How to choose the best tour. How to choose the right trip for a holiday abroad

If you want to have a “cheap and cheerful” vacation, you need a last minute ticket! This special offer from the tour operator, it appears when the tour sale period expires or if “cancelled” tours appear before departure. This is a kind of Wheel of Fortune, which is quite changeable, so you shouldn’t rely on a last-minute ticket at the height of the season, but you can try your luck.

The cost of last-minute travel packages is sometimes lower than cost. This is a forced step that tour operators take in order not to lose the entire cost of the tour. If a trip to a country with a visa regime is on the cards, sell it according to special price will start 1-2 weeks before departure. During this time, you can have time to apply for a visa. For countries where you do not need to obtain a visa in advance when entering, the time frame is reduced to several days, and sometimes even hours.

I, like any other traveler, understand that a competent approach to choosing a tour, hotel and air tickets directly affects the overall quality of your vacation and its final cost. To travel a lot, you need to learn how to choose travel packages correctly. And this is not as difficult as it might seem at first glance. You just need to know where to look for them and what to look for when choosing. This will be discussed below.

Criteria for choosing a cheap tour

When planning a trip again, I always try to consider several options, and independent tourism and purchasing a voucher. There are a lot of nuances and features here. The travel option largely depends on your region of residence. For example, tours are more suitable for Siberians, since they are the easiest way to get to the right place. Yes, and much cheaper.

When purchasing a tour, I personally do not trust the agent to choose certain parameters. Namely: country, hotel and resort. I consider all the options on my own, and this saves me from many unpleasant situations while traveling.

To save time on finding the sites I needed, I bookmarked them in advance. From some sites I periodically receive mailings with different offers. In addition, even your mobile phone has a special application. And as soon as a vacation trip appears in my plans, I carefully begin to prepare for it. I look through absolutely all resources, this helps to find the best option.

Services for selecting available tours

Travelata.ru (the best, first, in my ranking)

One of my favorite resources. You can go to it using the link. An excellent portal that searches for the best offers from 120 operators. I've used it several times and I'm happy with it. Information comes almost at lightning speed. The customer consultation center is open 24 hours a day. And you can choose tours with a time interval of “plus” or “minus” three days. Thanks to this, the most optimal prices are selected. Another unique feature of the portal is the presence of a separate page for travelers with children. Here you can choose the ideal option based on your preferences. For example, babysitting services, availability and quality of entertainment for children, and so on.

Level.travel (excellent search engine, have used it more than once)

These two services can be successfully used as search engines, but not only. They are convenient for online ordering and payment (by card). For modern man enough important point, enormous time savings, and ease of use make these portals quite popular. And I have them in my bookmarks. If you are still afraid to buy a tour on the site, just use it as a search resource.

Popular, inexpensive destinations from Level.travel

Onlinetours (I use it often)

Quite a popular portal for purchasing tours online. Works exclusively with trusted tour operators. It's very convenient system search for a trip, On this portal you can even rent a go pro camera. A special service department monitors the quality of your holiday and guarantees 100% results. By visiting the “Relaxation Ideas” page you can get a lot useful information. Including weather, entertainment on the beaches, visa-free countries and much more. Overall, the portal is amazing – I definitely recommend bookmarking it.

TourBazaar (a great option to spend a cheap weekend)

This option is ideal for people who want to have a great time in Russia. Great resource to purchase promotional tour in the form of an auction. What’s most interesting is that the minimum price per lot is only 1 ruble. Therefore, you can rest for practically nothing. More than 40 regions of the Russian Federation are offered to travelers.

Misto Travel (departure from Ukraine)

"Misto Travel" is a portal for selecting tours for all travel companies with departure from Ukraine. Convenient online booking saves a lot of time. The tourist himself chooses the desired destination and the best offers. Departure from Kyiv to any selected country. Be it Türkiye or Greece, Spain or Italy and many other countries. Thanks to the service, it is possible to choose a last-minute tour without visiting an agency. It is not only convenient and fast, but also the most profitable. Current prices, maximum discounts.

Dreamlines (sea and river cruises)

This portal is most suitable for those tourists who prefer sea tours. There are a lot of them here. Russian-language website that provides the opportunity to book river or sea ​​cruises. It is possible to choose the most suitable not only the liner, but even the cabin number. Thanks to this resource, you can choose your own air ticket and place of accommodation for the start and end of the cruise. And even excursion programs. And the most interesting thing is that you can buy not only the cruise itself, but also other tourist services on credit. On the portal you can order a variety of cruises from popular resorts, for example, Sochi, St. Petersburg and so on. The cheapest tours can be found on the special page “Popular tours at affordable prices.”

Tourdom

This is a professional travel portal. I have it in my bookmarks, I even visited it several times. But I didn’t really use it. Basically, data on last minute offers, canceled tours, tickets for charter flights. By the way, the latter option has a unique feature - tickets can be purchased directly on the website, without paying the hotel in advance.

Triphunter.club (Instagram)

This resource is especially useful for Instagram users. There is a lot of useful information and interesting offers. As for me, this one resource is quite capable of replacing all of the above portals. Here you can find the cheapest travel packages and plane tickets. True, they are mainly for Moscow and St. Petersburg, but still...

Instagram Uletimru

This is a blog of sorts run by avid travelers. Every day they view various offers on different resources and post them on their page. There are not many tours here, mostly air tickets. But, there are interesting offers for travel packages.

Application Sletat.ru

An excellent option for people who are constantly on the go; there is no need to put off finding the right tour. That is, wait until you get to the computer. I once booked a luxury hotel in Rhodes on this site for a fairly reasonable price. The application is quite convenient. You can put filters on the number of stars in the hotel and operators, on the hotel rating, and so on. There are also reviews, people who have already visited this or that place, and much more. It even happens that the price of a tour (already purchased) is reduced. In this case, the client receives an SMS notification on his phone. By the way, our friends therefore changed their hotel to a more expensive option. True, the operator had to be persuaded, but still. Website sletat.ru or download the application

Piratesru.com

The resource is especially popular among independent travelers; almost all of them subscribe to it. On this portal, information is updated not just daily, but several times throughout the day. For example, I am pleased with their offers for air travel from Moscow and St. Petersburg. Special attention should be paid to the “Tours” section. Here you can find a lot a good option. True, as a rule, proposals are mainly laid out for Moscow. But if you look here often, you can find options for other settlements.

Rules for choosing a good last minute tour

  1. Subscribe to all mailings, even if the departure date is not yet known, the travel budget has not been planned and there is no idea of ​​the duration of the vacation.
  2. Don't cling to one country. Believe me, you can have a great time anywhere. Try to look through all offers.
  3. You are considering different options for the duration of your stay in a particular state. Sometimes you come across offers where the cost of a tour for 13–15 days is significantly lower than for 10.
  4. If from your settlement There are no cheap tours for this period - look in neighboring regions. For example, you live in Omsk, but there is no suitable option, but it could be Novosibirsk and so on.
  5. Hotel ratings are an important point and there are several features here. Not always enough good hotel has an excellent rating. But the whole point may be in his “youth”. When the rating has not yet been developed, but you need to attract tourists. Such establishments will do everything possible and even more to ensure that the client is satisfied and recommends this place to his friends. Hotel reviews are not always true. This also applies to negative reviews. Therefore, look through them on different sites. Believe me, on a purely intuitive level you can understand how much truth there is in a particular review.
  6. When looking for a suitable option, pay attention not only to “ All inclusive”, consider both “FB” (three meals a day) and “HB” (that is, breakfast and dinner). If the price difference is significant, this option may be simply ideal. In addition, if you are traveling to Europe, you should know: not all hotels operate on an all-inclusive basis.
  7. Do not discard the “Fortune” options, that is, when a tourist can be sent to any hotel with a certain number of stars. But it’s not really worth the risk, especially if the difference in price is noticeable. And one more thing - you should only go on a trip under this offer with a tour operator that has been on the market for a long time and has an excellent reputation. In my opinion, this option is ideal for people who do not plan to spend most of their time on the hotel premises.
  8. In general, tourism operators are a rather serious question. You should not contact operators that few people know in certain circles. Especially if they offer very tempting prices. Believe me, I know this for sure.
  9. In some situations, you can do this - buy the most cheap tour, choose a hotel yourself, but be sure to notify the travel agency about your decision.
  10. The season of departure for travel also greatly affects the cost of tours. Typically, the most affordable options are in mid to late spring and fall. During the high season, the cost naturally increases significantly.
  11. Last minute deals - one more great option savings on tours. Take care of your Schengen visa in advance and keep an eye on the offers that appear on the relevant market. There are also subtleties here. For example, if you are going on a Schengen trip for the first time, you only need to go to the country that issued the permit. And if you are interested in a free and fast visa option, use the Cyprus multiple visa, which gives you the opportunity to visit Bulgaria, Croatia and Romania.

P.S. Well, that’s basically all I wanted to tell you today. Of course, everyone has their own taste, this or that resource that I like may not be to your liking. And at the same time, every person has the right to choose. Look, decide, choose the ideal option for yourself.


Hi all! Today I will tell you in detail about how to buy a tour online from all tour operators (forgive the author for this clumsy SEO design: D) and along the way I will share my thoughts on why going to a travel agency in our time is not a panacea. But first, a small digression, which you can skip by going straight to the story about how, in fact, to buy a tour on your own without a travel agency.

Why are Russians afraid to buy tours online?

A few words about what we are doing here in general. So, we write travel guides, blog about our travels, and also share airline ticket sales and last-minute tours with readers. In addition, we personally provide assistance in selecting tours in our public on VKontakte and on . This is not our main activity, we are still not professional management consultants, but if people more or less know what they want, then it is not a problem for us to find them a tour at the lowest price on the market. However, after a year and a half of selecting tours, we came to the conclusion that 8 out of 10 clients are really scared by the fact that the tour is offered to be booked online, and not in the usual travel agent’s office (the naive ones are not at all embarrassed by the fact that all these numerous travel agencies regularly go bankrupt. and tourists are simply scammed).

And the point is not that our site has some particularly timid audience, but that, quoting the well-known industry publication Travelhubr.ru - “According to market participants, in Russia only about 3% of tours are sold online to the end client. While in Europe the share online booking tours in 2015 averaged 25%. Such a low figure for the Russian market indicates a technological lag behind developed countries.” In my personal opinion, the lag here is not in technological development, but in the development of Internet literacy. People simply do not know what tools to use in order to select and buy a tour on their own without a tour operator (travel agency), and are also generally distrustful of the procedure for purchasing something online.

But once upon a time there was a similar situation with air tickets - people went to ticket offices, but then Aviasales and other online services appeared and the queues at the ticket offices thinned out sharply. Now more than 50% of air tickets are purchased online. So the migration of package holiday lovers online is inevitable, since all the conditions for the high-quality provision of this type of service via the Internet already exist.

Well, another important reason, in my opinion, is that a certain part of tourists are simply not ready and do not want to take responsibility for the quality of their vacation. After all, if you refuse the services of a travel agency and work out your vacation yourself, there will be no one to mentally blame for the suddenly unsuccessful vacation (the hotel is crap, the place is crap, whatever is crap). It turns out that you yourself are to blame, because you were too lazy to spend a few hours and figure out which hotels in the desired direction are ok, which are garbage, etc. 🙂

But let's try to understand why do we need travel agencies at all? and is it really possible to do without them (spoiler - you can).

Why do we need travel agencies?

To exaggerate, the entire activity of a travel agency (TA) comes down to issuing documents for you for the desired tour from a specific tour operator (TO). If you build a more detailed chain of relationships between the tourist and the TA, it will be like this: contacting the TA -> receiving advice -> booking a tour with the TO -> receiving confirmation for the tour from the TO -> issuing documents to you.

Those. in fact, a travel agent is an ordinary intermediary, who is engaged in administrative and advisory activities, for which he adds his commission on top of the cost of the tour. This margin is used to rent an office, pay salaries to managers, etc.

Yes, for some, the opportunity to get a consultation and pay for everything in the office is a very useful option. For example, if you are with a computer, it’s not just like you, but like you. If you have ever bought something online, then booking a tour online will be easy for you. And even if not, everything is done for the first time. 🙂 The main thing is to figure out where they sell tours online and which services you can really trust.

Where to buy a tour online?

There are plenty of options, but we recommend using The three largest and most popular online services in Russia for selling tours are, and. All three companies have existed for several years, have proven themselves well and, importantly, have high-quality and understandable websites through which even your grandmother will figure out how to buy a tour online.

IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW: all 3 services search for tours IMMEDIATELY BY ALL reliable tour operators. Some have more, some have less, but everyone has the main ones, such as Anex Tour, Biblio Globus, Tez Tour, Pegasus, etc. This, by the way, is what distinguishes them from your favorite travel agency around the corner, which is unlikely to have such a variety of offers.

Each of these services is good in its own way, but we would highlight it separately for two reasons:
1) As you know, according to some popular destinations, such as Türkiye, Greece and some others, there are fuel surcharges. So, both Level Travel and Travelata initially show the cost of the tour without fees, and only when you proceed to the booking process will they show you the final price with all the extras. Onlinetours, in turn, initially shows the cost of the tour with the fuel surcharge included. This is very convenient, because if you fly in a group, fuel surcharges can reach up to 15-20 thousand rubles.
2) Despite the fact that prices for tours for all three services may vary, lowest cost for identical offers, taking into account a discount of 3,000 rubles (how to get it - below), in 97% of cases, it will be from Onlinetours.

How to buy a tour online from all tour operators yourself?

Well, now let’s move on to the main topic of the post - how to buy a tour online. We have long wanted to write detailed instructions, but because Most people buy tours through our website on their own, and the site’s editors are used to vacationing in non-package ways, so to write this case, we had to wait for the moment when one of our close relatives was going on vacation. 🙂 In addition, the average bill for tours purchased through our website is in the region of 40 - 70 rubles, and we wanted the budget for the purchase of a tour to be at least 100,000 rubles, so that the reader could clearly see that that such services can be trusted with more impressive sums of money.

So, given:

  • Group of 4 people: 65, 61, 31 and 7 years old
  • Budget: 120-140 thousand rubles
  • Accommodation: 5 stars, all inclusive, children's entertainment available on site
  • Departure in 3-4 days
Compare prices from online services and travel agencies

I’ll say right away that none of my relatives have ever bought a tour online and although they didn’t experience any particular skepticism in terms of reliability (I wouldn’t advise them something that can’t be trusted), however, they had doubts that prices offered by online services can be competitive with travel agencies. My task was not at all to sell them a tour by any means - I just wanted to demonstrate to them and myself (once again) that the prices when buying online are at least not higher, but most likely lower, than with TA. Therefore, we agreed that they would go to their usual TA, where my sister had taken tours before and find out the prices for tours to those hotels that interest them, after which we would immediately compare them (I was in touch at that time). And then, depending on where the prices are lower, a decision will be made on who to buy the tour from.

That same evening, my sister and her parents went to TA and the following exchange of messages ensued between us on Whatsup:

An inquisitive reader will note the late time of correspondence and think - “Yeah, they’re trying to screw me - what kind of travel agency is open so late! Everything is fake and staged." In fact, the author of these lines lives in Krasnoyarsk, while my sister lives in Moscow - given the time difference, everything is ok.

As you can understand from the correspondence - the prices that I looked at Onlinetours were either the same (taking into account the 3 tr discount, in fact, cheaper) or significantly lower - to the Raymar hotel in Side Onlinetours found a tour for 125 tr, and in TA they offered for 165 tr. The thing is that this travel agency simply did not work with the tour operator Intourist, who at that time had such low prices. Just like that, simply due to the wider coverage of tour operators, online services are able to offer more profitable options. Yes, you could probably find the same price in another TA, but that’s the advantage of online - you don’t need to run around to different travel agencies comparing prices🙂 Of course, I looked at the cost of this tour on both Travelata and Level Travel, but taking into account the discount, OT had the lowest price. Therefore, it was decided to buy a tour online through them.

Step-by-step instructions on how to buy a tour online

Basically, I just needed to buy a tour to a specific hotel, but... For most of you, this procedure will be new, so I will describe the entire process in as much detail as possible.

Step 1: go to and enter data to search for a tour. We select the departure city (Moscow), the desired destination (Turkey), the number of nights (7-8), the number of vacationers (3 adults + 1 child) and departure dates (from August 2 to 4). Click - “FIND A TOUR”.

After the search is completed, you will see all available tours in your destination.

Be sure to wait until the search bar reaches the end and disappears - the cheapest tours are often loaded at the last moment.

Step 2: Use filters to narrow down your selection of hotels. In my case, I checked the boxes in the “Food” section, opposite “All inclusive” and “Ultra all inclusive”, and also set the hotel’s star rating to 5 stars. If you click on “detailed filters”, you will have access to even more options for a more precise search. Also, do not forget about the function of sorting prices for tours by price and popularity.

Step 3: We have received a selection of tours that more accurately reflect our needs. Now it's time to find out more about the hotels offered to us. What is needed for this? — Read ratings and reviews. IMPORTANT! If you are a person with requests, then you don’t even have to look at those hotels whose rating is below 7-7.5 points; as a rule, there are a lot of complaints about them. If you are not very picky or the quality of accommodation plays a nominal role for you, then you can consider all accommodation options.

You can check hotel reviews on Onlinetours itself, but I noticed that the ratings there are usually somewhat inflated. Therefore, for more relevant reviews, I always turn to Tripadvisor and Booking. If a hotel has a rating above 7.5-8 on these resources, then you can take it after first reading the negative comments in order to understand what kind of complaints are being made against it. If they are not critical for you, book them. If the hotel rating is higher than 8-8.5/10, then this is already a very good hotel where you can safely go. Of course, this algorithm is slightly exaggerated; in fact, you can thoughtfully read a huge number of reviews, look at true photos from tourists on Tripadvisor, etc.

For some, the process of choosing a hotel can be a rather tedious task, so apparently many people want to delegate this procedure to a travel agent, but I personally sincerely enjoy doing this every time. 🙂 After all, no one but yourself will choose a better hotel for you.

Step 4: Let's move on to booking. So, after reading the reviews, I decided that the Raymar Hotel was best suited - I proceeded to booking. To do this, click on the orange button with the price, which is 125,402 rubles for everyone.

Next we see full list all possible tours in this hotel from different tour operators, with different accommodation options (standard room, with a view of the mountains, sea, etc.) and types of food (in this case only ultra all inclusive, but usually there is a choice in the “tour type” column different types food).

Here you can click on “show all offers with flights to this hotel”, then even more available options will open to you. You can also click on the “graph low prices", which reflects the prices for tours to this hotel for neighboring dates. It may turn out that prices are lower for upcoming dates.

note, that the cost of the tour between Intourist and Anex Tour differs by almost 10,000 rubles, although the offers are identical.

Because I was given the goal of buying a tour online at the lowest price, so the option for 125,402 rubles was chosen. Click the orange price button again.

Step 5: getting acquainted with detailed information about the tour. Here you need to once again check in detail all the information on the selected tour. If everything is in order, click “book”.

Step 6: We enter data about tourists and apply a discount on the tour.

So, now to complete the paperwork you need to enter passport details for everyone who is going on vacation. However, if suddenly someone still does not have a passport ready, then the data can be filled out after booking the tour.

Also at this stage you need to apply a discount, which can be obtained using. In order for the discount to be activated, you need to check the box in the “Your bonus miles and discounts."

The new price will be displayed immediately after the discount is activated. In my case, it became 122,402 rubles. After applying the discount, click “Book” again.

ATTENTION! Despite the fact that medical insurance is already included in the price of the tour, if your company includes people over 65 years old, you will have to pay an additional 500 rubles for insurance. Since my father turned 65 just the day before, this amount had to be added to the cost of the tour.

Step 7: Now all you have to do is enter your card details and the tour will be booked. We especially note the fact that after this your funds will only be frozen! The actual write-off will be carried out only after the tour has been confirmed by the tour operator. If the tour operator does not confirm the tour, then they will be unfrozen in the near future.

After entering all the data, an SMS with a code will be sent to the phone linked to the card, which will need to be entered, after which the amount will be frozen.

As a result, you will receive a notification that the payment has been made.

Well, that's all - the tour is booked. An official legal contract for the provision of relevant services will be sent to you immediately by email. It can also be downloaded from your personal account.

After this, within 1-2 hours, the Onlinetours manager will call you and discuss all the details of your order again. Next, within about 24 hours, you will receive information from the tour operator about whether your tour is confirmed or not. As soon as this becomes known, the manager will hire you again, and personal account the corresponding information will appear - see the “Order Status” section.

What to do if the tour is not confirmed? Usually in such cases the manager contacts you and tries to offer an adequate alternative. If you are satisfied with it, then, depending on the cost of the new tour, you either get the difference back or you pay extra for the missing part. If a compromise is not found, then the money will be returned to your card in full.

If everything goes according to plan and the tour is confirmed, then about a day before departure you will be sent all Required documents(tour voucher, insurance, etc.), which, among other things, will indicate exact time departure. Previously, documents were not sent due to rules according to which passenger lists are formed only on the eve of departure.

All procedures, in terms of confirming a tour with a travel agent, preparing a package of documents and receiving them, are no different from those practiced by ordinary travel agents. In fact, in this case, Onlinetours acts as a travel agent, bearing exactly the same legal responsibility in the event of failure to provide its services, so there is no need to worry in this regard.

That's all, actually! We hope that from our example you understood how to buy a tour online from all tour operators and that it is no more difficult or dangerous than buying from any offline travel agency. And no matter what the cost of the tour you need, the procedure is in any case as transparent and safe as possible.

If you still have any questions, be sure to write in the comments or

Of course, it’s great when you can plan your vacation several months in advance, buy tickets or a tour and calmly wait for the cherished date on the calendar...

But what to do if you can’t exactly plan your vacation in advance? For example, in recent months our dog gave birth, a close relative fell ill, there were several urgent work orders, we had to look after the turtle of friends who left before us... Well, with such initial data, how can we buy a ticket in advance?

If you have approximately the same picture, read the tips below.

If your goal is the sea or a popular city during the hot season, and you want to fly away in the next week or two, then, most likely, it will be more profitable and certainly faster to find a cheap, so-called “last minute” package tour.

Of course, if you have a visa and your goal is a European city, you can look for low-cost airline tickets, book a hotel yourself, etc., but in this article we are considering primarily the situation when there is no time and the dates of the trip will be determined only a week before her or even less.

For those who are already itching, you can still start searching for a cheap tour through this reliable form:

Where to look for a cheap tour with real prices?

The general answer is on the Internet. Only via the Internet you can quickly look through dozens of offers and choose the best and most inexpensive option for you. Another thing is that prices on websites often do not correspond to those stated, and it’s a little scary to buy a last-minute tour online for the first time. (Looking ahead, you can buy the options below in the office, but it’s better to find them online).

Very often companies sin by not including fuel surcharges in the total cost of the tour. They say that these are costs from a different category, and in general, the main thing is to attract a client with a low price, and then come what may... But you and I don’t care what category it is from, we pay out of our own pocket!

In general, now I will present several working tested options with a final price, where you can definitely choose and buy.

1. Onlinetours website

This is what I call a “site with a human face.” shows us all offers with a final price. Includes flight, accommodation, selected meal plan, insurance, transfer from the airport. There is no need to add anything in your mind.
Moreover, it shows precisely for all those traveling - not some hypothetical “for one”, but for everyone, including children, if they are traveling with you. The search system is very flexible.
The company, naturally, is the most humane, has been operating for a long time, with physical offices in different cities of Russia, 24/7 telephone support (more than 250 operators work in different cities) and the winner of many competitions in the field of tourism.
Just go to the ““ tab, select the desired direction, departure city and see all the offers.


There is a very convenient system for setting parameters compared to other companies. The main thing is that you can immediately look for a vacation with children, while on most other sites you can only look at last-minute tours for one or two.

If you have very specific preferences (for example, you want to relax in April, only in Kemer and inexpensively), but the required tour is not available - leave your email address - as soon as something becomes available, the system will send you a notification.

What happens after you've chosen a tour? The easiest option is to pay it immediately with a bank card. But not everyone has the required amount in their account right away, and in general it can be scary to transfer that kind of money online. Exit? The company offers to immediately pay only 30% of the tour cost, and the rest - by card or in the office within 3 days. Moreover, in large Russian cities a courier with a payment terminal can come to you for free. Well, isn't it a fairy tale?

After payment, you receive a contract, and if you pay in cash at the office, you also receive a check.
Moreover, the system supports bonuses from Mnogo.ru cards, and also awards its bonus miles for each purchased tour over 30,000 rubles.

I also really like the ability to purchase the “Extended Insurance” option with one click, which is very convenient, especially for families with small children. After all, children are always unpredictable - they can get sick right before a trip, and then they have to stay at home... Extended insurance allows in this case to return all the money for a trip that didn’t take place, and not lose it. Moreover, the money will be refunded even if your child gets sick and is not flying with you.

Personally, I am very pleased with how the company is developing and constantly improving its service.

2. Website of the company Level.Travel.

The company operates on a similar principle as the previous one, but with minor differences. So, for example, you can’t immediately find a last-minute tour for a family with children, but you can set other parameters, for example, the type of food or the number of stars in the hotel.
It’s also nice that you can immediately see the arrival and departure times and thereby save yourself from unpleasant surprises like getting up at 2 a.m. for an early flight to the airport. Moreover, if the proposed flight does not suit you in time, you can immediately choose another one.

It is not possible to pay part at once and part later on not every tour, but there is an option to buy the tour in installments. You can mark it, fill out a short form, and within 15 minutes you will receive a response from the company. Installments are given at 0% if you pay within 50 days.

You can also pay for the tour in full at one of the company’s offices (available throughout Russia). But in the case of last-minute tours, you need to understand that while you are driving to the office, someone else can buy the ticket, so it is better, of course, to pay online.

For purchasing any tour you receive points. 1 point = 1 ruble. You can spend them when purchasing your next tour. The system also works with Mnogo.ru and Kukuruza cards.

See what tours are available now.

3. Websites of major tour operators

Sometimes it makes sense to look at last-minute tours on the websites of large tour operators, like Biblioglobus. They themselves do not work directly with individual tourists, but you can always find the address of the agency closest to you directly on their website and ask them to sell a tour from them.
Life hack: if you come to an ordinary travel agency with a clear and specific option, a la “tour to Kemer, hotel such and such, dates such and such, price on the tour operator’s website such and such,” then you can ask them for a discount for the time saved — after all, you did all the work on selecting the tour yourself.

But for the selection of a tour to be successful, read a couple more tips.

Important points to pay attention to when looking for a last-minute tour

Visa

If you need a visa to the country of your dreams, but you can’t decide on the dates yet, get it in advance, separately! And then, with full right and pride, look for a last-minute tour. You can contact a travel agency or apply for a visa yourself. Often, it may be more profitable to apply for a visa separately and then buy a cheap last-minute tour. Well, or at least more predictable for people with busy schedules.

The only thing that is extremely important for you to remember is that you need a visa with a good range of days so that it does not expire before you go on your trip. Example - You are planning to go to Spain for 10 days over the next three months. This means you need a visa for 10 days with a corridor of 90 days. Or multiple entry visa.

Well, very cheap offers

Pay attention to the number of days on the tour, as well as the type of food. Very often, cheap last-minute tours are a vacation for 3 or 4 days without meals. And this is not always a suitable option.

Seasonality

Remember about seasonality - the closer to the peak of the season, the higher the price, even for the most last-minute tours. For example, a trip to Cyprus in June could be found for $700 for two, at the end of July it was difficult to find a last-minute tour for less than $1,000 with the same parameters.

Getting to the departure city

If you still have to get to the departure city, it is very important to think about how you will do this before purchasing a tour. During the high season, there may not be optimal tickets for intercity trains/buses - in this case, you will have to pay either additional hours of waiting, or pay more than expected. Of course, there is often the option of driving your own car, but there are also nuances here - for example, how safe it is to leave it for the entire vacation in a foreign city.

Where to find cheap tours

On the Internet there are three most popular online tour booking services that have earned trust and offer very tempting prices: , and These sites search for tours from all well-known tour operators: Biblio Globus, Anex, Pegasus, Tez, Coral, Sanmar, Tui, etc. .d. You will find exactly the same tours that travel agencies sell, but at lower prices.

Buying on such sites is cheaper than in travel agencies and that's why:

  1. Online booking sites charge lower commissions than travel agencies. The reasons for this are quite understandable. Online services do not have to spend money on office rent, agent salaries, etc. They also handle high volumes and can therefore offer very competitive prices.
  2. Travel agencies often simply will not offer you a cheap tour, like Turkey “all inclusive” for 7 nights for 18,000 rubles for two, because they will earn little on such a sale.
  3. The prices for the most profitable tours are dynamic, and therefore by the time you get ready and get to the agent, there is a high probability that there will no longer be tours at that price.

Buying a tour online is easier and faster

  • firstly, if you want to buy a tour online, you won’t spend a lot of time. To book the tour you like, you only need a computer or phone and 5 minutes of free time.
  • secondly, there is no paperwork. After you fill out all the details, you will receive a call and you just need to check your details and confirm the purchase. After this, you will be sent all the documents you need for your trip by email. All you have to do is print them.

Tools for finding cheap tours

The main secret of how we find most cheap tours is very simple - this is the low price calendar from Level.travel

This widget is always located on the right side of our website.

You can see the full version of the calendar

It shows the lowest prices in each month; by clicking on the tour you are interested in, you will be taken to the level website to a list of all tours.

When you open any tour, you will see this price chart.

A similar schedule is available on all online tour sales sites. Using it you can quickly navigate prices relative to dates.

To search for last-minute tours, the Travelata website has a website that searches for last-minute tours across all tour operators and shows all the cheapest offers for the coming dates.

How to choose a tour

When searching for a tour, be sure to use the filter. If you went through the low price calendar, then first of all set the required number of people in the search. Initially, the calendar shows tours for two. Also in the filter you can choose: food, star rating of the hotel, distance to the beach, which tour operator is needed and what amenities in the room are required.

When choosing a tour, pay attention to what is included; transfer or meals are often not included.

Useful tips

  • Remember that buying tours for two is most profitable. If you are flying alone, then your best bet is to find a like-minded person and take a tour for two.
  • If you are going on vacation with a group of, say, 6 people, then look at how it’s more profitable for you to take a tour: buy three trips for two or two for three, or maybe one for two and one for four.
  • If you have any questions or need help choosing a tour. You can contact Level.Travel managers
  • Check prices on all three tour sales sites, prices may differ, choose where it is cheaper or where you bought it before.
  • Last minute deals appear a few days before departure. If you are not limited to vacation and it does not matter to you which country you fly to, then it is better to wait for the right moment and buy cheaper.
  • Check tours not only from your city. Most of the most tempting offers, of course, are always from Moscow, but for example, if you live in Novosibirsk, then it’s worth looking at options from Tomsk, Barnaul or Kemerovo.
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