap lodging is the best idea that cannot only save your bucks but also let you make more memories by spending more on actual adventure or travel per se. So plan you hassle free expeditions without worrying about the accommodations as we tell you how to find the cheap ones. Listed below are the nuances of simple lodging and high traveling. Here you go!
Plan in advance:
The first and foremost task at hand while traveling is to chalk out the date of travel. Plan your travel so that you have time to figure out the hotel you’ll be putting up in, where is it located and you can also have time to compare its prices with the other hotels. Have your best pick!! Also, to further simplify your job, you can coordinate your travel dates with the weather conditions, drop in hotel prices and what not. All you need to do is -visit google.com/travel, find everything you need right above the hotel result.Planning well in advance will give you sufficient time to postpone or pre-pone your trip depending on the hotel cost.
Hear from the horse’s mouth than going anywhere else:
Many of us always goof up while booking the hotels from the travel booking websites. It’s always wise to book from the hotel website directly. Even if you happen to see a cheap offer on one of the many travel booking sites that you come across, it is good to check with the hotel as well as the property you consider to stay in will give you the best price guarantee. And if you are lucky enough, you might just bargain your way and end up getting a free breakfast deal.
Be flexible and broaden your choices:
If you are more of an adventurous backpacker then you might not want to confine yourself to the four walls of a hotel. So if you want to explore the place by being on the move every time then you might consider staying in monasteries or farms. Monasteries will surely give you refuge for the night but not the luxuries. It is a boon for travelers who want to spend their entire day exploring the place and just want to crash at night.
Give Hostels a Try:
Hostels work wonders for all age travelers who are least fussy about their stay options. A common misconception about hostels is that it is only popular among the youth but hardly do we reflect that hostels offer various types of rooms- small, single, double, depending on the number of travelers. You can also take a call and pick a bigger room and share it with your travel partners. What is an added advantage other than the affordable price is that hostels offer you the same facilities like the hotel.
Go for Couchsurfing:
A really offbeat option to help you find a cheap accommodation along with exploring the native culture is to go for couch surfing. A wonderful site which is a platform for a range of hosts, willing to open their homes and hearts for travelers. They allow you to stay in their homes (which is quite reasonable) and also acquaint you with their side of the story, culture, traditions etc. If you are bothered about the safety norms then let me tell you that these hosts are mostly former travelers themselves. They are social and you can easily select your host from the website by seeing the display picture, profile, verification levels and reviews of the same. Then of course you can go by your own instinct and choose that one host you are willing to stay with, for there is nothing like exploring a totally new place like a local.
Air bnb is here to stay:
Airbnb is the new home exchange in 2020. These rentals give you the liberty to stay in well-furnished rooms that are quite cost effective. You can make use of the facilities that the house has to offer without burning a hole in your pocket. Airbnb comes with a kitchen where you can prepare your own meals and get respite from the unhealthy food that comes along with traveling most of the times.
Use your resources:
When I went to Singapore last year, I didn’t spend a penny on lodgings as I used my resources to my capacity and ended up finding a family friend who let me stay in her house for a week. This practice is also known as hospitality exchange where you mutually agree to be hospitable to each other. It is a great way of accumulating information about the must visit places, easy modes of commutation and other stuff that only they can guide you about.
Do keep in mind and make use of the ways above that can make you go high on travel and low on spending a fortune- to make your 2020 the best year so far.