Who is not suitable for backpackers?

Backpackers travel freely and flexibly, but it is actually quite tiring to arrange small and small things on their own.

The definition of backpacker is quite broad. At the earliest, travelers who set off with a backpack on their backs are called backpackers. Now they have become synonymous with a broad sense. As long as you love the high flexibility of free travel, like to go deep into the local area, and take care of your own small and You can still call yourself a backpacker when you travel with a large suitcase! However, one thing has not changed. Backpackers usually choose to arrange travel within a limited budget. Therefore, they do not pursue material comfort during the journey. Food, clothing, housing and transportation arrangements tend to be economical.

If you have not been a backpacker and are eager to try this way of traveling, you may ask yourself the following 5 questions before starting your next trip to see if you have any characteristics of being a backpacker player, and if you are a self-assessment. Suitable for this kind of travel.

1. Do you have the patience to arrange the itinerary?

Viewing English websites is only a basic skill, and some websites do not even have an English version.

Eligible: Have patience and sufficient ability to organize information.

Arranging the itinerary is a trivial and laborious task. It takes a lot of time to collect information, understand the distribution of local attractions, traffic rules, public order, etc. If there is less information about the place to go, you have to spend more time inquiring, even Hone your language skills while checking information on the foreign language website. Even if you only plan your itinerary when you arrive at the local area, you still need to know what are the fun places in the local area. If you are confident to integrate a lot of trivial information and arrange activities patiently, then congratulations on stepping out and becoming a backpacker. The most important step.

2. Will you be very demanding on food, clothing, housing and transportation?

During the backpacker’s trip, there are not many opportunities to go to the restaurant.

Eligible conditions: easy to meet, and low material requirements.

Because backpackers have limited budgets, they naturally have to choose between food, clothing, housing and transportation. After deducting the necessary transportation expenses, the remaining money is spent on the knife edge. Therefore, food and accommodation are usually the priority control budget items. Living in cheap youth hostels or small hotels, sharing the bathroom with other travelers is a daily trip. The first thing to put down your luggage is to go to the supermarket to buy food (all choose the cheapest) to cook and wait in line for the stove.

Of course, not every backpacker has to do this. Occasionally going to a local restaurant to eat a meal is also a way to experience the cultures of various countries during travel. However, when the budget is limited and you are in a high-spending country, you have to eat and live. The requirements really had to be lowered.

3. Is there enough time and physical strength?

Self-service travel is very energy intensive and will not lose to activities such as mountain climbing for a long time.

Eligible: Able to arrange a longer travel time and have enough energy to cope with the journey

I walked to the airline counter and told the staff domineeringly that I want a ticket to XX. This scenario is impossible to happen to backpackers. Firstly, it is because buying tickets like this can only buy the expensive face price. Secondly, it is usually cheaper to buy air tickets in advance. How could backpackers who are pursuing economy and saving money miss it? What? But if you want to buy cheap air tickets/transportation tickets, apart from paying attention to the discount information, you can only exchange money for time.

It takes only 8 hours for a person with sufficient budget to buy a ticket and fly directly to the destination. At the same starting and ending point, a backpacker may have to fly for 35 hours, make 3 flights around the world, and transfer the ticket with a long journey. The price is low, the boats and cars in the process, and the adaptation to jet lag are all physical challenges. If the travel time is not long enough and it is easy to get tired, it is not suitable to arrange such a tiring itinerary.

In addition, if you want to travel with a backpack and not a suitcase, the physical strength standard needs to be greatly increased. For a long time to carry a heavy backpack, it is suitable for muscle strength, physical strength, and gravity. Otherwise, it is just asking for trouble. .

4. Can you calmly deal with an accident?

I signed up for this travel agency's itinerary, but when the agreed time was reached, the pigeons were released. After a quarrel, I got the money back.

Eligible: able to calmly deal with any accidents, strong spiritual quality

Although money is not everything, but it can really help solve many things, because the budget is limited, unless it is a special local event, otherwise backpackers will try to manage their own transportation, board and lodging, relatively speaking, the possibility of encountering problems is higher , And there is no travel agency or tour leader to help deal with, you can only rely on yourself. Sign up for a travel agency to release pigeons, encounter a strike, train and subway suspension, arrive at the accommodation but no one responds... etc. are all accidents that may be encountered during the journey. Can you calmly solve the problem and minimize the loss? , Has become the biggest test for backpackers.

5. Do you have the ability to be at ease?

Even if it is a small village, you can still see the beautiful scenery when you calm down.

Eligible: Wherever you can be uncomfortable and uncomfortable, have the ability to tap local advantages

Do you have an experience that many people on the Internet talk about a place so much, but when they actually go there, they find it very boring and not as fun as they thought? Or was it forced to stay in an unfamiliar town because of traffic, weather and other factors, looking at the bleak scene in a daze? To be a happy backpacker, it is very important to have the ability to dig out the advantages of boredom. I once took a local bus in Yunnan to a small town and wanted to go to a nearby snow-capped mountain, but after getting off the bus, I found that I couldn’t get past the mountain area, and there was a bus back to the city the next day. Small town all day long. Later, I found accommodation temporarily, spent a delicious dinner in the town, took a walk after the meal, went back to the room to watch TV, and spent the day leisurely. I found it was not as bad as I thought. Sometimes the most fun travel is not the sights, but the beautiful imagination of pre-planning. With this knowledge, coupled with the ability to take things easy, you can live comfortably in any corner of the world.

summary

Backpackers are the beacon of money-saving during the journey. If you want to know where you can spend a small amount of money to eat food and find cheap accommodation, just ask the backpacker! They are also in-depth tour guides, good at integrating into the lives of locals, and exploring different places freely. Backpacking is fascinating and tiring, but it is possible to obtain travel experiences that are different from those in a group. These experiences may not be all good things, but after things pass, whether good or bad, they will become a part of life's nutrients. Before taking the first step, do a good job of self-assessment and psychological construction, and then bravely try new ways of traveling!