7 Ways to Find Cheap Accommodation Abroad

Especially for you, Tourism.com.de has prepared the most detailed and useful life hack that will allow you to easily book budget accommodation abroad for your vacation. You will see that you can relax the way you want and not pay a lot of money for it, that independent travel is not only profitable, but also very exciting!

House Exchange

The first way is quite exotic for Russian travelers, unlike the Americans and Europeans, who have been using it for a long time and save a lot on housing during their holidays – house exchange. This is a very profitable way to travel and its essence lies in the fact that you register on the website homelink.org, homeexchange.com or intervac-homeexchange.com., post detailed information about your house and apartment and indicate the countries that you are interested in visit soon.

Now it remains only to wait until someone responds to your offer, and then you can exchange houses and have a great rest. You can wait a long time, so we recommend that you take the initiative and start looking for offers on your own.

As soon as you find a suitable option, do not hesitate to send an application to the owner for an exchange of housing. Perhaps luck will smile at you very soon! Another great site for sharing accommodation around the world is home-away-ru.livejournal.com. Of course, this method has some drawbacks, but we repeat that it is only in Russia that this method is still rarely used, while in other countries this is already a common thing.

Aggregator sites

Book a hotel through aggregator sites. How to choose a hotel and not be disappointed in the choice, read here. Here are a few sites that search for accommodation around the world:

booking.com

A detailed life hack for booking accommodation on this site can be read here.

hotels.com

The service offers a nice bonus for tourists who book 10 nights or more, namely, the company gives you one night for free.

hrs.com (hrs.de)

This service is convenient for solo travelers as it does not require credit card details to confirm a booking. Although, if you have a late check-in, card details may be requested. And one more useful life hack: if you plan to travel in groups, you can save money by booking two doubles with extra beds instead of four. In crowded but not mad. But such options still need to be explored. This service will help you.

agoda.com

On this site, you can save a lot of money and outwit the system a little. How? Catch our life hack. When you find a suitable option and go to the payment page, then take your time. Now you need to go to hotelsshake.com or if you don't like it, go to hotelscombined.com and search for the hotel of your choice. After that, click on the cost and from the general list select the site already familiar to you agoda.com and go to the payment page. Thus, the price will decrease. A few dollars a day translate into several tens on a long journey.

Other useful sites

If you are planning a vacation in the United States, or, for example, in South or North America, we recommend that you look for suitable accommodation on these sites:

Excellent services for finding vacational rentals. Recommended!

Also, unpretentious tourists can book budget motels in the USA at motel6.com. Often the company offers discounts and bonuses. In any case, booking through the site is much more profitable than doing it on the spot. Super8 hotels will cost you a little more. You can book on the website.

For a holiday in Asian countries, the following services for finding accommodation will certainly come in handy:

When booking hotels through services, do not forget to take part in various points accumulation programs. On your next booking, you will already be able to take advantage of your personal discount. Also, do not refuse to subscribe to news and promotions. Not everyone likes to receive spam, but sometimes it comes in handy and saves on travel.

If you want to compare hotel prices, you can use the following sites:

Important point

If you decide to use the hotels.skyscanner.com search engine and you are interested in the low price on the hotels4u.com website, which is significantly different from all the others, do not rush to rejoice and book a room. When you arrive at the place, you will be told that this system and prices are valid only for residents of England, and for you the price tag will be much higher.

Hostel

In addition to hotels, you can book quite a decent hostel through aggregator sites.

What he really is? In the hostel, for very little money, it is offered to rent a bed in a common room without amenities, in which up to 24 people can live in addition to you. Hostels also offer private apartments for one, two or a maximum of six people.

Classification of rooms in hostels:

The bathroom and toilets in hostels are usually shared, but there are exceptions. You can find a decent or even designer hostel at a very attractive price in the city center, which you really want to return to because of the relaxed and pleasant atmosphere. It is important to know that bed linen is not included in the price, as well as towels.

You can book a place or a room in a hostel on the website hostelsclub.com, hostels.com, hostelbookers.com or hostelworld.com, which takes an advance payment of only 10%. The remaining amount is paid on the spot. You can also book hostels on booking.com, hotels.ru, ostrovok.ru.

If you see a hostal sign in Spain, then keep in mind that this is not a hostel, but boarding houses. Well, now you definitely can't go wrong =)

Bed and Breakfast

If you plan to drive away from the capital and admire the beauties of the provinces, then this is a great option for you. This type of accommodation is offered by the owners of family hotels, which have only a few rooms for rent. They are hard to find in search engines. Usually they are booked already on the spot and you can find really very attractive options.

Rental of apartments and cottages

If you are traveling with companies or with your family, then it will be much more profitable to rent a cottage or apartment. Apartments can be booked on only-apartments.com or booking.com. Just enter apartments rental in the search engine and choose the accommodation option that suits everyone. You can book a cottage on nettimokki.com or villarenters.com. You can also use the local sites of the region where you plan to go.

If you are going to spend your holidays in Finland, you can use this site nettimokki.com.

If you plan to spend your vacation in France, then you are here chamonixallyear.com, chamonixsud.com, maeva.com.

Cottages in Austria can be booked on tiscover.com.

Apartments in Barcelona can be booked here apartmentbarcelona.com.

Keep in mind that housing of this type in the high season diverges like cakes from the shelf, so we book as soon as we make a decision, better, at least six months in advance.

Accommodation options in ski resorts can be found at bergfex.com and tiscover.at. The low season for such resorts is from 15 to 30 January. The New Year holidays for Russian tourists have already ended, but the European ones have not yet begun, and this should be used.

Rental housing from local residents

Here you can use the sites roomorama.com or airbnb.com. This is one of the best options for those who do not like to stay in hotels and hostels, and who are used to the comforts of home and do not want to part with it even on vacation. Another plus is the kitchen, where you can always cook your own breakfast, if it is not included, lunch or dinner and save a lot on this.

Carefully study the conditions of booking, do not be too lazy to read reviews about the apartment and its owner. Do not worry that the owner can deceive you, everything is legal and transparent, the system of these services is thought out to the smallest detail, and even in case of force majeure you will not stay on the street.

Camping

Often travelers choose this option of rest. Why? It's convenient and very cheap. You are provided with a place for rent in a fenced area and at your disposal is fresh air, a beautiful landscape and a cheerful company of happy travelers from different countries. For those who travel with children, it will be difficult to come up with something more original.

You can find suitable options on the sites: campings.com, campingo.com and if you want exotic in New Zealand, then this resource rankers.co.nz/respect will come in handy.

If you are going on a European tour, then you will be surprised how many campsites for tourists are organized here. Everything is quite practical and convenient. There you will always find where to park your car. If you do not have a trailer, but you want to live in a campsite, you can rent a summer house on its territory or put up a tent.

The campsite provides everything for a comfortable life: toilets, showers, sinks for washing dishes, a kitchen. Some campsites have playgrounds for younger guests, shops, restaurants, rental of sports equipment and camping equipment, volleyball courts, billiards, table tennis, a swimming pool, etc.

Campsites can be located both in the city itself and outside it. If you do not think of a comfortable stay away from the city, then look for campsites in park areas. There are many like you, so come, get acquainted and have fun.