There’s something thrilling about budget travel.
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Budget Travel
Low on cost and filled with surprises, this mode of budget travel refers to travelling on a shoestring budget, off the tourist trail.
You chart your route, change destinations at whim and have the pleasure of discovering places all on your own.
However, you need to support all this freewheeling with a good travel plan. We show you prepare one.
Choosing a destination
Start by zeroing down on a destination. Ask yourself what exactly are you looking for.
- Walking down mountain trails?
- Exploring a place of historical interest?
- Watching the sunset in a desert or a beach?
Once you’ve picked out the place or at least the kind of place you’d like to travel to, it’s time for some research.
Personal accounts of individual travellers come in handy. The best way to source this information is to talk to somebody who has already visited the place. The Internet is another good source of information. Google the name of the destination together with the word ‘travelogue’ and you’re sure to come up with some interesting and informative accounts. Make a note of places along the route, transport options, hotels, etc.
What’s the budget travel?
Based on your research work out your budget. Some of the heads would include:
1) Transport: Cost of travel to closest city or town plus local transport.
2) Stay: Calculate according to the total number of nights.
3) Food: Account for three meals a day plus alcohol.
4) Gifts and miscellaneous.
Remember, as you go to the interiors, away from the regular tourist places, the rates get cheaper. And, the food — tastier!
Make it memorable
Once you have a good travel plan ready, you can give in to the spirit of adventure. You’ll end up with a host of memorable moments.
Out on a journey, things just happen. You might get invited to a tribal wedding or a night on a fishing trawler deep in the seas. These events aside, just the fact of travelling to new places leaves you with interesting memories.
Once while travelling in Sikkim, my friend and I were befriended by an elderly Tibetan lama. We spent a night in his monastery, up in the hills, where there’s no electricity and no toilets either. We slept on silken Tibetan sheets and kept swatting mosquitoes through the night!
Don’t be surprised if later, when you’re back in your air-conditioned office, cut off from natural light, images like drinking toddy from a fresh leaf cup sitting under the palms trees, or hitching a ride on a bullock cart, blur your vision
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