We often receive these questions, so we decided to make an article to explain what a holiday on your own (DIY do it yourself), how to book and what advantages it has.
What does a DIY (do-it-yourself) vacation mean?
a DIY vacation, for those who don’t know, is the one you plan yourself – queue and take care of all the tickets (airplane, ferryboat or other transport), accommodation, itinerary, car rental and so on. Most of the time, in this case you don’t pay commission to the agency and your vacation can be cheaper. We prefer this type of vacation even if it means more hassle (apparently), but the flexibility it offers us is unmatched.
Why would I choose a DIY holiday versus a holiday through an agency?
Among the advantages of a DIY vacation, we can list: the price is much lower, the flexibility, both from the point of view of the route, the itinerary, but also from the perspective of accommodation and flight, choosing exactly the desired selection.
A ‘disadvantage’ for some would be the fact that they have to organize their own vacation, being a very large variety of choices.
The price is also fluctuating, that’s why offers on your own account are not available for a long time, as the price depends on demand, supply and is controlled by the flight or accommodation companies.
How is the price calculated?
The price is calculated as follows: flight ticket price + accommodation price/2 (per person)
How do I book?
It should be mentioned that these are only proposals, you choose the combination of flight and/or accommodation you want.
Each article is structured like this:
- Area intended for destination information
- The intended flight area from the (1)
- Area intended for booking buttons (flight and/or accommodation) (2)
- Accommodation area proposes/option 1 (3)
- Accommodation area proposes/option 2 (4)
- Accommodation area proposes/option 3 (5)
- Car rental area and other useful links
- Vacation price estimate area
- Area/areas other periods with departure from various airports (6)
- ..
- Tourist attraction area
The offer can be found in areas (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), the reservation can be made either by clicking on the buttons in area ( 2) click on the images in areas (1) (3) (4) (5).
In area (6) there are other periods with direct or indirect flights but with very good travel time, but the price may not be the one in the offer.< /p>
To book in other periods, you can use the “Flight” or “Accommodation” links in the respective area.
You will click and you will be redirected to the sites where you can make your reservations.
I tried to book but the price is different. Why?
The prices always fluctuate depending on the demand and the airline, so you must check if they are still up to date before making the reservations. Offers can be valid for a few days or a few minutes. What we can do is to guarantee the validity at the time of posting by providing the screenshots from the article.
How do we choose new accommodations?
Our rules are pretty strict:
- minimum grade 7 from reviews (in some regions, minimum grade 8)
- the room should not be shared/communal
- Private bathroom preferred, but sometimes there are also shared bathrooms (very rare)
- the accommodation should be pleasant, we do not post accommodations where we would not stay, for example
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