Going on vacation can be expensive. Especially in summer and during school holidays. How to pack your suitcase and enjoy the sunny days without giving up a full salary? We asked Mariam (aka @maywest_ on Instagram), a globetrotter who has already visited sixty countries and who has just released her book "Partir solo? Not even afraid! (Hiraki Editions), to give us his tips to travel as cheaply as possible.
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One of the first things to remember would be not to rush to buy your tickets or to be rigid about the destination. According to Mariam, you have to be flexible. Both on the dates but also the destination. If you have chosen to spend part of the summer in the sun, why go to Greece, where you know that prices soar during the high season? "You can very well enjoy the same beaches, with the same temperature, by going to a nearby country like Albania and save money."
Avoid additional costs by organizing intelligently, use certain sites and applications, contact locals upstream on social networks, question taxi drivers on arrival, use a VPN when bookings... There are many solutions to save money. And Mariam - for whom the budget has never been a hindrance, even when she was "broke" during her studies - wants everyone to be able to discover the world and its different cultures.
Watch her video interview at the top of our article where she gives us her tips.