(Not suitable for Indian cities) Prefer local transport instead of taxis especially in SE Asian cities with wide metro networks.

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What's your best tip for traveling on a budget?

What's your best tip for traveling on a budget?- Grapevine

What are the best travel hacks for saving money on flights and accommodations?

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I was thinking of travelling abroad for vacation in December. Any tips/hacks for a first time traveller? Like should I get the air tickets done now, or closer to December. What would be cheaper? Travel package or booking myself? Any place is fair game, South East Asia or Europe, what would you suggest?

Travel Hacks

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Everyone seems to be traveling the World. I am wondering how are they funding it? Especially the ones with kids.

What % of your annual income do you spend on travel?

Been to 18 countries so far and the best hack is to always use packing cubes. It sounds so silly and obvious, but recently found out that most of my friends had no idea about this (we all grew up in a metro city). So would like to know if there’s other travel hacks you’ve discovered.

Best travel hack?

Hey guys I’ve never travelled solo in my entire life. Where and How should I start?

There are few questions I’ve like:
1. How to handle accommodations?
2. Concern about the safety and security.
3. How to decide which places to visit. I mean can’t roam around uselessly, must have a list of places to visit.
4. Whom to believe, in the sense that, a lot of people are ready scam you when they find you are new here, how to handle that.

If you travel solo very often, then suggest some pointers to keep in mind.
So, guide me here plzz.
Thanks 🫡

How do you plan solo travelling ?

Software Developer

The number of times I've heard people say shit like 'traveling makes you grow as a person'. Someone please specify what this growth looks like because I've never experienced it.

I don't think traveling is life-changing. I think most people have a romanticized, cinema-like idea of traveling that has been exaggerated even more because of social media. 

It definitely is fun to go on a vacation. But in most cases, that's all it is -- a source of entertainment. Maybe an ice-breaker the next time you go to some pretentious party. 

Am I missing something?

Is travelling overrated?

It depends how & where u travel.  
  
 I will put a quick example - Someone close to me always assumed ki roads usually breakdown in monsoons because it is normal in india. Once they traveled abroad and to a tropical island where rains are very common. After seeing the roads there, first comment was - “Roads don’t break always due to rains”. So, this was a life long learning for that human, broke the mirage of road quality and execution in India.  
  
 Similarly, once I went to a 3-days long trek with a friend to inner jungles of SEAsia. We had to carry drinking water with us & took bath in flowing river. If you have seen “Iss jungle se mujhe bachao” (desi version of fear factor) was shot there. This friend of mine after landing back made a statement “yaar jisne bhi shower invent kiya hai, it’s a big gift”. Takeaway from this travel was - He was able to appreciate the simplest thing which we take for granted.  
  
 Many people learn new things about culture, practices of a new place. My personal surprise was when I traveled to Bali and saw similarities between theirs n ours practices. Helped me to go back n read about various things of empires.  
  
 Multiple such stories, so yeah, it depends!

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Looking for tips on making the most out of my weekly travelling. Couple of examples-
A) collecting miles on miles & more
B) starbucks membership cards
….keep it going

Whats the best way for personal longer term gains while travelling weekly

Business Development Manager

Another trip in the pipeline, and have to book tickets this week

Feel free to share your discount coupons (over DMs) 🫣
TIA

What are the best hacks/websites to book budget friendly flight tickets?

Consultant

Been thinking about going for an international trip lately. Asked a bunch of friends, but it looks like it's just gonna be me. Anyone here who has travelled solo? Thoughts on those "Make My Trip" packages? Or any other cool recommendations?

Traveling alone

Security Engineer

Hello,
I have ever been to any international trip. I am thinkomg of going to Thailand as it's visa in arrival I think. All The folks who have been to Thailand, can you please suggest me some tips or what shall I know specific to Thailand or any intl trip.

Also please recommend what all Places shall I visit and how to enjoy maximum, my budget is around 60k including everything.

First international trips.... Advice needed

Dear remote workers on Grapevine, have any of you been on a 2-3 month long workation spanning multiple cities? I am planning to go on one and cover south of India - Coorg, Chikmaglur, Gokarna, Hampi, Kochi, Alleppey, Munnar, Wayanad, Pondicherry. 

Am I being to ambitious? I think I can manage 1-2 weeks or more at most of these places. Will stay in hostels - easier to make friends there + it’s cheap.

Any tips?

3 month long Solo workation Tips?

I’ve often found myself in a position where friends/family are planning a trip or something else which is unsuitable for my budget and I struggle in saying NO to such things. As a kid I’ve seen my own parents bail out of things sometimes by clearly calling out the budget constraint and sometimes by making some other excuse. But unfortunately I’m not able to clearly say NO citing budget issues. I usually make some other lame excuses which sound pretty stupid at times (I’m weak at lying) mostly because I don’t want people to see me with eyes full of pity.

For example, folks in my closest friends circle come from a pretty wealthy family and even right now they earn easily 50%+ more than me so their plans are mostly unfit for my wallet. One time I had to refuse to participate in their trip just because of budget and I could sense the pity that they had for me at that moment or another time I could feel them being disheartened because they had to compromise a bit with their plan so that it could adjust with my wallet. In each case I felt really uncomfortable and since then I’ve been using only some other excuses to escape from such plans.

So my question to you folks is, if you’ve ever found yourself in a similar situation, how have you dealt with it? Any suggestions for me on how I can handle it better?

How do you bail out of plans/things if the reason is budget?

I’m graduating in October, and wanna take a break for 2 months before I officially become a “corporate slave”. As a girl I’ve never had the freedom/opportunity to travel solo internationally and I am planning on visiting Thailand in mid Oct. I’d love some tips on:

1) How to overcome the fear (I’m someone who’s watched wayyy too may true crime shows and I’m paranoid lol) 

2) How to calculate expenses for a week long trip to Thailand from Blore (I’ve heard it’s mostly b/w 60-75K) 

Any help would be appreciated! ✨

Solo travelling as a noob: need some advice

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How do you plan for your vacation financially? 
I spend around 2-3 lacs every year on travel and that money comes directly from my savings account.
I was wondering if there is any other better way of financing my travel?

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