57 rules and recommendations travel-hacker

Travellers are not born. They become. Being late for planes and buses, wasting time, money, and documents. Overpaying for a room in a fancy hotel and getting a night in a disgusting flophouse. Gradually groping for his own, the middle way. Joyful path of travel.

I hope that these tips will help you to quickly reach their potential travel-hacker and to survive only in acute moments of happiness, traveling hitchhiker's guide to the Galaxy.

Buy a small backpack or suitcase. It will free your life from burdens.
Bring your most comfortable shoes, love feet so much as they love you. And they will take you to amazing places.
Learn to haggle with the locals. Approach it with ease and confidence. This is a game, but it will allow you to save a lot of money.
Buying a ticket, use the incognito mode in your browser. This will not allow sellers to keep track of your cookies and to impose a service at an inflated price. (How to do it?)
Take only half the clothes from the one that you wanted to take.
Avoid taxi. Taxi kills your budget.
At the airport, on the control stand for the business travelers, they move the fastest.
Never stand behind the families, it's not their fault, but they may be in control forever.
Read historical books. They will help to penetrate the culture of the country.
Settled in the hotel, don't be afraid to ask for a better room. Service at hotels are flexible, they often go to meet, but the attempt – not torture
Learn a few basic phrases in the local language. The natives will appreciate your effort and it will make your interaction easier.
In libraries and cafes will always be a free wi-fi, if where you stayed the night, additional charge for Internet.
The afternoon is the most suitable to visit crowded attractions. You might be able to do without working elbows.
Do not go to the restaurant next to the venue of the city or in the tourist area. Step back a few blocks, you will receive all the same much cheaper.
Dine in expensive restaurants. During this time, you can get cheaper twice, than at dinner time.
But never go to McDonalds. Seriously. This flavored garbage is harmful.
Do not eat every evening in the restaurant, unless of course you're not used to it at home. Look in the shop, cook something for yourself from local ingredients. It will be interesting.
Try unknown dishes. Don't ask what it is, just put in your mouth and feel the taste.
Buy international air tickets 3-4 months. Find the most suitable how to buy cheap tickets), but don't waste too much time. Don't spend many hours in pursuit of a penny profit. Buy when the price is acceptable.
Use the services of social travel - Social Travel. In addition to the benefits you will be able to see the country from the inside.
Buy a museum pass if you plan a lot of museums, and don't forget travel.
Feel free to use the map. To get lost in an unfamiliar place can be much unpleasant than to look like a tourist on a city street.
But don't be afraid to go in a strange direction. To wander aimlessly around the city, the best way to find a priceless pearl.
Do the scans (photos) of passport, visa and other important documents. Send them to your e-mail. You can always make a printout, if anything.
Stay in hostels. They are inexpensive and you will definitely meet a lot of friends.
Use international roaming, not just local SIM card. I use MTS – a world without borders for bonuses. Receive all incoming calls and free SMS (all operators have a similar service). When I need to call, I use the paid calls with Skype to your phone or viber. It comes very cheap, with a single tube and his usual room.
Leave money and cards in a safe place do not carry all valuables with you.
Buying a ticket, check alternative airports. Sometimes, in Europe, it is cheaper to buy a ticket to the next town and take a bus or train to places. A short instruction.
Fill a plastic bottle from the tap, for example at the airport, after passing inspection. Do it wherever the water is safe.
Say Yes, that you can happen. Collect memorable moments. To eat a fried grasshopper to dive headfirst out of the hatch of the plane with a parachute or to meditate for 10 days in a Buddhist monastery. Let life to be.
Take a small light towel. Will come in handy.
Seek the advice of the staff, even if you don't stop there. Every day they are dealing with budget travellers. They know exactly where a cheap and tasty meal.
Crossing the street, look both ways. This habit will help you in countries with unfamiliar movement.
Take a picture of your Luggage. This will help to track him down, if he lost.
The guidebook handy to have in electronic version on the tablet. A tablet useful as a map and as a means of communication and as terminal ticketing.
Always go to the local tourist office. They know about everything that happens in the city. Can you recommend a free event or special event. Do not miss.
At least once embark on the journey alone, if you haven't tried it, you will love it.
Be patient. In the end, everything will be fine. No need to rush, you are traveling and not carrying baggage from point A to point B.
Be reverent. The locals are always ready to help, but usually there is a language barrier. Keep calm if something goes wrong. It is not necessary to be an asshole, take a few deep breaths, smile.
Eat from the stalls on the street. If you miss street food, you will not feel the local culture.
Relax.
Take a small, lightweight lock with a long, thin handle. Sometimes you will need to close the door that will not lock, only loops. Or it will help fasten your things in the common room in the hostel.
Take an extra credit card. Accidents happen, be prepared.
Make sure your Bank doesn't charge fees abroad.
Traveling, participate, not just look around around. Don't look at the Eiffel tower, climb it. Do not look at the waterfall with admiration, take a dip in it.
On long flights take a seat by the window. You will be more comfortable, resting his head on the bulkhead.
Make the necessary vaccinations. To fall down from illness in a foreign country is bleak.
Take a small tee. In modest rooms often only one outlet of the tee is committed to charging camera, phone and paste the fumigator.
Be modest in your expenditures, but do not go too far. It is not necessary to go 10 km to save $ 2. Time is money, spend both wisely.
Try to stay longer in the places you visit. To feel a place, you need at least a couple of nights to stay in it. It will thank you with an interesting meeting or event.
Headlamp flashlight – an indispensable thing in the evening, for example, the narrow streets of Varanasi where happiness under foot are supposed sufficient, and electricity was not there.
Bring a lightweight first-aid kit. I'm taking a good antibiotic complex applications operating in all types of stomach bacteria. A few powerful shots from a cold. Antibacterial cream, bandages and band-AIDS.
Be open, talk to people. Just have a conversation with the phrase "How are you?". Maybe you can have fun and maybe find friends for life.
Despite what they say in the media, to travel even in a dysfunctional region is no more dangerous than in your residential area. But... be sure to take a trip insurance policy.
Plan, but not too far. Have a General travel plan, but always leave the ability to change it, stopping a little longer in interesting places.
Take photos of people. A lot. Years later you'll want to see those who make your adventure unforgettable.
Finally, use a sunscreen. If it would be possible to choose only one rule, I would choose him)). published