Choosing the right hotel/hostel is not easy. Sometimes, all information in their website is different from the real condition. Here is some tips you must do before you choose your hotel/hostel and booked it.
1. Choose the hotel/hostel that suitable with your criteria: your budget and the condition. Just find it through internet. You can find through hostelbookers.com, agoda, or from other hotel/hostel directory. Choose at least more than two options.
2. Now, you already have some hotel/hostel options. All you need is to find any review about your hotel/hostel. You can find it from trip advisor or maybe you can googling it. This review is important because it will tell us about the real condition from people who ever stay there.
3. After read some reviews....please...write an email for the owner of the hotel/hostel. Ask everything you want to know. How to get there, their policies, about the neighbourhood.
4. Then...choose the best one and booked it immidiately.
Another important thing you should consider before you booked the hotel/hostel is the location. Make sure the hotel/hostel is easy to reach, near with mrt station, and at least near with 24hrs convenience store (like 7eleven).
HOW TO BOOK THE HOSTEL
After you decide your hostel, I suggest you to book the hostel first rather than 'go show', especially if you plan a trip on holiday or peak season. Some hostels provide booking page in their website, while others are not. So, you can book the hostel through website that provide hostel booking service. I recommend hostelworld because they 100% trusted and...have app for smartphone (android and ios) so it easier for me if I have to book hostel while I'm not in front of my laptop.
Happy hunting!!!
Some people think that going abroad requires a lot of money. This makes some of them postpone their willing to travel abroad, although they actually want.
Is that right?
Well, the opinion was not entirely wrong.
But that does not mean we can not work around this.
One strategy that you could do to fulfill your dream is ... to be a backpacker!
Backpacker is a typical tourist with a backpack on her/his back while walking. Backpacker always looking for something cheap and really enjoy the trip details. Yes...!!! It was their style.
Why people choose being a backpacker
Besides a limited budget reason, the other reason is ... the experience. It's so challenging. Sometimes, people need to break their settle world. Moreover, unlike traveling in a tour group(that everything was neatly packed), a backpacker allows us to be more flexible. They can go to places that they like and more able to feel the soul of the places we've visited. They can explore the destination as they like. Sometimes they can find beautiful places, or cheaper acommodation. And we cannot have it when we travel in a tour group.
So, what should you do before you travelin '
- Choose your destination, the place/country you wanna go, then find out as much about the destination / country. Which places worth a visit, survey hostel / dormitory in there, download a map of the city / MRT maps, places to eat cheap, and others. Ask people who never travel to the area, or browse through the internet, read a book, etc. Find out also about the country's visa policy and how you can apply it
- Set the date, this is important because usually in high season the ticket will be much more expensive than low season.
- hunting ticket then buy, you should comparing the airlines, which one is sell cheaper , which one is selling promo ticket. Don't forget to check the departure time. Some airlines sell inexpensive ticket but the departure time is too early or too late and when you arrive in your destination, there is no public transport so you must use taxi to go to your hostel. I suggest you to use budget airlines. Because it is usually cheaper.
After you got the ticket, and the D day will come, you should pack all your stuff into a backpack. And here is a guide what stuff you should bring or you may bring:
- The documents, such as passports, international driving license, etc
- Clothes, check your destination's climate. If the climate is hot, bring clothes such as polo shirts or a shirt, slacks and shorts. Don't bring too much. Usually in hostels or dorms they provide washing machine and iron. So you can wash your clothes there. If your destination often rains, better bring a raincoat rather than an umbrella, because raincoat can be folded. But if you want to bring umbrella, bring the little one. And don't forget to bring underwear or bikinis (if your destination is a beach)
- Footwear, bring sandals/flip flop and sneakers/boots.
- mobile phones, mp3 players, cameras and its charger.
