Guide to Cheap Travel in India
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Jan-18-2012
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Cheap travel ideas will make you save a lot of money during your travel and you will be able to visit your preferred destination within the defined budget, here are awesome cheap travel ideas
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A tight budget should not prevent you from traveling the world. Remember these few things for cheap to move, stay, eat and drink.
Navigate without breaking the bank
There are several cost effective solutions to reach the destination of your dreams. For each mode of transportation available to you, find the trick to save a little.
If you must fly, choose:
• The low cost commercial airlines instead of private air charter services provider. GoIndigo and SpiceJet are considered to be the cheapest commercial airlines in India.
• Tickets "last minute" can be helpful in a quick negotiation of ticket prices.
As soon as you can choose the road:
• Take the local transport like public buses, three wheelers and metro trains.
• By bike or carpooling (see carpooling.in to find the car pool available in your city).
Finally, use the Indian national railway for much cheaper travel experience:
• By purchasing tickets or making reservations through sites like irctc.co.in, cleartrip.com or makemytrip.com.
• Taking advantage of good deals on daily deals and classified sites such as snapdeal.com, dealsandyou.com, clickindia.com, olx.in or quikr.com.
Stay and breakfast
Housing still holds a significant share of travel budget. Try to make you welcome in the premises. For example you can ask for lodging (if necessary) in exchange:
• Service (common in rural areas abroad).
• Maintenance of housing in the absence of the owner (security).
• Off your own home with the same period (exchange unit, rarely available in India).
• Hospitality when your host comes at your place. For example: Hospitality Club.
If you cannot find one to accommodate you, opt for the dormitory hostels or some hotels. Finally, always negotiate the price, especially if the hotel is half empty or it is already late in the evening.
Eat "cheap"
If you are staying with a host, it is likely that eating cost is already covered. If this is not the case, here are some economic returns:
• Eat like the locals (in most European countries, food is proportionately much costlier than in India).
• Traveling with a kit of cooking utensils (camping type) to prepare meals or to make hot drinks.
• Try the side of the supermarkets in the late afternoon, when selling off perishable products (a practice fairly common in the world).
Reduce the cost of activities
Entrance fees to places of interest can be very high. But there are ways to lower the budget activities:
• Present a student card (If possible).
• Enjoy the day or night free.
• Buy a pass including admission to several sites.
• Focus on free sites (including festivals, exhibitions in the open air ...)
• Form a group with other tourists to receive the group rate.
• Conduct surveys without the services of a guide.
• Arrive shortly before closing and negotiate a discount.
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Article Source :
http://www.articleseen.com/Article_Guide to Cheap Travel in India_135579.aspx
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Author Resource :
Author recommends using roads, trains, commercial airlines instead private air charter services in India or jet air travels services. Although you may need air ambulance services in case of any medical emergency.
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Keywords :
Cheap travel, cheap air travel, air travel, air charters, travel guide,
Category :
Travel and Leisure
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Travel Tips
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