Another trick of having a cheap trip

As experienced travellers we all know the reservation systems of booking.com, venere.com, hostelworld.com, hotelbook.com and many more others world known or local websites. And each of us checks his favorite ones when he is looking for a good offer. They are all useful and give us good prices but most of the time we have to book early to get the best deals. And sometimes I'm really pissed off when I see "only 1 room is left" and it happens more then 3 months before the journey! Of course I'll keep using them but I have discovered another option that already started working for me.


You have probably heard or even many of you have used the famous lately websites for group buying (read some tips and information about it). The first one in Bulgaria started working over one year ago and now there are more that 50 for our small country. I've bought vouchers for restaurants, massages, hairdressers, hotels, dancing lessons and so on and it saved me money. What I soon realised is that we can buy coupons from other country's deal websites and use them for our vacations. And it's actually pretty cheap. What I bought few days ago from Romanian website was weekend for two, including breakfasts and dinners, sauna, one hour riding a pony, in the Carpathians, near Brasov, in a 3 star hotel for 45 EUR which means 11.25 EUR per bed for HB! Even in a hostel there are no such prices. Then I had a look in some other European websites and many offers came up like: 65 EUR for 4 people, 2 nights in an apartment near Rijeka, in Croatia.; 20 EUR for 4 in a mountain resort in Serbia and so on. Here you can find more that 1600 websites for group shopping all over the World.


Sure, there are some inconveniences and the biggest one is that buying from another country's website means different language and we need translation. If we don't know the language, goodle translate do a great job but we have to be very careful about what the voucher includes, terms and period of use, payment ways, reservations and so on. My advice is always connect to the accommodating hotel (or villa) before buying the voucher and check for availability.


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Easy tricks for cheap flights

Flying now could not be as expensive as it was years ago,especially over short distances. There are few things we could think about before booking a flight to make it cheaper.

When,where and how we have to book our flights? Many experts have done researches as Reak Seaney who says that "airlines know a lot about our buying habits" therefore not everything that is said in internet is true. What I have noticed from my experience and is almost always working:

A plane of Wizzair

• Book as early as possible - well,don't do it an year ago because promotions show up on airlines' websites around 3-4 months before the flight. It is said that there is an eight-week rule,which means that booking 8 weeks earlier guarantees us the best price.As a mathematician I'm inclined to believe it as there is a formula created by two scientists that proves it.
• Find out which are the lowcost airline companies that fly in your region and frequently check their websites for offers to different destinations.
• Study when is the low season of the place you'd like to visit and try to go then. Flights woulsd be definitely cheaper as well as hotels too.
• Make an experiment - check one destination for a week or two and see which time of the week you'll get lower price.I've heard about Tuesday afternoon but of course it is not a rule.Although it is true that booking on Wednesday is cheaper that booking on Friday. My experience says: weekdays evenings.
• You will notice that flights on Saturday and in the middle of the week are usually cheaper. So when you plan a trip first book the flight and after that arrange your accomodation.
• If you book a lowcost flight try to travel only with hand luggage because for other luggage you have to pay extra. Most airlines allow between 8 kg and 15 kg for the baggage on board (usually 10kg). There are many tricks to collect all your stuff in the suitcase - here is my favorite one. Put on your heaviest and most voluminous clothes when traveling and you can easily collect a 2 week luggage in one little bag.
• Besides adding a luggage to your ticket lowcost airlines also offer priority boarding(not needed at all);insurance;car rentals;hotel bookings,etc. Just don't take advantage of that offers, you can find them much more cheaper if needed in other websites or/and agencies. 

I hope that information would work for you too. Actually there is another thing I practice sometimes - I choose a destination according to the cheapest flight I find. As still there are many places over the World I want to visit, I have a huge choice.

If you know some other tricks for better prices I'll be glad to read them in the comments.