How To Travel On A Budget When Choosing A Resort

What do you consider when choosing a hotel?

While choosing a hotel, I exercise certain “self-made” policies, which most of the times are spot on. Of course, as I said most of the times, which also sometimes goes the other way. The tips I follow while choosing a hotel includes,Reputation of the place: This is something, which many will choose to agree ! A hotel with good reputation is something to acknowledge.Amenities: Like reputation, amenities are the next most important points, which allows us to figure out the plus and minuses in a particular hotel.Distance: Now sometimes according to situations, there might be hotels near the place we intend to visit ( may be for sight seeing, official or any others), in this case, distance from the particular point is a major factor.Tariff: Normally, I can adjust to the modest hotel rooms while traveling solo or even with my good friends, but while traveling with family, I choose rooms and hotels with a little higher tariff. Quite frankly, I have even stayed in rooms which even didn’t have basic amenities while traveling with friends for a super cheap rate. So choose wisely on the hotels, and feel free to choose any rooms, which will be best suited for you.Food: Perhaps the last point, while food is important in some cases, but predominantly this is not a great necessity I expect from any hotel. Let’s face it, if we are traveling anywhere across the globe, there might be a modest food joint, supplying modest food for the least expectations.While all these points matter somewhere or the other, there might be a case where either 1 of these points do not merge with the expectations. In that case, I choose the best among the remaining 4 of these points. Barely I remember, except for 1nce or 2wice, where I had to literally stayed in places which even didn’t have attached toilets or proper beds as well.So choose well, go through both positive as well as critical reviews before booking in any hotel.

What is your experience with all inclusive resorts?

IMHO: there is nothing worse than all inclusive!Because of the all inclusive nature:You are not going out and meet people, won’t try food or services etc outside the resort - because you have to pay there. -1 for learning about people and culture.You will be eating food which is made to please the masses. -1 for healthy and interesting and local food.You will be exposed to people who are interested in consuming as much (alcohol) as possible for their money. -1 for meeting ‘all inclusive’ people - (if you can remember them), and another -1 for not meeting peopleYou will not contribute to the local economy (assuming the resort is outside your home country and/or belongs to a chain). -1 because there are enough people shuffling money into the fat cats pockets without getting their fair shareI have never been in Nassau, but I have travelled a lot - on super low budgets in the early years. My advice is:Choose your travel destination with budget and culture in mind (learning and researching up front about a place is half the fun of travelling).Do not plan too much, maybe book only the first night of your stay. Then connect to people and find your way according to your budget and level of confidence / trust etc.Just relax and let it happen… most people love meeting and connecting with travellers (this comes down to point 1, choosing the destination wisely of course) - and you will have the most beautiful stories to tell when you come home!The best source of information are other travellers, so make sure you meet them! Stay in backpackers / hostels and be open to meet people while on the go (this requires sometimes conscious effort if you are travelling as a couple).And - have fun and don’t take stuff to serious… even if something bad happens, it usually turns out to be at least a good story and valuable experience… mostly though it leads to meeting people and gaining new insights.