Tourism Budget Estimation

::05 December 2010 :: :: Travel 1 Comment

Many friends who ask how to estimate the budget for a walk or tour. Is simple enough, especially now with the internet, all the info easily be present in front of your computer. To estimate the budget, we first have to divide the budget into three major criteria: Transportation, Accommodation, and Food. Please note that this is still beyond the cost of travel documents (such as passports, visas, etc.).

TRANSPORTATION
Transportation budget includes airfare and transportation in the city. Usually I find the entire transportation cost estimate in advance the following way:
1. First sum up all transport ticket price (all the selected vehicle), can be checked via the Internet. No need to book directly, which is important to know the price first.

2. Then do not forget to look for info-info about transportation alternatives that might fall will be cheaper than a plane.

ACCOMMODATION
1. First we collect the info from the internet, whichever is appropriate lodging our budget. Use two types of languages, is to seek opinions of local tourists and foreign tourists.

2. Or the other way, looking through the website hostels online booking service providers, such as hostelworld.com, hostelbookers.com, and the like. Here we can choose a hostel to suit our needs. Then sum up accommodation costs, adjusted for how many days we stayed.

FOOD
This includes food and drink for the road and snacks. Budget meal should we specify.

But it also depends on which our country will go, better looking more info about the cost of daily living in the place we are headed. One example of the estimated cost of living in various countries could look at the “Budget Travel Costs of 94 Cities around the World” by Go Budget Travel.

TRAVEL DOCUMENTS
After the three main budget we managed to get, now we have to find info about the cost of making the required documents (if we plan to go abroad).

After all the roads budget was recorded and counted in a rugged, exaggerating about 30 percent for the reserve fund. This is important. You certainly do not want your vacation a mess because of lack of money in the middle of the journey is not it?

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Eco-Friendly Traveler

::29 November 2010 :: :: Travel Add Comments

Do not leave nothing but your footprints and do not take anything other than taking photos. Of course this sentence you’ve ever heard, but do you do when you’re traveling? Being eco-friendly traveler aka tourist-friendly environment, real easy. Do not believe? Try to follow the following tips:

Store and collect garbage
If while traveling you want to take out the garbage but no bins available, then just save it once in the car, inside the bag, or your pocket. Do not throw litter. Your arrival at the hotel or other places such as fueling stations for the public, then you collect the rubbish and throw it into the trash.

Do not pick or damage plants
Flowers are blooming did look tempting to be picked. However, this will only damage the environment. Do not pick much less to damage the plants that you encounter when traveling. Leave as is.

Don’t disturb the habitat of animals, let alone kill
Often when traveling even trivial actions can kill animals. For example, while on vacation at the beach, tourists like to take the shells that hide in the sand. Many of these shells are actually still alive and to bring him home will only make them die.

Avoid excessive use of gasoline
Try to travel using public transportation. In addition to not contribute to air pollution, you also can feel the adventure. Another alternative is to rent a bike.

Turn off unnecessary electronic equipment
Many hotel guests who often forget this one. Television, air conditioning, and lights are not turned off, whereas the empty room. Therefore, before you exit the hotel room, remember to turn off the electronic equipment.

Do not buy souvenirs from endangered animals or plants
In some tourist areas, there’s also a souvenir of rare animals or plants. For example, a souvenir from elephant ivory.

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