Traveling cheap is a lesson in itself. When everyone asked me how I could travel so much, I thought I should write an article about traveling cheap.. I don’t have a magic wand or formula. Maybe I will write what everyone knows, but at least it will be an article that will give an idea to those who do not know.. Put aside your prejudices before reading the article. Focus on how to do it, not what you can’t do. Why can’t you do what I can do?

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I haven’t been on tours for many years. My tour is only with trekking or photo clubs.. It is still suitable for them, as they usually do the sharing method.. Not every group is like this. You should also distinguish groups well.. I’ve been wandering around after the teachers I’ve known for years, where do they go?. To give a few examples;

Rota Nature Activities and Social Activity Group

is a professional group led by Asef Özhan. From snow walks to mountain climbing, they travel around the country and abroad.. They travel according to the sharing method. It is a group that will not let you down.

Erol Geygel

My teacher Erol changes a group from time to time.. He’s a free spirit, like me. I also like that it doesn’t get stuck.. Collaborates with groups from time to time. That’s why I wanted to introduce him by name and not under a group name.. There is a WhatsApp group. You will receive constant notifications from there.. Thanks to him, I follow the activities of a few more groups I know.

You can stay in touch on Instagram and Facebook. Thanks to him, I also follow the events of Kamptrek and Istanbul Doğa, which I know.. Since Erol Geygel is a teacher, you can also visit during the week.. The blood sought for those whose holiday coincides with the week. You should visit Balat and Heybeliada with him.. It does not charge any fees for city trips.

Photoplay Photography Club

You can go to many different routes under the leadership of Nihat Karadağ. Because it’s a photo club, it’s good at finding unmanned, untouched places.. Organizes very economical trips. Offers discounts on your purchases on the site. My teacher Nihat has grown his business a lot, but he still guides his travels.

He is a very generous man.. They order your tea, your soup and do it wholeheartedly.. He never calculates three for five.. When you go to a place, if you recommend a place, it will vote as a bonus and you will probably go there even if it’s not on the route. You don’t need to be a photographer. They need the model, you need the photographer. My best photos were taken when I was in this group. Since Nihat Hoca finds out where and what to eat, you can eat the most delicious meals with him.

You can reach https://www.photoplay.com.tr

Pan Photo Club

Under the leadership of Recep Karabulut, it is a photography club where you can travel to beautiful places economically.. A quiet group that is mostly preferred by families and mostly married couples.. I explained these as examples of a few tours I used when I avoided organizing a day or weekend getaway alone and to socialize and meet new people.. This is what I got from the tour. For the rest, the roads and I are alone. First let me say that I’m not a person who can plan for a very long time.. I’ve never been able to wait for cheap tickets months ago.. I respect those who can do it.

Ryanair

My cheap way to fly is limited to a 9 euro Jordan ticket from Ryanair. In fact, when I looked two days before the flight, I saw a ticket for 1 euro.. There are flights from Dalaman in Turkey, but there are not many options.. Flights are generally cheap.. You don’t have to chase tickets months in advance. To go to Jordan, we had to go to Sofia first.. I thought it was the closest place to Turkey.. You must either have Schengen in Sofia or you will get a transit visa.

The most important thing you need to pay attention to at Ryanair is to check-in online, with an e-mail you received two days ago.. If you don’t choose a place by giving 4 euros at check-in, it places you in random places. Even if your side is empty, this is how it is done. We sat in separate places on the way and on the way back, but our side was always empty.. You can change your seat after the plane takes off.. There is no problem. I don’t think you need to pay extra 4 euros.. You need to either download the barcode of the chek-in you have made to your phone, and get a printout of it.. If you go directly to the airport, an extra fee of 55 euros per person is required.. Checking in online is not enough.. They say it was not done even though the check-in was made and they give you all kinds of difficulties.. For example, they don’t even give you the pen you want.. They stop you from getting up and talking.. Normally, when you check-in online, they print a boarding pass when you go to the airport, but Ryanair does not issue a boarding pass. Having internet at Sofia airport saved our lives. Otherwise, we would either pay that money or give up on going.. Sofia airport is also tighter than other airports. Our bag is completely emptied.. Everything, including my hair mousse, was taken

Another problem for those traveling with Ryanair will be luggage.

If you don’t pay 8 euros and buy extra luggage, you can’t take anything with you except a 20×40 bag.. That’s what it says on their site. We paid attention to this to the letter when we were going, but we saw that there are many people who buy a few small bags and they pass without any problems.. On the way back, our bag had grown to two and we had no problems.. Remember that it is the people in charge who make this decision.. Doesn’t feel like it. Unfortunately, this is always the case.. We didn’t get a lot of what we saw as quite worried about what we could get into the plane.. I just bought a metal donkey from Petra. I was able to take this object, which I said they would definitely take at the airport, on the plane without any problems.

We always joked on our way to fly Ryanair. He said, “It wasn’t landing at the airport, it was throwing it out of the plane just because we came over it”. We were very worried about its comfort because it was cheap, but it was no different from other planes.. As soon as the plane lands, the loudspeaker plays celebratory music and the whole plane applauds.. I have never seen a group of people so happy that a plane could land.

Iran Air

It is also very cheap at Iran Air.. Many of my friends who went to the Far East went through Tehran.. What you need to pay attention to there is the difference between the calendar we use and the calendar used by Iran.. It’s as if they had to shoot down the plane we used between Tehran and Urmia.. There were strange sounds. An Iranian friend amazed us. He said, “As an Iranian, I’m afraid to get on our planes, I can’t trust” but I think he’s joking. If it was such a dire situation, there would be no planes left in Iran and we would have heard about it.. You can get help from people in the Iran Gezi group on Facebook.. All of them love Turks and Turkey very much and try their best to help.

You should protect your computer against cookies for cheap flight tickets. The other method is to open web pages in an incognito window.. Click on the three dots on the right of your web page and you will see it there.. Then you have the opportunity to bypass the site.. You need to constantly check all sites. Many flight companies make campaigns from time to time.. You can also consider these. 300-500 TL tickets do not seem very economical to me, frankly, and I do not find the discounts very meaningful.. As I said, when I can plan for a long time, I will try cheap ticket methods.. I’ll write it down then.

Bla Bla Car

My other transportation method besides plane is Bla Bla Car. This method means traveling according to the sharing method.. Again, a system that works on reference. You can also create your journeys with the application you download to your mobile phone.. You can also be a passenger. If you have a vehicle, you can also carry passengers.. I have many friends who use Bla Bla Car, an app from Poland, abroad.. I learned that it works very well especially in the Balkans and Ukraine.

I have experienced it domestically.. You can and should look at references, the model of the vehicle, whether it’s a smoker or not.. I have to write that my trip to Izmir, which I went without looking, was very troublesome, that I arrived in Izmir in 10 hours, but this can only be an evil eye bead next to dozens of beautiful examples.. I don’t have to use the car when our driver gets tired, I don’t pay money, I think it will be a memory for me that I can talk about and laugh at.

You can travel comfortably in a private car instead of a bus or plane.. Their prices are usually half the price of the bus ticket.. Some drivers can drop you off and pick you up at your location.. We took the train from Kurtalan on our return to Iran.. We had traveled 28 hours and we had a lot of stuff.. I did not think about going from Ankara to Istanbul, but how I would go home when I arrived in Istanbul.. The driver picked us up from the station and left us one by one.. We paid only 60 TL. We had a very nice trip.. Let alone 60 TL to come from Ankara to Istanbul, I would only have to pay for a taxi within Istanbul.

Hitchhiking

The other method is hitchhiking. However, it is necessary to be experienced and comfortable in this.. Having a woman by your side makes things easier. I’ve never tried hitchhiking as a single woman. Every hitchhiking I tried with my friends by my side caused me to collect very good memories.. For example, we went to Sofia for 23 liras.. We passed between Istanbul and Tekirdag for 23 liras with Bla Bla Car.. We found a host from Couchrail and stayed overnight.. Our Tekirdag host dropped us at the border. After crossing the border, we arrived in Sofia with a one-shot hitchhiking.. Ali brother was going to Norway. We could have gone to Norway with him.. I’ve never been so upset that I have a plane ticket.

Not everyone can travel by hitchhiking or Bla Bla Car. It’s hard to travel this way. Then I’ll leave a link where they can find cheap tickets for those who can’t do that. You can find cheap flight and bus tickets at biletbayi.com.

Couchsurfing- Couchrail- Iran Travel Group

After we have figured out how to go, we can move on to accommodation. I usually use Couchsurfing(CS) on my trips.. This is valid for overseas. I use the Couchrail Facebook (CR) account in Turkey.. Sites that act completely according to the reference system provide you with free accommodation in the homes of local people.. It allows you to get to know different cultures abroad.

A system where you stay in travelers’ homes, share your experiences and meet new people.. In this system, people host someone they do not know in their home.. making you meals. what a great sacrifice. It can be a nice gesture for the host to bring small gifts to the house you go to.. They also show you around if they have time.. You stop being a tourist and travel like a local. It is always advantageous to travel with someone who knows.. They teach you where and how you should see, what you should eat and where.

Actually, this situation is valid in Turkey.. We live differently with people in the east. I have lived in Mardin like a Mardinite and dried my hair in the sun against the Mesopotamian Plain due to the frequent power cuts.. I have made pizza with the mother of the house at home. I stayed in the house of local people for 20 days of my 22-day trip to Iran.. I tried all the ways from Iran Travel Group to Couchrail and Couchsurfing.. I think I had unforgettable memories. Maybe every country has such local groups.. For example, we have. Until I learn this, I say CS is lovely.

Hostel

You have to be very comfortable to be able to CS. If you say you can’t do this, then when I can’t find a host, I can switch to the hostel part I applied for.. This usually means that you only buy beds in rooms for 6-8 people and share the same room with people you don’t know.. For example, I paid 7 euros in Sofia. There are usually boys and girls rooms, but it’s okay to be confused.. If my companion is male, I prefer to stay in the mixed room.. With its logic, it is better than staying with people I don’t know at all.

If you say you can’t stay in mixed rooms, there are also private rooms with a little more price difference.. Especially couples prefer these. Hostels usually offer breakfast.. Tea and coffee are free. You can use the kitchen to cook. You can meet backpackers like you and have great conversations.. Lit Hostel was one of the most beautiful places of my trip to Tbilisi.. For example, we have a hostel moment where we had a party until the morning, coinciding with the birthday of the owner of the hostel, Uran.. Which hotel owner celebrates his birthday with his client. makes you food. It sets tables.

Airbnb

Using CS will be troublesome if you are a group of few. It can be a problem even when you are two people. If you also calculate the money given to the hostel per person, Airbnb may be more affordable. You can rent a room or a whole house on Airbnb.. You can see the photos and possibilities of the house you will rent on the site.. After the system pays the money, the contact information is given to both parties.. A 10% site commission is added to the price you pay.. pay attention to this. In addition, another issue to consider is that some homeowners may demand a deposit for any damage that may occur.. When there is no problem, the block applied to your card is lifted within a week.

Camping

Another accommodation choice is camping.. If I’m going by car, I prefer this. I’m not someone who can carry loads of weight on my back and walk around.. I traveled Iran as a backpacker yes but it is a cheap place. Able to take lots of taxis. We were able to find CS houses to leave our bags, but I cannot travel in the Black Sea as a backpacker.. Getting from one place to another is very difficult if you don’t have a car.. Difficult Black Sea even by car. The distances are too far, the roads are bad and the internet is bad.

However, we camped in such beautiful places that it is impossible to forget.. If your camping equipment is suitable for the season, great pleasure awaits you.. Light the campfire and eat the food you have made, listen to your music from the bottom, have nice conversations and sleep in the fresh air… There are no hotels in such untouched places and luckily there are. If you don’t have a trailer, you have no choice but to camp.. If you think I’m cold, keep a thermophore with you.. Hot water is a must. Fill it and throw it into the tent. Your tent will be warm until you go to bed.. No thermophor? Heat a stone on fire and wrap it in a cloth and put it back in the tent. Only the stone cools faster. Be practical.

After handling transportation and accommodation, all that remains is food.. He looks at your preferences and your economy.. So it’s up to you. I’ve made such an economy, you can say you can eat whatever you want, you can be happy with sausage bread by a campfire.. If there is a local flavor that I need to taste, I definitely try to taste it.. If there is a historical artifact, I will definitely see it.. The logic of when will I come again comes into play.

How We Love Crawling

My methods are more valid for those who travel as much as I do.. I don’t know if a person who has ten days a year will work this hard.. Although I have a lot of friends who are dealing with. These are the people who hitchhike even though they have a car and drive CS even though they have money.. This is a different travel culture.. A way of life accepted by the whole world.

My way of browsing may seem counterintuitive to most people. A friend of mine says; “Spring how much you love to crawl”. He sees walking like this as crawling like most people.. “I’d rather stay at home than travel like this,” he says.. I can spend almost the whole year on the road this way. Maybe you spend on your ten days of annual leave what I spend in two months.. My 55-day Aegean tour cost 2 thousand liras.

When I wrote this, where does the water of this mill come from, life, beautiful people commented on how stingy you are.. People like me don’t normally drive.. it’s a luxury. I’m one of those who wander a little bit like that though. Who are you going to be good to or should you be? I was never behind anything though. I also did my diving, I also went on boat tours.. I’ll take your blessings.

Well then, the road is clear, set off