What are the cheapest ways to go on a vacation?

Going on a vacation is fun and exciting when you have the money to spend. However, even if you don’t have a lot of money, it should not stop you from going on a vacation. Once you have enough to transport, accommodate, feed yourself, and a little extra for one or two activities, you can still find your way to that city. This is because it can be very difficult to find the perfect time to go on a vacation. You might end up spending all of your life not going on a single vacation because you never had enough money for the trip. Meanwhile, if you had taken the initiative, perhaps you would have been able to go for at least 10 vacations with the amount you had at the time you wanted to go. This article will discuss the cheapest ways to go on a vacation. 

Go to countries with a lower exchange rate
One of the ways you can go on a cheap vacation is to go to countries with a lower exchange rate. Chances are that those countries would have a large population of poorer people and hence, the products and services in those countries will be significantly cheaper. While it will be difficult to find a decent hotel for below 100 USD a night in the USA, you would be able to find decent hotels in a country like Nigeria for N15,000 (which is equivalent to below 50 USD). It would even be possible to find nice budget hotels with N5,000 (less than 15 USD) charges per night. The same applies to transportation charges and most other activities you will be interested in. This, you can look out for countries whose exchange rate to the USA is 1 USD to at least 50 to 100 units of that currency and above. By the time you do the conversion, you will be finding that you are saving a lot of money compared to visiting countries like the United Kingdom and other European countries where their exchange rate and standard of living equals or is higher than that of the USA.

Travel to a city during their off-peak period
You can choose to travel to a country during their off-peak period. During the peak period, prices of accommodation, food, and other activities are likely to increase. They know that because it is their peak period, more people will be coming around and they are likely to be willing to pay the higher prices. During the off-peak period, they know lesser people will be coming around and there would be more options. Hence, they would lower their prices to attract customers.

Use all-in-one traveling companies
You can also patronize all-in-one traveling companies to get higher chances of getting a discount that would further make your vacation cheaper. Several companies would give you a discount only after you buy products that are worth a particular amount. The implication is that when you buy all the products and services you need from a particular traveling company, you are likely to qualify for higher discounts compared to when you buy each different products and services from different companies. You can check out reliable websites for holidays to know which of them provide all-inclusive holiday services, the price of their services, and the net pay after discounts.

Engage in as many free activities as possible
You do not have to only limit your activities to paid activities. You can take strolls around the city to just enjoy the scenery and have some fun. Other tourist attractions could be free to enter and you only have to pay if you want to eat, drink or engage in one of their other activities. However, it would be free to enter, move around, and watch. You can take advantage of such opportunities as well to have fun.