How can we attract a new generation of tourists? Documents for organizing a school excursion Requirements for buses providing organized transportation of children

Have you decided to go on a trip and don’t know where to start? Contact a travel agency, the staff will be happy to help you choose a route, assist in obtaining a visa, etc., but they will charge you a certain fee for this (though no one will tell you about this). They have to earn their living! Don't want to overpay? Then organize an exciting trip for yourself according to your taste and based on your financial capabilities. Of course, it will be difficult to do this the first time, and you will agree that it is a little scary (what if something goes wrong!) But as they say, he who does not take risks, does not drink champagne. And not always what a tour operator offers will be interesting to you. And on your own organized trip gives you complete freedom of action, does not limit you to one or another cultural program and, which is also important, it saves money. But in order for your trip not to become a headache and a big disappointment, prepare for it in advance and very carefully, observing all the formalities associated with choosing a destination, crossing the border (if this is expected), purchasing travel documents, etc. Where to start organizing your own trip? First of all, from reading this article.:f:

free time to study and search for information about the direction you are interested in;
Internet access;
time to read this article;
desire to travel and discover new countries;
international passport (if border crossing is expected);
bank card (with money on it, of course);

The first thing you need to do when organizing a trip is decide on the direction. You must decide what you want from your trip. Soak up the beach on the soft sand and under the bright sun? Or see the sights of a certain country: museums, castles, etc. ? Or maybe combine both? But first, remember that you shouldn’t go on your first trip to conquer the jungle or wilds of the Amazon. It’s easy for an inexperienced tourist to get lost there. Maybe, for the first time, satisfy your wanderlust with a trip to good old Europe? Well, or Turkey, for example (here the issue with a visa is resolved one-two-three). In general, it's up to you. As they say, every whim is for your money.
The next step will be to resolve financial issues. First, get a bank card with a certain amount of money on it. After all, without it you will not be able to buy a ticket, book a hotel, or rent a car... And you shouldn’t carry a large amount of cash with you while traveling, the entire civilized world has long been paying with cards (and only we still keep money in glass banks). It is best to get a Visa or Mastercard. When traveling to Europe, it is better to choose a Mastercard and open it in euros. In all other cases, Visa, which is in dollar currency, is suitable.
Before you go to the country of your choice, study the necessary information about it, which will allow you to create an initial opinion about it and possibly influence your decision. Read reviews real people who have been there and can provide reliable information. Pay attention to religious and cultural traditions, customs regulations. It would be a good idea to study the rules for obtaining a visa. For example, you may refuse to travel to Mexico if you find out that when obtaining an entry visa to this country you will be asked to leave your fingerprints, and choose United United Arab Emirates, where the air temperature in the coldest December and January is +28 during the day and +18 at night, and even with a visa it’s easier.
If the choice of country has been made, I advise you to move on to drawing up a budget for your trip. First, you must clearly determine how much you are willing to spend on your trip. Find out how much a visa (if required), tickets, hotel accommodation, insurance, etc. will cost approximately. Don't forget to leave money for small expenses and gifts for loved ones, and also set aside a certain amount for expenses that may unexpectedly arise before traveling (for example, buying a new luggage bag or extra battery charger).
Armed with information about your destination, you can start purchasing tickets. To do this, you first need to decide what type of transport you will use. Remember that the journey by land transport(train, bus, car) will cost you much less than by plane. But traveling by plane is faster and more convenient. And of course, there are countries that simply cannot be reached by land transport. Therefore, take care of purchasing travel documents in advance, especially if you decide to use air transport - this way you can buy cheaper tickets and save money. To purchase tickets, you just need to have access to the Internet and an open bank account. And if you don’t trust the World Wide Web, contact the ticket office, where they will help you choose the most appropriate option.
The next step is to secure a roof over your head, i.e. to reserve a hotel room. First, decide on its type and location. Remember that if your hotel is located in the center or, for example, near the beach, then the cost will be quite high. You can, of course, choose a hotel that is more remote, but in this case, transportation costs arise, and most importantly, you spend additional time on the road, which is already worth its weight in gold when traveling. You can book a hotel online or upon arrival (this sometimes works out cheaper), you just need to know where it is. But this option has its pitfalls - if there are no rooms in the hotel you choose, you risk staying overnight on the street.
To travel abroad, it would be a good idea to register and health insurance. In most cases, this will be a prerequisite for obtaining an entry visa to the country of your choice. With this document you will feel much more confident.
Obtaining a visa will be the final stage in preparing for your trip. Of course, if your destination country is Türkiye or Egypt, there is nothing to do in advance need a visa you will receive upon arrival at the airport by paying a certain amount for it. But if you are planning to visit Europe, then you simply cannot do without the formalities associated with obtaining a visa. Therefore, find out in advance how and where you can arrange it, how much time it will take you and other details, so that you can do it before the start of your trip.
If you have a visa and are completely ready to travel, it would be a good idea to study good guide along the route you are interested in. Read reviews and advice from experienced tourists who will recommend which places are worth visiting, study the opening hours of museums, traffic, etc. and based on the information collected, make a rough plan for your trip. It would be a good idea to purchase a map of the city you are interested in, or an alternative would be to purchase a GPS navigator.
Let's say that you have already prepared for the trip, your suitcases are packed and you are ready to hit the road for new emotions and impressions. But don’t forget to check everything carefully before your trip. First of all, make sure that you take with you all the necessary documents (passport, travel documents, hotel voucher, insurance policy, bank card, etc.). Once again, carefully read the information indicated on your ticket (date and time of departure, last name, first name, etc.). Check your luggage and hand luggage carefully for the presence of prohibited items (I have written a separate article on this topic, if anyone is interested ). And it’s better to leave in advance, so that later for some reason you don’t fall behind your transport. And most importantly, don’t forget to take with you a good mood, the idea that everything will work out for you, so that your tourist trip brought you only positive emotions.

Good afternoon, dear reader.

The innovations affect the specifics of transporting groups of children. First of all, this information is intended for staff of child care institutions, as well as drivers of travel companies involved in the transportation of minor children.

The concept of organized transportation of a group of children

Since July 10, 2015, the concept of “Organized transportation of a group of children” has been changed in the traffic rules:

“Organized transportation of a group of children” - organized transportation of eight or more children on a bus that is not a route vehicle.

“Organized transportation of a group of children” - transportation on a bus, not related to a route vehicle, of a group of children of 8 or more people, carried out without their legal representatives, except for the case when the legal representative(s) is(are) appointed (and) accompanying person(s) or designated medical professional.

Just as before, organized transportation has the following characteristics:

children are on the bus;
the bus is not public transport;
the number of children is 8 or more.

A new sign of organized transportation. It is carried out without legal representatives of children. Let me remind you that the legal representatives of the child are parents, adoptive parents, trustees or guardians.

So if children and their parents are traveling on a bus, for example, an excursion bus, this is not organized transportation of children and the rules of organized transportation do not apply to this case.

However, there are situations when, even if legal representatives are present, transportation is organized. For example, there are 8 children on the bus. The parents of one of the children act as accompanying persons. Transportation in this case is organized and requires compliance with the rules.

Accompanying children with a traffic police vehicle

First of all, the changes affected the list of documents required for the organized transportation of a group of children:

c) the decision to assign escort of buses by a car (vehicles) of a unit of the State Road Safety Inspectorate of the territorial body of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Russian Federation(hereinafter referred to as a subdivision of the State Traffic Inspectorate) or a notification of a negative decision based on the results of consideration of an application for such support;

c) a copy of the decision to assign buses to be escorted by a vehicle (vehicles) of a unit of the State Road Safety Inspectorate of a territorial body of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation (hereinafter referred to as the State Traffic Inspectorate unit) or a copy of the notification of the organized transportation of a group of children;

Until July 10, 2015, transporting children required the original decision to assign an escort or the original refusal to accompany them. Starting from July 10, a copy of the decision to assign an escort or a copy of the traffic police notification is required.

Let's consider the related clause of the transportation rules:

10. The head or official responsible for ensuring road safety, the organization, and in the case of organized transportation of a group of children under a charter agreement, the charterer or charterer (by mutual agreement) ensures in the prescribed manner the filing of an application for escort of buses by vehicles of the State Traffic Inspectorate unit.

10. The manager or official responsible for ensuring road safety, organizations, and in the case of organized transportation of a group of children under a charter agreement - the charterer or charterer (by mutual agreement) ensure, in the manner established by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, the submission of notification of the organized transportation of a group of children to the State Traffic Inspectorate unit in the event that the organized transportation of a group of children is carried out by one or two buses, or an application for escort by vehicles of the State Traffic Inspectorate unit of transport convoys in the event that the specified transportation is carried out in at least 3 buses.

Submission of a notification about the organized transportation of a group of children to the State Traffic Inspectorate unit is carried out no later than 2 days before the start of transportation.

Until July 10, 2015, the group leader had to submit an application to the traffic police to have buses escorted by traffic police vehicles.

Starting July 10 request for support is applied only if transportation is carried out by three or more buses. In this case, the traffic police sends an escort car.

If children travel on one or two buses, then another document is submitted to the traffic police - notification of organized transportation of a group of children. In this case, the escort vehicle is not allocated.

Documents must be submitted no later than 2 days before the start of the trip.

Attention! The deadline for submitting a notification to the traffic police has been changed from October 1, 2019. It is 24 hours for city and suburban trips and 48 hours for intercity trips. This issue is discussed in.

In any case, the group leader must carry with him either a copy of the request for escort or a copy of the notification of the arranged transportation.

Documents for organized transportation of children

d) a list of a set of food products (dry rations, bottled water) according to the assortment established Federal service for supervision in the field of consumer rights protection and human well-being or its territorial administration, - in the case provided for in paragraph 17 of these Rules;

d) a list of food products (packed rations, bottled water);

Starting from July 10, 2015, when transporting children, a food supply list must be provided. Previously, such a list was required only if the estimated travel time was more than 3 hours.

Requirements for drivers transporting children

8. Drivers who have continuous experience as a driver of a category “D” vehicle for at least 1 year and have not been subjected to last year administrative punishment in the form of deprivation of the right to drive vehicle or administrative arrest for committing an administrative offense in the field of traffic.

8. Drivers who meet the following requirements are allowed to drive buses carrying out organized transportation of a group of children:

having worked as a driver of a category “D” vehicle for at least one year out of the last 3 calendar years;
have not committed administrative offenses in the field of road traffic, for which administrative punishment is provided in the form of deprivation of the right to drive a vehicle or administrative arrest, during the last year;
who have undergone pre-trip instruction on the safety of transporting children in accordance with the rules for ensuring the safety of transportation of passengers and cargo by road and urban ground electric transport, approved by the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation;
have undergone a pre-trip medical examination in the manner established by the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation.

Just as before, drivers carrying out organized transportation of children should not have been punished in the form of deprivation of rights or administrative arrest during the last year.

Until 10 July 2015, drivers were also required to have continuously worked as a Category D driver for the past year. This requirement is becoming more loyal to drivers. Starting from July 10, it is enough to have one year of experience out of the last three years.

For example, the following situation could have happened earlier. A man has been working as a category D driver all his life. However, half a year ago he switched to new job(also driver). During a change of workplace, the work experience was interrupted for 1 day. Until July 10, 2015, such a driver was not allowed to organize the transportation of children. After July 10th there is no such restriction.

Completion of pre-trip instruction on the safety of transporting children.
Walkthrough.

Situations in which a medical professional is required

12. When organizing transportation of a group of children in intercity traffic by an organized transport convoy for more than 3 hours according to the traffic schedule, the head or official responsible for ensuring road safety, the organization, and in the case of organized transportation of a group of children under a charter agreement - the charterer or charterer (according to mutual agreement) ensures that such a group of children is accompanied by a medical professional.

12. When organizing transportation of a group of children in intercity traffic by an organized transport convoy for more than 12 hours according to the traffic schedule, the head or official responsible for ensuring road safety, the organization, and in the case of organized transportation of a group of children under a charter agreement, the charterer or charterer (by mutual agreement) ensures that such a group of children is accompanied by a medical worker.

Previously, a medical professional was required for transportation whose estimated duration exceeded 3 hours. Starting from July 10, a doctor when transporting children is needed only on trips whose duration exceeds 12 hours.

This requirement has made travel arrangements easier. Many children's day trips can now be done without a medical professional.

Admission to a bus transporting children

A new clause has been added to the rules for organized transportation of children:

18. When organizing the transportation of a group of children by bus, it is prohibited to allow persons not included in the lists provided for in subparagraph “d” of paragraph 4 of these Rules, except for an appointed medical worker, onto the bus and (or) transport on it. This prohibition does not apply to cases established by federal laws.

Only persons included in the list of accompanying persons or the list of children may be allowed on the bus.

For example, parents of one of the children who are not included in the list will not be allowed on the bus. preliminary list. Also, additional children cannot be placed on the bus.

However, the organizer always has the opportunity to add people to the list who need to be taken on the trip.

Requirements for buses providing organized transportation of children

The latest change to the rules for transporting children:

3. To carry out the organized transportation of a group of children, a bus is used that meets the purpose and design of the technical requirements for the transportation of passengers, and is approved in the prescribed manner to participate in traffic and is equipped in the prescribed manner with a tachograph, as well as GLONASS or GLONASS/GPS satellite navigation equipment.

3. For the organized transportation of a group of children, a bus is used, no more than 10 years have passed since the year of manufacture, which corresponds in purpose and design to the technical requirements for the transportation of passengers, is approved in the prescribed manner to participate in road traffic and is equipped in the prescribed manner with a tachograph, as well as GLONASS or GLONASS/GPS satellite navigation equipment.

The transfer is due to the fact that many organizations still have not had time to renew their bus fleet. The remaining requirements for buses are effective from July 1, 2015.

Attention! From October 1, 2019, an additional requirement was introduced that the bus must be equipped with seat belts. This issue is discussed in.

This concludes the review of the updated traffic rules and rules for the organized transportation of children. discussed in a separate article.

Good luck on the roads!

In the described situation, parents can act as accompanying persons, the number allows. You are not required to take the school's deputy director on the bus; the law does not require this.

Good luck on the roads!

Natalia, Hello.

In this case, 2 notifications must be submitted. The second notification should be submitted to the traffic police at the place where the second transportation began, i.e. at the traffic police department of another city. This can be done through the traffic police website, instructions are given in.

Good luck on the roads!

Natalia-35

Hello, is it allowed to transport skis on a school bus transporting child athletes to competitions (in the region), since skis are classified as hand luggage?

Good day. We are planning a trip with children to another city. We will order a bus. Each child will be accompanied by his or her legal representative. A total of 24 children and 24 adults. Do you need a traffic police escort? If so, who should report the trip? Carrier or customer of the bus? Distance 450 km

Vladimir-348

Please clarify whether a child seat or restraint device is required during transportation by tourist bus by order of a child and up to what age?

Anastasia-97

Hello. If we are traveling with 26 children, 16 parents and 2 teachers. Do we need to submit an application to the traffic police?

Anastasia, Hello.

Indicate how many children out of 26 are traveling without their parents.

Angelika-8

We are going with a children's group to Belarus from a travel agency, 30 children + 4 teachers. Is it necessary to draw up documents with a notary if there is written consent from the parents for each child?

An integral part of the work of companies is the need to organize travel. At the same time, it does not matter at all which employee goes on a business trip - this event must be thoroughly prepared. This article will be devoted to this topic.

Today we will look in detail at questions such as:

organization of business trips;
organizing travel for the manager;
organization of corporate trips.

Business trips can be within one country or around the world. As a rule, the more contacts an organization has, the more often the need for travel arrangements arises.

Organization of business trips

As a rule, the organization of business trips rests entirely with the manager's secretary. It includes such stages as purchasing an aircraft or train tickets, hotel reservation, transfer, establishing contacts with the host party, etc. Depending on the purpose for which employees are sent on a business trip, the degree of its preparation also varies. For example, the purpose of a business trip may be to attend a conference, exhibition, advanced training, training courses, negotiations with partners or establishing new contacts. Mostly, ordinary company employees or heads of departments go on such trips. However, this does not mean that the organization of these trips can not be given due attention. On the contrary, the result of a business trip directly depends on the quality of the organization of a business trip. Therefore, let's look at all the points in more detail.

When organizing business trips in Russia, significantly less time and costs are required than required for trips abroad. To begin with, the secretary responsible for organizing the trip needs to know exactly how many days the employee or employees should be in another city. Based on these dates, you must book tickets. Please note that traveling by rail is cheaper, but may take longer. As a result, the employee will be absent from the workplace longer. In addition, a situation may arise when an employee arrives at the place at night or late in the evening (which happens very often when traveling by train). In this case, you will need to book a hotel in advance. Also, if the head of a department goes on a trip, it is unacceptable to buy tickets for him in a regular reserved seat.

Knowing the arrival date, you need to arrange a transfer. As a rule, many hotels have this service, however, if it does not, we recommend that you negotiate with the relevant company in advance. Also don't forget to arrange a transfer for the return trip.

The choice of hotel largely depends on its location. It is most convenient to give preference to those hotels that are located in walking distance from the travel destination. This is especially true in cases where the event to which the employee went is strictly regulated and one cannot be late for it. In cases where there are no hotels within walking distance or they do not meet the requirements, we also recommend organizing a daily transfer.

Organization of executive trips

When it comes to organizing executive travel, many secretaries begin to worry, although there is nothing complicated about it. The main thing you should do immediately before purchasing tickets and booking a hotel is to ask your manager about his preferences. It is possible that he does not like to fly or prefers to check into hotels located on the outskirts of the city. Therefore, do not be afraid to ask about this again - in the future it will save your time and allow you to quickly choose the right option.

When choosing a place of residence, you should select several of the most suitable options so that the manager can choose from the proposed ones. Before doing this, check to see if the hotel has available rooms for the desired date.

Organizing business trips for a manager outside the country requires a visa. To obtain a visa, you need to collect a package of documents requested by the embassy. First, you should visit the embassy’s website and familiarize yourself with the requirements and conditions for issuing visas. After this, you need to call the embassy - sometimes embassies do not have time to post the changed requirements on the website.

There are two types of visas: business and tourist.

To obtain a tourist visa, simply request visa support from the hotel where your manager plans to stay. Often it is issued exclusively for the dates for which the hotel room is booked.

The procedure for obtaining a business visa is usually more complicated than a tourist visa: the embassy requests confirmation of business contacts (contracts, invoices, extracts from registers, etc.), therefore, for a single exit, a tourist visa is often issued through a hotel. But if your manager plans to visit the country often, it is better to apply for a business visa, especially considering that people who entered the country on a tourist visa are prohibited from engaging in commercial activities on its territory.

If you want to receive visa support from the hotel, then when ordering a room by email or phone, ask to send confirmation for the embassy, i.e. provide visa support. The booking site sends such confirmation automatically to the specified email address. You may be asked to show a printout of the document confirming your reservation when crossing the border, so print out a separate copy for your manager.

Also, organizing business trips to other countries involves preparing currency. As a rule, hotel reservations are made by prepayment in international currency. It is also necessary to foresee in advance the availability of ATMs within walking distance from the hotel so that your manager can withdraw money from the card without unnecessary hassle. If there is no such information and the hotel does not provide currency exchange services, we recommend that you make sure that you have the required amount in currency before your trip.

Organization of corporate trips

The organization of corporate travel differs only in the number of employees who must travel to another city. Although this event cannot be called frequent, many companies organize corporate vacation trips. In this case, it is necessary to ensure that the selected hotel can provide accommodation for all business travelers. It is also important to ensure that the transfer is spacious enough.

When organizing a corporate trip abroad, you must ensure that all necessary documents from employees. If a visa is required for your trip, we recommend making a plan according to which the documents will be prepared. So, having contacted the embassy and learned the list of necessary documents (for obtaining a visa), it is necessary to determine the time period during which all employees must prepare a package of documents. Next, we recommend that you agree with the embassy on a date when they can accept all employees. It is best to devote two days to this issue.

When booking tickets, you must contact the airline serving this destination in advance. It is possible that you will be able to get a corporate discount if you purchase a large number of tickets at once. Also ensure that all employees are aware of the date and exact time of departure. If many employees go on a corporate trip, then responsibility should be assigned to departments. Thus, organizing corporate trips will not cause much trouble.

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Hello again, dear readers. I finally got around to writing the final article on organizing your trip yourself. Even before this happened, many friends and acquaintances asked how I managed to travel on my own, book tickets, find hotels or travel companions. In principle, many people have the same questions, so I came up with the idea of putting everything in the form of a small plan or guide for those who are just about to start organizing their travels.

This article will be both introductory and final, because first I had to write all the useful posts on this topic, and then combine it into a single guide. I want to say right away that all articles, tips and examples are mine personal experience, which I tried on myself and still use it. So if you have any questions or misunderstandings about something, you need help, or maybe you want to add something else to the list important information, be sure to write to comments.

So, below is a list of articles that I included in the topic “ How to organize your own trip”:

How to organize a trip on your own and cheaply

This list will be visible at the beginning of each page included in it. This is so that the reader does not get lost in the links. And the current article you are in (for example, we are now on the page from the first paragraph) will be inactive and highlighted in a different color. It’s simple. Naturally, the list only mentions the most important planning points in my opinion, so I ask you for feedback from me, in case you think differently.

Now let me tell you how I organize an independent trip, and at the same time I’ll briefly go through the items on the list.

1. Obtaining a passport via the Internet. Of course, what is traveling abroad without a passport? No, I don’t argue that there are several more countries in the post-Soviet space (Kazakhstan, Abkhazia), where you can get to with a Russian passport, but we don’t want to limit ourselves to the “near abroad,” right?

I am glad that with the development of the Internet, many paper transactions have become much faster and easier, so I always receive a foreign passport the same way. On which website can this be done, for how long, at what price and under what conditions is it better to take it, as well as a list of necessary documents to obtain and a couple of practical tips you will receive by reading the corresponding article under point No. 2.

2. Route planning. Next, you need to decide, where exactly will I go? And after the answer to this question is received, I begin to plan a route for the country (countries) where I am going. For many, this particular point is a stumbling block, but I assure you that there is nothing complicated about it. Of course, for a beginner you will have to spend some time, but then your work will more than pay off in the fact that you will begin to easily and quickly create routes around any country, even ones you have not yet been to. You can find out about this in the article point No. 3.

3. Obtaining a visa. Oh how! Someone will say: “Where did this point come from? He’s not on the general list!” That’s right, it’s not there, because obtaining a visa is individual for each country. That’s why I said that I included only the most important points for organizing a trip; I won’t describe obtaining a visa to all 200-odd countries, especially just yesterday, for example in South Korea, a visa was needed, but today it is no longer there.

But to make it easier to navigate this issue, because in any case you will need to find out about the need to obtain a visa to a particular country, I will shed some light on this issue.

A good place to start would be to find out do you need a visa to the country where I was going. Personally, in this case, I do it simply: I go to Yandex and write “Japan visa” and see what they give me. There are, of course, a lot of sites where whole list visa-free or visa-free countries, but I don’t trust them because it is not known when this list was updated or whether it was updated at all. If you are still interested, then the best site (in terms of relevance at least) in my opinion is this one, but, I repeat, be sure to double-check the information.

If you need a visa, there are several ways to get it:

at the Moscow embassy - I often use this point, since it is the cheapest and easiest for me (despite the fact that I am not a Muscovite), I still have to go through Moscow;). However, it is a good idea to know what documents are required to apply. I can find a solution to this issue on the same website that I gave above, but you can follow the standard procedure - “Google”, and the best thing is to go to the consulate’s website (although sometimes the information there is only in English). And it would also be nice to have friends in Moscow who could take the documents if personal presence is not necessary.
at the embassy of another country - this is if you have a lot of time and are traveling through more than one country.
upon arrival in another country - this point does not apply to all countries, which also needs to be checked. There are also options for obtaining a visa when ordering services in the form of air tickets around the country or hotels (a very expensive option)
through a travel agency - the easiest way for those who do not live in the capital, however, you will have to pay for mediation. Accordingly, the further you are from Moscow, the higher the “duty”.

4. What to take: card or cash? Choosing a plastic card. Money is an eternal question of humanity :). I think the title title speaks for itself. We decide in what form to take money with us, cash or on a card? And if it’s a card, which one is better? You will find answers to these questions in the article below. №4.

5. Buying a train ticket online. Since I am very far from the capital, and fly mainly from Moscow, I often have to think about railway crossings. It’s a pity that Russian Railways has no competitors, but if you make a purchase via the Internet, even the monopolist will find a couple of “tasty” offers. I wrote about this and much more in the article point No. 5.

6 and 7. Finding and purchasing cheap air tickets. The key word here is “cheap”, because unlike railway, airlines compete, and how. But finding a cheap ticket is not so easy among the many “cunning” offers. So be sure to read not only the purchase method itself ( point No. 7), but also the nuances of search engines that will help in your future experience of purchasing air tickets ( point No. 8).

8. Finding cheap accommodation: book in advance or search locally. Well, of course, in addition to all the tickets, we also need a roof over our heads. Since we're talking about independent travel, then we will look for and book a hotel ourselves. There are two ways - book in advance (via the Internet) and on the spot. What is better and of higher quality, you will definitely find out from the article point No. 8.

9. Travel packing list. It would seem like the most banal point, why can’t I pull myself together? However, personally, I always keep with me a standard list of the most necessary things for all types of travel (mountain, long, leisure), so that I don’t suddenly forget something. Of course, a couple of items from the list can be easily removed or added, it all depends on the preferences of each individual.

10. Airport: how to check in for a flight. Many travelers are now giggling when reading the title of this paragraph, apparently having completely forgotten how they themselves stood in the huge airport lobby for the first time, at a loss, not knowing where to go and who to turn to. But I remember, and that’s why I wrote about how it’s painless for your nerves to check in for a flight, which you can read about in point No. 9.

Last two points No. 11 and No. 12 rather additional, however, lately I have been increasingly faced with questions from others on these two topics, which is why I added them to the list. Who joined our group

When a few years ago my sister and I (with our two families) decided to go to Koktebel, my sister first went to the nearest travel agency to get a ticket (it was easier for her).

There they found her a vacation package in one boarding house, but they offered her a strict period of stay: either 6 days or 12 days. And we wanted to go for 9-10 days.

I myself found this boarding house on the Internet, found out the prices and telephone number. We contacted the owner of this establishment by phone and learned that seats can be reserved for any period (only in advance). And so they did. We ordered (for the days we needed), bought a train ticket ourselves, got there ourselves and rested ourselves.

After that, I thought: “But everything will be ruined.” tourism business, if everyone arranges their own vacation via the Internet.”

And this is partly true. Over the past few years, several travel companies have closed in our city. And those that remain survive due to the organization budget travel like a two-week trip to Crimea by bus and back for 12 thousand rubles (my husband went on such a trip this year). The participants of this journey were collected throughout Nizhny Novgorod region(the bus was traveling from Nizhny Novgorod, visiting all cities, picking up out-of-town travelers).

It’s very difficult to organize a trip like this—so that it’s inexpensive and organized—on your own. You need to adjust both transport and housing to your needs. Without some experience in this matter it is quite difficult (if you book housing, you won’t buy a train ticket; or you buy a train ticket, but you won’t find housing by a certain date; I once had to buy a private house in Crimea for a month, because the owner did not want to rent it out for two weeks in mid-August, and I desperately needed this house, because it was the only one that had both a bathroom and the Internet, and in mid-August, because I I was going to Crimea for a certain event).

A travel company has recently opened in Belarus, which organizes individual trips based on the desires and requests of travelers - openeurope.by. Moreover, offering significant savings thanks to his knowledge and connections:

This is what you need for the modern traveler. Not a ready-made voucher in which you will be forced to relax as the voucher intended. And assistance in organizing an individual trip.

(I once wanted to go to Europe like this, but without all these tedious excursions by bus, I just wanted to walk around a foreign city, but I couldn’t find such a “free” trip, not tied to dates and dates and without excursions. At the same time, organizing such a trip on your own I didn’t dare - I have no experience of traveling in Europe, and I don’t know the languages.)

There are several similar travel agencies in Russia (traditional travel agencies have some services), but there are still few of them.

And it seems to me that it is precisely such travel agencies that individual travel must take the place of bankrupt travel agencies, which were accustomed to massive sales of the same type of travel packages, which is why they experienced enormous difficulties when the interests of Russian citizens changed dramatically.

Of course, adapting to each individual tourist is more difficult than selling tours to everyone at once. But now is the time that requires an individual approach to each client.

If you don’t change to meet the demands of the times, you will lose.

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