Independent tourism and travel. Independent tourism

Group tours are far from the only service that the modern industry can provide to the traveler.

Today, he has many alternatives in the form of independent or individual tourism, which allows him not to be tied to popular routes, or to certain types of transport, or to set departure dates for a wide range of clients.

What you need to know about the features of such a holiday and the options for organizing it in different countries, we will analyze in detail.

It is customary to call independent tourism such tourism, which provides for the complete or partial refusal of the services of tour operators. However, in most cases, tourists, especially beginners, do not completely refuse the help of specialists.

Most often, this type of tourism is used by travelers who want to visit thematic festivals, concerts of their favorite bands, as well as other events that are not organized by group tours.

Such tourism can be organized in various ways. In particular, it includes:

• Backpacking is travel that involves minimal spending on travel and accommodation.
• Hitchhiking - moving around the selected territory by means of passing transport.
• Booking is independent tourism, which does not involve the help of tour operators at all. The traveler independently books hotels, redeems tickets, receives a visa.
• Autotourism is a type of travel in which the central means of transportation for a tourist is a personal car.
• Traveling through guest networks. The most popular amateur type of tours in recent years.

The advantages of this particular type of tourism include the ability to shape the trip according to your own budget, preferences, and schedule. That is why today it is developing so quickly and productively in various countries.

Amateur tourism is a kind of independent tourism, which involves the use of personal transport to move along routes. It can be either a personal or a rented vehicle. Most often this is a car, although it can be a yacht, an airplane or any other kind.

The help of travel agencies in this particular type of tourism consists in booking hotels, additional services, including obtaining a visa, planning an itinerary (especially if a person goes on such a trip for the first time), sometimes even booking the vehicle itself.

Also, the travel company can negotiate the services of local guides for their wards. However, in general, amateur tourism shifts only the most difficult issues of travel to this type of organization, taking on the organization of the trip to the maximum.

It is this tourism that allows a person to enjoy all the benefits that specialized agencies provide, and at the same time freely choose the route, the type of hotels in which he wants to stay, as well as other parameters of his own vacation.

Unlike alternative tours, it provides for the full provision of organizational moments of departure by the travel company itself. In this case, it should provide:

• Advice on choosing a route for your individual tour.
• Booking tickets for the dates desired by the client. This category includes not only international routes, but also domestic ones, if the client is moving from city to city.
• Selection and booking of hotels.
• Ordering tickets for the type of events chosen by the client - visiting exhibitions, theaters, entertainment venues, water parks and other similar places.
• Providing additional services, including car rental, equipment for extreme tourism or other individual means necessary to provide a tour in your case.

We can say that individual tourism occupies the golden mean between group and independent tours. In fact, it fully adapts to the needs of the client, but does not provide for the assignment of all the hassle of organizing the departure to him.

Those who like independent tourism can choose for themselves ready-made routes developed by their predecessors who chose Poland for themselves. Among the most successful and really interesting, it is worth noting the following:

• Lublin, Krakow, Warsaw - an independent tour of the major cities of Poland, which have a record number of historical places of interest to tourists.
• Poznan, Warsaw, Krakow, Lublin, Wroclaw - an extended individual tour of the most popular Polish cities, designed for those who want to get to know the history or culture of Poland in more detail.
• Krakow, then Wroclaw, Warsaw, cozy Poznan, as well as small Gdansk and Gdynia. The tour brings together the most striking historical cities of the country, as well as new small towns built in this country after the war.

These tours can be adapted both for a regular sightseeing trip and for religious and cultural tours.

The traveler only needs to choose the direction he is interested in in advance, and adapting it will not be difficult at all.

In such trips, the calculation of the time spent in each city is 1 day-1 city.

Tours can be easily adjusted to the wishes of the client, for example, he can increase the time spent in one location up to 3 days or more, adjust the stay program, add visits to seasonal exhibitions, performances, festivals and other events.

Also in Poland it is easy to organize amateur tourism by type of activity. Especially often this offer is used for organizing extreme tours. Among those:

• Horse rides. It is one of the most dynamic areas representing amateur tourism. Developed in Lodz, Bronszewice.
• Boat trips in Gdynia or Pruszkow.
• Rafting and rafting in Yasvily and Karpacz.
• Canoe trips in Przekhlevo.
• Walking tours. Since this direction in Poland has recently been very popular, amateur tourism of this type is organized in various places: Zakopane, Jaslo, Bronzewice.

Whatever amateur tourism is chosen by a traveler, going to these corners of Poland, he can always count on the opportunity to book equipment for his sport here, as well as take good apartments for living.

You can go here at any time of the year. All that is needed for this is to properly organize a trip and get a visa to Poland. Fortunately, today it is not so difficult to do this.

The complexity of organizing a trip as part of an individual trip or an independent tour depends directly on how actively a person attracts travel agencies to this task.

After all, it is they who can take on the preparation of most aspects for the departure of a person. The simplest in this regard is individual tourism. After all, here the client just needs to choose a route for himself, everything else is done by the agency. The rest of the species have a lot of nuances in the organization.

Fans of such a direction as amateur tourism should pay special attention to obtaining a visa. As you know, those who go to the Schengen countries on group tours are given it much more willingly.

Many experienced travelers already have their own trusted tour operators to help organize their vacation. But their services are not for everyone. If you don’t want to pay a travel agency, you can organize everything yourself. What are the pros and cons of independent travel?

pros

1. good tour operator hard to find. Rudeness on the part of travel agency employees, financial problems of the company, which often lead to bankruptcy, are well known to many. Those who like to relax without intermediaries depend only on themselves: on their financial capabilities, on their desires (you can change the travel route at any time).

2. Save time. Often, the travel agency's leisure program includes various excursions that are not always interesting for vacationers. You have to go to the meeting point at the strictly appointed time. If someone is late, everyone is waiting for the offender. With self-organization, the excursion plan depends only on you. During walks, no one will get in the way and annoy you. You can go to any museum. To sit in a cafe, you do not need to ask anyone for permission.

3. Saving money. Each travel agency offers its own proven air carriers, its own hotels, although sometimes you can find other (cheap) options. In the middle of the week, air tickets are much cheaper than on Friday and Saturday, and instead of hotels, you can choose hostels or rent an apartment (room).

4. The tourist determines the date of departure himself. It is difficult to fit your vacation into the tour operator's schedule. If a vacationer is tired of everything already on the fifth or sixth day, it’s impossible to leave the place of rest with a tour package. A free tourist can change a chic hotel for a simple hut any day (if he suddenly wants exotic things) or leave home ahead of time.

5. There is an opportunity to communicate with local residents, get to know the national culture better.

Minuses

1. The organization of the trip is completely on your shoulders: buying tickets, finding a hotel, choosing a route, obtaining a visa, etc. It will take several days to resolve all these issues. When buying a ticket, all problems are solved by the employees of the travel agency.

2. If you do not know foreign languages, there may be a language barrier. Hotel managers from different countries most often speak English language. Yes, and a simple walk through the market or shop without knowledge of elementary foreign words will bring a lot of problems.

3. If force majeure suddenly arises, everything will have to be decided by yourself. For your own peace of mind, you can take out health insurance. In an organized trip, the guide is responsible for everything.

For traveling with a family (with parents, children), it is better to buy ready-made tour packages. With a burning tour, sometimes you can save a lot. Many travel companies also offer to arrange a holiday in installments. If you like improvisation while traveling, you have a lot of free time, then self-organization of recreation is exactly what suits you.

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Every experienced traveler will tell you that planning your next trip is not difficult. But for a beginner, this task may seem not so much difficult as new and intimidating. After all, the success of the entire trip depends to a greater extent on preparation. Logistics, accommodation, on-site program, country specifics, local prices and the “right” places to shop are just a small part of what needs to be found and implemented. And for this, we have collected useful resources and services that can be useful at the initial stage of real travel.

I don’t know what will make me buy a ready-made ticket from a tour operator now (except for a super-unrealistic price that will cover the cost of flights and accommodation), because planning an independent trip is easy and simple. Often the trip comes out, if not cheaper, then much richer and more interesting. So let's get started!

What's the price

Numbeo- a convenient option to find out how much housing, food, transport, etc. cost in the country where you are going to go. Just select the criteria you need and estimate the budget for your trip.

How to get there

Kayak- looking for plane tickets. In my experience, he was the one who always gave me the cheapest airfare. And, of course, do not forget about flying out of Russia.

And if you do not know where to go on a trip, you have a direct road to Drungli. This site will tell you where you can fly the cheapest way from your city on a specific date, or it will give you a price table for the whole month.

What to pay attention to: which airport the plane arrives at (important for logistics or transfers), conditions for returning and exchanging a ticket, baggage rules, meals on board.

Where to live

Hotels Combined - a decent metasearch engine for hotels in different countries, thanks to which you do not have to check all the booking sites you know. On the site Bed and Breakfast you can find a B&B hotel (I just adore them). In addition to finding hotels, there is also a good content section with travel ideas and tips.

But hotels are not the only possible variant for a stopover while traveling. On service Airbnb you can find an apartment, and on the site Hostels- find a cheap hostel. Website useful for travelers with children [email protected] family oriented.

What to pay attention to A: Does the price include local taxes, food, and cancellation policy.

What to do on site

Personally, I love getting to know real life in every new country and city I visit, so I'm always looking for local friends on Couchsurfing. After all, they can not only give practical advice, but also arrange a tour, show life from the inside, and even feed you lunch. In addition, you can always track the parties and other activities organized by the "surfers" in a particular city. It is always interesting and fun to meet fellow travelers in person.

Second option - organize an official tour with a local resident, for example, using the service tripster. By the way, here you can not only find an excursion from the locals, but also ask the participants of the service a question of interest.

Currant- a startup guide to Russia that will tell you where to go and what to do without leaving your native country. Also from travelers for travelers.

In addition to Couchsurfing and Tripster, there are a few other resources you can add to find tips and advice from travelers.

tripadvisor- reviews of hotels, restaurants, beaches, etc. - a huge database of various objects and activities around the world. By the way, here you can find reviews about the hotel that you liked, for example, by price or location.

gogobot - somewhat similar to TripAdvisor, but it also has a large community of travellers. On Gogobot, you can ask a question or make a recommendation to others.

Travelers for travelers is another community of travelers from different countries focused on budget travel and getting to know the local life and culture.

Find an expert

No desire or time to do everything yourself? Increase your budget by 10 - 20 € and order the desired service from others.

GO2- on this platform there is a good section of services, where experienced travelers offer their help to beginners. For example, developing logistics, finding plane tickets or housing options. There is no fixed price for any service, so you can negotiate with each expert individually.

Skillflick - a resource for finding local services in London, from guided tours to clarinet lessons to professional wedding photography.

I think that most of these services are familiar to experienced travelers or have alternatives. However, they will certainly come in handy for those who are just taking the first steps in organizing independent trips.

But in most cases, it does not imply a complete rejection of the use of travel (non-agency) services. When organizing it, the traveler independently forms the route of his trip, and also selects and purchases all its components (tickets, hotel accommodation, meals, excursions, etc.).

A special kind of independent (independent) tourism - independent travel which is often identified with independent tourism. Nevertheless, independent tourism is a broader concept, since travel implies the presence of a certain goal and the route of literally following it, while independent tourism can also mean a static stay in a resort, organized independently or, for example, various forms active tourism related to the independent solution of organizational issues. Therefore, the term "independent tourism" has a broader and applied meaning, in contrast to travel, which has philosophical overtones.

Story

Historically, travel appeared earlier than mass tourism, which was developed in the 20th century. Before the advent of mass tourism, any trip could be considered independent. At present, it is possible to distinguish between the mass market for travel sold as a finished product and the market for independent travel (or independent travel). Mass tourism assumes that the journey is carried out as part of a tour organized by a tour operator. The trip (or tourist product) formed by the tour operator includes a set of services for transportation, accommodation, excursion services, etc., provided to the tourist for a certain price. Independent travel includes the same components, however, these components are not purchased by the tourist in a complex (that is, not as a single tourist product), but separately.

The popularity of independent tourism began to grow in the late XX - early XXI centuries. The growth in popularity of independent travel is facilitated by the development of Internet technologies (online booking, electronic ticket, various Web forums about independent travel, etc.), which allow you to quickly find the necessary information and buy travel components.

The main problem of promoting independent (independent) tourism is a historically distorted view that identifies independent tourism with the so-called. "wild tourism" of the times of the USSR, which developed against the backdrop of a shortage of tourism infrastructure and the orientation of the Soviet tourism industry mainly towards sanatorium-and-spa treatment.

Soviet "wild tourism" was forced [ ] nature and was associated with uncomfortable conditions of stay in the recreation area - renting premises from the local population that were not adapted for living, or living in conditions close to camping, despite the availability of a material opportunity to provide a higher quality of recreation.

Currently, "wild tourism" in its Soviet form is represented by the world-famous way of traveling in motorhomes (vans fully adapted for living, having an autonomous power plant, communications, household appliances and sewerage). Another manifestation of "wild tourism" is in many respects similar to the Soviet one and is associated with a special group of vacationers, which marketers refer to the so-called. "the first third" of the consumer market, that is, consumers with low social needs, and, in the general case, regardless of income level.

Routes

Route independent travel can be developed in advance: settlements and sights are scheduled for visiting and inspecting, hotels or other places of residence (hostels, rented apartments, camping sites), types of transport (bus, train, plane, car, bicycle) and the type of movement between countries are determined and booked and cities (for example, hitchhiking). Itinerary, modes of transport and type of accommodation may be changed during the journey.

To plan and carry out trips independent tourists actively use maps, guidebooks, atlases, and also study the reviews of other tourists and travelers who have visited the destinations.

Varieties of independent tourism

Due to the insufficient classification of this area of ​​tourism, there is often confusion in the hierarchy and confusion of concepts. In addition to mixing the concepts of travel and independent tourism, independent tourism itself is identified, for example, with hitchhiking or camping, while independent tourism is a method, and the types of independent tourism listed above are methods of implementation in relation to it.

• Hitchhiking - moving between cities on passing transport without payment
• Autotourism - travel by own or rented car
• Backpacking - a trip carried out by any available means for minimal money (as a rule, due to the rejection of the services of tour operators and the preference for cheap ways of moving and living)

Country selection

Choosing a place to travel is a purely individual thing, I usually focus on several points when choosing a country for a new trip. Firstly, it is desirable that this is a new country for me or a place where I have never been, and secondly, you need to think about what you can do there, what attractions are there or what you can do there (I prefer leisure), and thirdly, you need to pay attention to various promotions from airlines, when the price of tickets to a certain place can be very profitable. Sometimes the choice of a country happens completely by chance: friends can invite me, or I can get a cheap plane ticket, or I can read some interesting book about this country, there can be countless reasons, for me it doesn’t really matter where to fly, the main thing is that it be interesting . You can find basic information about different countries on the website.

Flight search

The next step after choosing a destination is to find a suitable and preferably cheap air ticket. First of all, you need to check whether discount airlines (low cost airlines) fly in the chosen direction, for example, in Asia it is AirAsia, and in Europe Ryanair, such companies usually offer the cheapest flights, but this is not profitable in all cases. After checking low-cost airlines, it is imperative to search for air tickets on regular airlines, it is impossible to check all airlines, so it is better to use search aggregators that collect price information from many airlines and ticket sales agencies and issue it in a convenient form. With the help of such flight search engines, it is very easy to find the cheapest options (offers are sorted by price) in the desired direction. There are several such search engines and for the most part they all have similar functionality, but I'm used to using it and have been looking for and buying tickets through them for 3 years now. Search cheap airfare very simple, just enter the direction we need and select the flight dates. (You can check out detailed instruction About, ). Promotions are also posted on the site. Special offers from airlines - this is very convenient for those who have not yet decided where they want to go on a trip. Sometimes you can fly to Europe for 5000 rubles with all round-trip fees for the promotion of some airline.

I have been buying tickets exclusively on the Internet for 4 years now - it's much easier and more convenient, the whole buying process takes no more than 5 minutes and you don't have to go anywhere. During this time, I have bought hundreds of air tickets via the Internet and have never had any problems with this. To purchase, you only need a bank card that you can pay on the Internet.

Another tip, for those who do not live in Moscow or St. Petersburg - check the price of an air ticket with a departure (arrival) from Moscow (or other major cities closest to you), it can be much cheaper.

If you are looking for a flight ticket to a popular tourist destination, you can also check last minute flight deals at charter flights, this can be done for example .

Hotel search and selection

Different hotel booking sites work differently, someone offers to pay for the hotel right away, and someone books without prepayment, and you need to pay directly upon check-in, the first option gives more guarantees that the room will be booked for you, and secondly In this case, it is easier to cancel the reservation.

The process of searching and booking hotels is similar to searching for airline tickets, the main difficulty is finding the most suitable option (in the case of hotels, reviews can help).

Getting a visa on your own

There are 130 countries in the world where Russians do not need a visa or a visa is issued upon arrival - this is more than half of the world! (The full list of visa-free countries can be found on Wikipedia)

At the same time, there are countries that are of great interest to travelers, but where you need to get a visa (USA, Europe, China, etc.), but the process of obtaining a visa is much simpler than it seems at first glance or how they want to present it travel agencies. I independently obtained visas to the USA (2 times), Europe (to France), China, Myanmar, and in this case, in no case was there a need to contact a travel agency. All the work of travel agencies is to send documents to the visa center and for this they take quite a lot of money. When I needed a visa to France, I saw offers from travel agencies that reached 500-600 euros for assistance in obtaining a visa, this is just a robbery! I myself collected the necessary documents and went to the visa center of France in Moscow. After 3 days I received a ready-made Schengen visa, it cost me 70 euros (35 euros consular fee and 35 euros visa center services). You can contact the consulate directly, then the visa process will take longer, but you can save 35 euros.

The process of obtaining a visa is very simple and is described on the websites of the embassies (or consulates) of the respective country. All you need is to find the website of the embassy (or the nearest visa application center if there is one), look at the list of documents required for obtaining a visa and make an appointment (if necessary). Most often, a passport, air tickets, hotel reservations and insurance are enough to obtain a visa. After that, you just need to hand over the documents and wait for the visa to be given to you. There is nothing difficult in this. It is especially easy to obtain a Schengen visa on your own, given the fact that many new visa centers of European countries have recently opened throughout the country.

It is worth noting that in some countries (such as Japan) it is much more difficult to obtain a visa without the services of travel agencies, so in this case, contacting a travel company may be justified.

language problem

One of the main problems that stops people from traveling independently is the lack of knowledge of English (de facto English is the international language) language. But it seems to me that most people overestimate the importance of this problem. Yes, not knowing English can make the trip a little difficult, but it cannot make independent travel impossible. I had to go to places where the local population did not speak English and then I had to explain myself with gestures - this is of course harder, but this makes it even more interesting. In Thailand, I often saw Russian tourists who came to rest on a tourist package and do not speak English at all, and so these tourists walk around the city perfectly, buy fruits in local markets, while they speak Russian, and Thais answer them in Thai and everyone understands each other perfectly. Sign language is a very universal language and can be used to explain almost everything. Let me give you two more examples from my own experience. In China, I once met an Irishman who was going to travel from Irkutsk to Moscow in a reserved seat, during our meeting, he learned five Russian words - that's all he knew in Russian. And another time, in a train compartment, I met a Swiss who was traveling to Tobolsk alone, not only did he speak English very poorly (but in Russia, knowledge of English can hardly help a foreigner, especially in the provinces), so he did not speak at all in Russian, but this did not prevent him from traveling from Moscow to Beijing by train, making stops in many Russian cities and studying them on his own. Upon returning to Switzerland, he wrote to me that he really liked this trip and he was simply delighted.

There is no language problem - there is only fear of this problem.

Search for information. What to do and what to visit.

If you prefer to go on excursions in an organized way, then in most popular tourist destinations such excursions can be ordered on the spot from local companies (with a Russian-speaking guide), most often it will be cheaper than ordering excursions from the travel company where you bought the ticket. In countries such as Egypt, Thailand, Turkey, there are many local companies that are happy to organize an excursion program for you, but I would suggest driving through the sights on your own, for this you just need to arm yourself with a guide.

But I would recommend hiring a local guide on your own for a private tour, it may be a little more expensive than a group tour, but you can get personalized service and, for sure, very interesting experiences. Programs from self-guided guides are often more exclusive and you will be able to visit places that you might never see on your own or with a group. There are several sites where you can find and book a tour with independent local guides, I recommend the Russian site, which has already proven itself well.

Travel insurance and security

Buying a ticket in a travel agency does not give absolutely no security guarantees. Your peace of mind is only in your hands, and the travel agency cannot provide any additional security. Most accidents happen to those who come on an organized tour, as they get a false sense of security and lose their guard.

When traveling abroad, always take out a travel insurance policy, this can be done quickly and inexpensively (less than $ 1 per day). To obtain a visa to Europe (Schengen visa) and to many other visa countries, the purchase of insurance is required. You can apply for an insurance policy in almost any insurance company or, even easier, you can apply for insurance via the Internet. You can compare the offers of insurance companies and apply for insurance online on the website, where you can choose the most advantageous offer from the largest insurance companies (you can find more details on the instructions for choosing and buying insurance in the article -). An electronic insurance policy has the same legal force as a paper policy. If you have an insurance policy, in case of an accident, you will need to call the phone number indicated in the policy and they will give all instructions on what to do next, and if necessary, they will call a doctor. Take care of your own safety, no one will do it except you.

What are the advantages of independent travel compared to tour packages?

The main advantages of independent travel are freedom and cheapness. You are in complete control of your journey, you go where you want, not where your guide tells you to go. You don't have to live in the same place for your whole vacation, if you want to move to another place or hotel, you can easily do it. When traveling on your own, you will never find yourself in a situation where your tour company went bankrupt and did not pay for your hotel stay. I think everyone remembers when hundreds of tourists around the world could not return home and were not allowed out of hotels, demanding to pay for their accommodation - this is basically impossible with independent tourism, since only you control everything.

Traveling alone is cheap, the price of your trip depends only on you and your preferences. You don't have to pay for unnecessary services travel companies, you can always choose the best offer. Let's compare the cost of an independent trip and a tour package using a specific example. Let's take one of the most popular destinations - the resort of Pattaya (Thailand) and the largest tour operator TezTour. Let's say we want to go to Pattaya in early November for 7 days (departure on November 6th), one of the tour company's offers includes a flight from Moscow, transfer and 7 nights at the WELCOME PLAZA 3 * hotel with breakfast, the price for this tour package is 68086 rubles for 2 people. Now let's see how much it would cost if we went on our own. We go to the site and look for a flight Moscow-Bangkok with a departure in early November for 2 people, as a result we get a price of 42,880 rubles for two. Then we look for a hotel on the site, enter the name Welcome Plaza and dates in early November into the search bar, we get the price of 9035 rubles for 7 nights with double occupancy. The bus from Bangkok airport to Pattaya costs about 100 rubles per person. Thus, the total cost of the trip with independent planning is 52,115 rubles, which is 15,971 rubles cheaper than the tour package offered by the travel agency. It's simple math, it's up to you.

Or, for example, another popular destination - Cuba. At the beginning of October (departure 2.10.12) a package with a flight, transfer and accommodation at the Vedado 3 * hotel (reviews about the hotel, by the way, are not very good, but you won’t have a chance to change it) TezTour costs 113,256 rubles for two. If we conduct a search, as we did above, we get that the flight Moscow-Havana-Moscow to dovih for these dates is for 72381 rubles, and the same hotel for 7 nights costs 11311 rubles, which in total gives 83692 rubles, and this almost 30,000 rubles less than the offer of the tour company.

And if you take a non-standard route, which is very easy to organize with independent planning, then buying it from a travel agency can be many times more expensive.

In rare cases, it happens that in a particular direction there is no cheap flights and then it turns out that using a tourist package can be more profitable. But this happens quite rarely, and over time it will become even rarer, especially against the background of the fact that this year tour operators have significantly increased the cost of tour packages against the backdrop of bankruptcies of large travel companies and the appreciation of the dollar.

In fact, you pay travel agencies for the following services:

1. Flight. Often old planes with poor maintenance, but you can't change anything and choose an airline.
2. Hotel. You can't change the hotel if you don't like it or if you want to go somewhere.
3. Transfer from the airport to the hotel by shared bus.
4. Visa. If the country is a visa country (and there are not so many of them), then your documents will be collected and sent to the visa center, but they cannot guarantee the successful receipt of a visa.
5. Excursions. You may be offered excursions, but the price for them will be many times higher than if you went to the same places on your own or through local tour agencies.

This concludes the services of tour operators. No one will help you communicate with the store or the market if you do not know the language, you should also not wait for help from the guide if you have an accident, they are not obliged to help you, this is not included in the list of their services. Really, after reading this article, you will not be able to organize your trip on your own, making it cheaper and more interesting?

If, however, I still didn’t convince you that it’s better to travel on your own, and you still intend to go on a package holiday, then I recommend that you read the instructions - "" so as not to waste time traveling to travel agencies, but easy and convenient to find and book everything online.

Conclusion

The most difficult thing is to take the first step, but you only need to go somewhere on your own once and you will never want to buy a package organized tours. Do not put it off until later, start planning your next trip on your own and you will see that it is much easier, cheaper and more interesting than it seems at first glance.

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