"Can couples with low pensions travel by themselves?" This question is representative. It is a very regrettable to have many newly retired friends who are blocked from driving travel because they are not familiar with the situation.
is in the vain, and the parade is driving. The couple retired for 6 years. I have experienced a relatively low income after retirement. Later, through self-driving practice and exploration, my lover and I came over. I think that a couple with a pension of about 4,000 yuan will be a that can travel by self-driving. Here, the author sincerely suggests that friends read this article carefully to increase some of the basic knowledge you need for self-driving.
(some authors travel life photos)
First of all, I want to tell you that self-driving travel is not that complicated, and it is not as mysterious as some friends say, it costs hundreds of dollars a day. I think that As for self-driving tours, economically, it can be expressed in one word at any time: savvy is by people .
Remember, the year before retirement, we married and I discussed how to live our lives after retirement. I actually found that I was a useless person. Why is it useless? Can't play.
dance, don't like it, twisting on the road, it's so ugly. Singing, not singing well, not like mahjong... Finally, we discussed that after retirement, we went all over the country and drove around, and we would enjoy ourselves.
We drive by lathe, eat and live in the car, wandering around the country, and it has been 6 years now.
(author travel life photo)
plan to travel by yourself, and the first problem encountered is "money". I remember that at that time, the retirement wages of the two of us seemed to be less than 5,000 yuan. Is this money enough for a self-driving tour? We were once confused. As the saying goes, "A road to wealthy families" means that when you go far, you have to bring more money on your body to take advantage of the situation.
After practice, I want to tell you that self-driving tours are a thing that looks very expensive, and it may not be possible to actually walk in.
You must have a clear idea of what accommodation money, food money, gas money, passing money, parking money, hundreds of dollars a day, your pension is not enough, etc. This is not necessarily the case with .
(The author camped at the top of the mountain in Likou Mountain Scenic Area in Weihai)
So, a retired couple has a monthly income of more than 4,000 yuan. Is it enough to have a self-driving tour? We cannot speak with courage, we have to settle the accounts, and we will be clear as soon as we calculate.
After driving for so many years, my husband and I went to some places, went to Tibet three times, went to Xinjiang two times, went to Hainan, went to Changbai Mountain, traveled around Guangxi, and traveled along the East China Sea coastline,....
here. The author wants to take the example of taking Jiaodong Peninsula as an example to discuss with friends. Calculate, a retired couple has a monthly income of more than 4,000 yuan. The self-driving parade cannot be done. Their pension is enough, or not.
The author is from Nanchang, Jiangxi Province. He decided to go to the Jiaodong Peninsula that year because he had conducted a "northern trip" in the morning and walked Liaodong Peninsula . Now, we will complete Jiaodong . In this way, we will leave all the Bohai Bay and the Yellow Bay coastline and connect them.
Another reason is that in summer, driving in the north is to escape the summer heat, and the areas around Weihai and Yantai are cool.
drives to the Jiaodong Peninsula. We spent a month on the whole journey, about 2,500 kilometers round trip, and the expenditure did not exceed 4,500 yuan.
(Jiaodong Peninsula Tourism Road Map)
The approximate cost is as follows:
, you can estimate that we set the tune for ourselves: the one day of food, plus rice, oil, fruit, etc., which is about 50 yuan x 30 days = 1,500 yuan. The general situation of
data: 4500-1100-170-1500=1730 yuan. , and 1,730 yuan remained.
Of course, there will be some other overhead, which is just an estimate above. But it is not difficult to see from the bill that my husband and I were traveling outside for a month, but in fact, we did not use up 4,000 yuan.
(The author is in Qingdao World Expo City)
Someone said: "You have not entered the scenic spots and do not stay in it. You eat your own. Of course, the cost will be low." This is right.
However, the viewer only knows one, not two. In fact, when we go to a city, we usually go to important places. For example, Qingdao . We stayed for three days, went to Shandong University , Qingdao Expo City, Old Town, took the seaside highway, lived by the sea, Golden Beach , Yangkou Beach, Sculpture Garden, Qingdao First Sea Bathhouse , Huiquan Sea Bathhouse , etc. These are undoubtedly the first-class scenic areas in Qingdao and are free.
(The author is in the "Yuehai Park" scenic spot in Weihai)
We live in the Yuehai Park scenic spot by the sea of Weihai for more than 10 days. During this period, we almost visited Weihai. Likoushan , the fragrant sea, go, camp wherever we go.
Leaving Weihai, we went to Yantai, and stayed in Mawei Island Scenic Area, on the island, on the beach, and stayed for another week.
and Penglai . They also live by the sea in Penglai City. The location is Haishi Park. It’s just that there are no paid attractions such as “Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea” and “Penglai Immortal Pavilion”.
(We are in Penglai Hai City Park Scenic Area)
does not enter the scenic spots for reasons, but not all to save money. For example, " Penglai Wonderland " and " Penglai Pavilion " attractions are free for people aged 60, and at most half a ticket. At our age, we actually don't have money.
During the epidemic, people were not allowed to enter the crowded places, which is one reason. The content of the visit is boring and also one reason. Not just to save money.
(The author is in the "Penglai Wonderland" scenic spot in Penglai City)
OK, come back to this question.
I think traveling, whether it is free travel, self-driving tour, hiking, cycling, etc., is unlimited when it comes to spending money. However, it can also be without spending too much money.
self-driving tour, the main forms of spending money are 6:
If, we use subtraction to deal with these 6 items, except for car gas money, the other 5 items can basically reduce the burden, and some even pay 0. For example, shopping, shopping that must be out of daily life can be less or less. There are also tolls, if you don’t take the expressway, the fee will not be available.
(The author camped on the beach at Mawei Island, Yantai)
Let’s talk about it one by one.
I think not all attractions must be accessed. There are many places that were not scenic spots originally, but artificially created scenic spots. A stone, a tree, someone creates an immortal story, which is a scene and collects money.
Travel, you can't catch all the attractions in one go. We must not be greedy, but we cannot be too honest. People can do it completely. If you go to the attractions that don’t charge for , you can go to the attractions that cost money, and choose the important ones to enter .
mentioned above that we were in Penglai City and arrived at the scenic spot called " Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea ", with a lot of tourists. People say that the Eight Immortals cross the sea from here, do you believe it? Let me buy a ticket.
Example: In some cities, there are dozens of paid attractions, and they all go to them. Can they eat them?
(The author is in the "Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea" Scenic Area in Penglai City)
People know: anywhere, the largest scenic area is that the mountains, that water, that city, and the most beautiful scenery is on the way to a certain place. Qingdao’s old city doesn’t have money, it has a profound cultural heritage. Qingdao’s coastal highway is dozens of kilometers long, and it doesn’t have money. The most beautiful places in Qingdao are there.
Hunan Phoenix City is fun. We visited the city, and no one of them was entered as long as it was a paid attraction. The most beautiful thing about Phoenix City is its mountain town, which is the water, not a former residence, or a zoo and botanical garden, which is where researchers go.
When you go out, you can’t save money. When you go to a place, you should look for local local flavors and eat them. Of course, it’s just one or two times. We can’t eat restaurants every day. If we eat three meals a day, we can spend a lot of money when traveling for a month and eating restaurants for a month. Besides, no matter what, the restaurant is expensive and not clean!
(Penglai Farmers' Market Shuanghesheng Supermarket Buying Grabs)
Self-driving travel friends should be able to cook by themselves . We eat the same way as the food, what the locals eat. Eat better. As for the restaurant, it’s the same thing, it’s not hygienic after spending money.
The hotel is not clean, so there is no need to discuss this.
Friends should strive to live in their car. The quilts, sheets, towels, etc. are all their own, at least, they are clean, their own things, their own taste, and they are comfortable to use. Another one is that hotels are usually very expensive and cost a hundred yuan. They can only stay in a travel agency and plan to stay in a hotel, so they don’t even think about it.
even if it is 100 yuan. How much does it cost to travel for one month? Accommodation is more expensive than car gas .
So, friends who have the conditions must try their best to travel by yourself, strive to live in the car. This is very important, it can even determine whether your retirement money is enough or not enough for travel.
(The author and his wife camped on the seaside of Mawei Island in Yantai)
(The author and his wife camped on the seaside of Mawei Island in Yantai)
There are too many temptations in the world. Don’t get to the place and use your brain to bring the specialties back. Not to mention, as a tourist, we can’t buy real specialties, even if we really encounter them, it is not something that a tourist should be attracted to. There are too many pits on the road, so I tightly cover my pockets and just pretend that I have never been there.
Of course, if you like small items, buy some, and don’t hurt your muscles.
car gas money, this seems to be unsavory. In fact, it is very mysterious to be on the road, and prices in various places are also fluctuating greatly. Compared with other provinces, the oil prices in Shandong are much cheaper. Therefore, it is important to choose a place to refuel.
Many people do not refuel on the highway, nor do they refuel very close to the town, nor do they refuel in front and behind, but only this one place.
Experience: On the road, if you find a gas station with more large trains, just refuel there. The reason is simple. Big trucks are the target of competition for gas stations. There are many cars, so it is basically certain that the oil price of this gas station is fair and weighs enough.
High-speed is a product, and the product costs money. Not going on the highway? It's like not spending that amount of money.
Today, the national highway is easy to walk on, and you can also browse the scenery at any time. However, self-drivers should be flexible and keep more snacks on the road. For example, you are about to enter the mountainous area. National Highway 1, , provincial, and county roads may be rounded by a big bend, while this section of the expressway has a tunnel that directly passes through the mountain. On the way, you have to calculate.
Generally, there is no need to go to the high-speed between cities. Example: From Nanchang, Jiangxi to Qingdao, Shandong, you pass through countless cities on the way, and you don’t need to take the expressway. The national highway is very good, and the environment is even higher than the expressway.
(The author cooks in Yuehai Park in Weihai)
I think there is also an important factor in , which can support friends who are not wealthy in their own driving tours, that is, slow tours.
As a retired couple, the economy is not as wealthy as possible. The time to travel on your own drive should be as long as possible. Why?
Because self-driving tours use 4,000 yuan in a week and 4,000 yuan in a month, are essentially different.
is used up in a week, and you have three more weeks to go through, and it is overspending. I used up a month or had a balance, and in a blink of an eye, the pension was put into the card again.
We set our own expenses for about 50-70 yuan a day.
Besides, the slow travel experience is more meaningful.
(the author is in Weihai Yuehai Park)
is more than 4,000 yuan a month, which means that friends can actually pay more than 133 yuan a day, and you are richer than the author.
Take the author's self-driving tour of Jiaodong Peninsula as an example. Let's drive over one city or another. The city you like, such as Qingdao or Weihai, live there for a few days, or stay for ten days and half a month. When entering the camp (parking lot), self-drivers can use their cars as houses. Once they find a free parking lot, the car will have almost no expense.
, the car stopped moving, and the remaining expenses were to eat. As mentioned earlier, how much can two people eat in our vegetable market? Don’t you also have to cook at home? This is a whole story.
Self-driving tour is not a poor trip after all, there is no need to be too carefree. You can live your life at home and live your life outside. Didn’t we just use the help of cars and move into the same place? As usual, how to live at home and outside.
Now, there are many friends who have traveled to other places to live on their own. We might as well study the way others live, and then we can live like this, and we can achieve twice the result with half the effort.
(part of the author's self-driving life scenes)
It seems that after retirement, starting a self-driving tour does not depend on how much money (we have a pension, which does not mean that we don't have money), it just doesn't feel that "feeling" is enough. The important problem of
is: friends should move as soon as possible, go out bravely, and gain first-hand experience, which is the key. What do you say?
Move, your life will gain endless happiness. For a couple, the pension total is only a little over 4,000, so they can travel by themselves, which is for sure.
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