To go out and travel more often, there will be some small tricks can be used, the following small talk to you in the preparation for the trip, which methods can save money, what materials are needed to apply for a visa how to do can save a lot of trouble.

Visa

Every few days, someone will find me to consult XX visa what materials are needed for the problem.

My response each time, is to let yourself go to Taobao to see.

It's not that I'm being perfunctory, but the information on Taobao about visas is the most comprehensive and the freshest; even the materials may be the simplest. The reason is simple, merchants want to make money, these are the capital for people to eat.

I don't want to use my own interest to challenge the capital of other people's food.

For example, in the case of a US visa, what documents are required, where is your own consular district, and what time can you probably get an appointment for a face-to-face visa. These seem to be very complicated questions, do it yourself need a lot of finding work.

But on Taobao to find a merchant's details page a look, or further a consultation, everything is done.

Of course, it's up to you whether you end up getting your visa on Taobao or not.

The visas on Taobao are definitely more expensive than those on your own, and there's nothing wrong with that - they're a fee for service, and they're exchanging time for your money.

I do my own visa, generally like every Tuesday at 12:00 noon to grab MasterCard, Asian visa 99 yuan, European visa 499 yuan, American visa 599 yuan, Australian visa 699 yuan, which is absolutely the most cost-effective visa prices.

Unfortunately it's just a limited grab.

Self-driving car rental

Can I use my Chinese driver's license in XX countries? Do you need a translation? I think this should be a lot of outbound self-driving enthusiasts face the problem.

I suggest you check directly with _car rental.

For example, in Japan, _Car Rental will tell you directly that they don't support mainland Chinese driver's license.

But in Paris, France, it fully supports mainland Chinese driver's license.

There are also some that require a translated copy, and how the translation is formatted, which can be viewed on _Car Rental.

As usual, this website of _Rent a Car is just very convenient to look at the documents needed to rent a car for each country and destination. However, it's not always the cheapest in terms of price, and I would recommend looking at a few more platforms to compare.

For example, the Hertz car rental membership program GoldPlus

Rewards, not only can match with a number of airlines, hotel groups of premium members (matching after the rental car has an upgrade), but also with some domestic banks have discount type of cooperation (10% off with MasterCard).

So, just go to the website of _car rental_ and see the required documents, as for the car rental channels are many.

Checking hotels

If I'm in a relatively unfamiliar destination, I usually look at hotels on Marmot first.

The map function of Hornet's Nest hotels is very useful, some attractions, airports, shopping, activities, and hotels, will be marked on the map, so that you can be more purposeful when choosing a hotel. At the same time, the big data on Hornet's Nest will tell you where most of the users are staying.

This way, the hotel you choose will be relatively well located.

In addition, some of the hotels on Hornet's Nest will be supported by travelogues. I'm used to seeing the net pictures of hotels and the fake reviews on some OTAs. I think the ones mentioned in the travelogues are relatively reliable.

By the way, look at the hotel reviews can also choose the catwalk eagle, it is also relatively reliable.

Mabee's nest hotel also has a price comparison function, it will be a good helper for you to do BRG (BestRateGuarantee).

Of course, after choosing these factors, hippie travelers like the official party, in most cases, will go to the official website of the hotel group to make reservations. Or book through FHR, swim shrimp like this.

Destination local fun

After booking the air tickets and hotels, how to arrange and book the destination food and drink is the biggest headache for free traveling tourists.

My own habit on destination local entertainment is to look at Ctrip's local entertainment channel, because almost all of the local entertainment in Ctrip on this channel you can find.

Save yourself the trouble of doing local tips in your destination.

Of course, when it comes to specific bookings, I think finding these items on Taobao might be a price nadir. there will be some on KLOOK, but the prices on KLOOK are significantly more expensive than Taobao and Ctrip. Also just use them when there's an event.

Also, you can find a lot of local fun on INS, for example, Singapore I would just search #travelinsingapore and see which picture looks good and then focus on where that is.

Cruise

Ctrip cruise on the cruise channel, each day what ships, respectively, what price to go where at a glance, very convenient for everyone to choose a cruise.

As for the price, we all know, the cruise must be the closer the cheaper (provided that if you can find the end of the channel if you can find).

I would recommend that you go to the Ctrip Cruise Calendar and pick your ship first, then start waiting for a good price to come along.

Itinerary Tips

I bitch-slapped (actually experimented) some travel booking companies for itinerary advice once before, only to find out that those itineraries they initially gave me really weren't as good as if I'd gone to Poor Traveler's or Mabee's Nest to look at them.

If you have Centurion Concierge, you can call Centurion Concierge to help with the itinerary guide, although the itinerary they made is also very unreliable, but they are still very good at restaurant booking and arranging for shows.

I'll often ask them to recommend local specialty restaurants for me, and make appointments as I go along.

Shopping for cashback

When shopping abroad, especially in some big shopping malls, look in advance to see if there are any coupons available on Volkswagen, Ctrip, or Alipay. Generally speaking a 2%-5% cheaper is not much of a problem.

It's really not a small amount of money for buying.

Transfers

Bangkok, Seoul, Jeju, Phuket are a few destinations that often have those 1 dollar transfers. Of course there's no such thing as a free lunch, and you'll be asked to go to the duty free store once in between.

The good thing is, I'm not too offended by the duty-free stores in these places, especially the ones in Korea, which are meant to be visited.

These can be found on Taobao and Ctrip.

Additionally, if you are a F3 of Flying Pig, corresponding to CDFG's Platinum, you also have a VIP car transfer to the airport 2 times a year (actually, this service sends you to the airport duty free store, but also at the airport?just by the way).