How to make money in an unfamiliar city. In a strange city, at home

Oh, there are two options. First, you like this city, and you do not want to leave it, despite the fact that there is no money and acquaintances. How would I personally behave? I think I would shoot little things somewhere in a crowded place for a day in a hostel (and this is usually not expensive 300-600 rubles), and some food. This is for a start. Then, when I already have such a start-up capital, I walk around the city, go to all the places that I like, and ask if they have a job for such a wonderful person like me. Work will be found sooner or later - I'm sure. The most important thing here is not to slip, not to lose a cheerful mood and appearance. It is imperative to wash and wash clothes (this is in the event that work is not found quickly), which, in general, is not a problem if we do give ourselves some trouble to stay in the hostel on voluntary donations from citizens.

I consider it necessary to dwell on voluntary donations in more detail. In general, this is called begging. But there are nuances. We at one time, full of domestic rock, cheap alcohol, and rebellion against all possible systems, called it the word "ask". This word comes from the English ask - that is, a question, and in my opinion it has some differences from begging. The main one is that the asker (and this is the name of the comrade who was engaged in the asker) is in no way humiliated in front of the public. He practices ask with his head held high and a smile on his face. He understands perfectly well that no one owes him anything. He simply asks if the noble don or donna will have some little things, since we need to pay for our unpresentable housing in order to continue to preserve our human appearance. Oh yes, we are already in search of work, and if the noble don knows where we can find what we are looking for in this beautiful city, we will hear it with pleasure. Well, or something like that.

There is a second option - we absolutely do not like this city, and we would like to be in some other one. In this case, the first thing we must understand is which side of this city is the one we want to get to. To do this, you can go to any bookstore and look at the atlas of roads in Russia (or of the country where the scene of action takes place). It is also important to figure out where you need to go in order to get to the outskirts of the city in the right direction, and on which roads to go. As soon as we get all the information we need, we move to the outskirts in the direction we need. Having overcome the city limits, we find the desired position on the road (more on that below), and raise our hand with a protruding thumb. This gesture will be a sign that we would not mind if someone gave us a ride. In short, we will hitchhike.

Contrary to popular belief, there is nothing extreme in this method of transportation. Here fear, as they say, has large eyes. There are four basic rules: you must be clearly visible, the driver must be comfortable to stop, you must not despair in any way, you must look good. The first two rules relate to the choice of position on the track to wait for the car. To choose a good position, you sometimes need to feel free to walk another kilometer. It is worth starting, and other corrections become obvious - it is better to stand on a mountain than in a low settlements- it is better to go beyond them, it is better to stand behind the DPS post than in front, etc. The second two refer to the hitchhiker himself. In principle, one cannot despair. You need to firmly understand - sooner or later you will definitely be picked up. So that someone dies on the road - it does not happen in principle. An hour, two, three, five - you will leave. It is a fact. About appearance I think there is no need to explain. The better you look, and the wider your smile (not tortured, but sincere), the faster you will leave. The first phrase is usually invented by everyone on their own. I give out something like "Good afternoon! Traveling. Will you give me a lift in the direction of such and such a city?" Most often, in response, we hear - "oh, such and such a city is far away! I am going to such and such a city not very far." We answer that it suits us. Driving a little is almost always better than standing still. There are also cases when the very first car takes you straight to the destination of about 1,500 kilometers. But this is more the exception than the rule.

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"... We saw a girl crying in Barcelona who had no armor. Do you have any recommendations / algorithms on your website / blog to minimize the chances of ending up in a foreign country without a place to spend the night?

I had to remember my experience and some cases when there were small problems with housing. I will try to generalize and somehow systematize the problems and options for their solution.

What can cause housing problems on the journey

In 75 percent of cases, even seasoned travelers book accommodation, while beginners do so in 95 percent of cases. The numbers are inaccurate, from personal experience and from the experience of communicating with the same as me. Because of what problems may arise, how to minimize them and where is it safer to book accommodation.

Option 1- Overbooking

I have a hotel reservation from booking.com for which I did not pay in advance. Many people love booking precisely for the opportunity to pay later. I arrive at the hotel late in the evening, but they refuse to accommodate me, referring to overbooking. A fresh example - a trip to Lublin, hotel Lawandowy dworek... Someone paid for my room directly through the hotel's website, and booking reacted rather irresponsibly to this. Nobody called and warned, there were no letters either!

• As a rule, the hotel in which the overbooking happened is obliged to provide other accommodation of a lower class. Many hotels have special arrangements with other hotels. In this case, I was provided with accommodation in 3 * Victoria Hotel... Closer to the center and more comfortable.

Option 2 - The hotel is already closed

The plane was late and you hit your budget hotel past midnight. The reception is open until 23:00, the door is closed, it is impossible to get into the hotel. We had such a case during travel in Portugal ... Late arrival at Li with sabon, formalities for renting a car and the road to the guesthouse where we ended up long after midnight. The front door was closed; it was useless to knock.

• In our case, we got through to the girl at the reception, spending about 30 minutes. I advise beginners, when booking and choosing a hotel / guesthouse, to pay attention to the opening hours of the reception and coordinate it with the arrival time. At the same time, it is good to have a gap in time. For those who are very afraid - choose hotels with round-the-clock reception of guests.

Option 3 - The hotel reservation was canceled

The hotel has been booked (but not paid for) but you are arriving later than your booking date. For example, after midnight and your number has already been handed over to other people. A similar incident happened to us in Hong Kong, to which we returned from Philippines... Due to the storm, the flight was canceled and we flew not to Manila, from where we should fly to Hong Kong, but to Cebu. There they waited for the next flight for several hours and only then flew to Hong Kong. I was able to call the hotel a little later than it was necessary, as a result - the room reservation was canceled.

• Request a different room or recommend a different hotel. Ask to find an alternative right at the reception, preferably not far from the "old" hotel. In our case, a similarly priced alternative was found, although it was about one in the morning.

Option 4 - Flight canceled

You had a hotel reservation for 3 days, it ended safely and you are about to leave. In our case, it was a low-cost, which was supposed to fly from Girona, but the flight was postponed (two flights were combined) to the next day.

• This is the simplest case, we just extended our stay in Barcelona for one more night and went to celebrate the extension at the nearest tapas bar. If there are no empty seats, the solution is the same as in Option 3.

Option 5 - Accidentally in a strange city without a hotel reservation, where to run?

You ended up in a strange city without any armor at all. For example, due to an unexpected change in the route by the airline, or a car broke down on the road, or simply the place really liked it.

What to do?

• look for housing right on the spot using a smartphone or tablet; no tablet or smartphone - go to an Internet cafe or any place where there is a computer, now this is not a problem;

• if it's daytime, head straight to information centre, they are in any tourist town whatever. There they will help you and advise you on the hotel, we did this while traveling along the German Alpine road, since we did not know which of the towns we would like more.

• if there is no information center nearby or the time is not working, or you are on the outskirts of the city, or you simply don’t know where the information center is - contact the taxi drivers, they will suggest inexpensive accommodation and even take you there.

• a special case from the previous one - contact the police, they can even take you to the hotel or information center for free, they will prompt you for sure.

Option 6 - We intentionally do not book a hotel

You ended up in popular city deliberately not booking accommodation, because they did not know where you would be or wanted to feel the spirit of adventure.

What to do? A special case Option 5

• The "lazy" and the simplest and most reliable option is to go to the information center and get comprehensive information there. Book yourself online. He will go in search of a hotel on his own - we did this, for example, in Batumi and often in Thailand and Cambodia.

Where and how to securely book travel accommodation

• If I want to get the best price and choose the most reliable booking system the best way- I use a search engine

  Booking.com- a familiar and convenient site for searching and booking accommodation around the world

  Airbnb- the world leader in the search for apartments and apartments for travel, register using the link and get a cash bonus on your first booking

  Rentalcars- a site for searching and renting cars around the world with the possibility of free cancellation

A city in a dream is something alienated, that the soul has left for a time or forever and is watching from the outside; alienated from the sleeping consciousness your own body / arena of life, a world without a soul.

An unfamiliar city, deserted, abandoned by residents - an image in which the soul of a deeply sleeping person perceives its own body.

A familiar city with empty streets and houses - to be burdened by strangers, to wish them harm.

An unfamiliar abandoned city collapses, perishes - the world of your daytime consciousness is experiencing losses, blows; get ready for the update.

An unfamiliar city without people, but filled with different creatures - the rebirth in a dream of the strength of your body / your thoughts about the posthumous decay of the body, in general, something that disintegrates in you.

To meet the only person in an unfamiliar and empty city is to be in the world of your past, alienated from your soul, from which you have been expelled for life / burst into it secretly from yourself.

In a strange city, suddenly being in a dream and being not very surprised by this is a turn in life that will bring anxiety.

Highly beautiful city with a mass of monuments of art to see - the world of your alienated and viewed from the side of high or low desires.

In the gothic style, medieval town to walk with narrow streets - their base desires to learn, to see them from the side.

Muslim or indian city with a mass of bizarre buildings to see - to contemplate the world of your fantasy.

To see Chinese or Japanese buildings on the streets of the city is a symbol of the world of work, profit, money relations.

To see a strange city with a mass of galleries, cellars and factories, where something boils, foams, pours, or a city full of factories and plants - an image of your body and physiological processes in it, alienated in deep sleep.

To see city slums and a dump, to wander through them is a garbage dump of your body.

Unusually wide Town Square in a dream - gossip about you / your soul feels abandoned in your body / the world of the future awaiting you.

A city without earth and sky, with colossal buildings, with houses without windows and doors - the world of your thoughts, contemplation of it from the outside.

Narrow alley, street - failure, ill will, envy, trouble from sensual pleasures.

The wide street of the city - there are many opportunities in front of you.

To be in a dead end is a futile work or path.

City boulevards - always symbolize in a dream the world of past feelings and relationships.

To see the noisy city crowds around is fun, joy / to be imbued with the vanity of life in a dream / to live thoughtlessly.

Noisy night city with lights - the life of the spirit barely breaks through the bustle of your thoughts.

A city that rose from the sea or emerged from the air - your thirst for secrecy, the world of your curiosity.

To see a city with a mass of people sleeping everywhere or lying corpses - a sharp turn in your destiny lies ahead.

A city with people instantly frozen in various poses - thoughts and feelings that worried during the day.

A city of absolutely fantastic buildings is an image of a worldview that is alien or alien to you.

The city of monkeys or other animals is a world of passions, you are in their captivity.

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Dream interpretation - City

Big and populous city - prosperity and success in business.

The city destroyed by an earthquake unexpectedly.

Finding yourself in a strange city is a steep turn in life.

Surprised that you are in a strange city - this dream will bring you a lot of anxiety.

Walking along a narrow alley - you can get into a difficult and unpleasant situation through your own fault.

A long walk along a narrow alley means a long period of stagnation and lull in business.

The wide city street is a harbinger of great opportunities ahead of you.

To see an empty street is a gift to waste time and energy, to see a lot of people on it.

Were at a dead end - you have to do useless work or deal with a futile business.

To be a citizen is to honor and glory.

What if you are stuck in a strange city and how to survive in a city without money? A story from the personal life of one of our readers

The situation was real, it happened to me in 2006. I went to the festival, taking with me canned food, a warm sweater, credit card and phone. Out of inexperience, I left my passport at home. In a strange city, when there were 14 kopecks left in his pocket, he decided to cash out some of the money. The card got stuck in the ATM without dispensing cash. Bottom line: midnight, penniless, foreign city.

An urgent need to decide how to find a way out of the situation. If you find yourself in a similar situation, it is worth fulfilling a number of requirements.

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How to survive in a strange city without money?

In no case should you panic. Do not call your relatives in the middle of the night, as they will be in a panic, and they will not be able to help. At night, warm yourself as much as possible, and try to determine your location, as well as determine how far from you the station, railway or bus station is.

It is pointless to wander around the city at night, and at the train station you can smoke in the waiting room. You can also spend the night at the monastery. If you pass near the church and the light is on in it - boldly knock. So they helped me in another city. On the way to the train station, notice the bank branches that you pass and the signs on them about money transfers. The card would not be restored to me without documents, and this is a long procedure; I would not have been able to cash out the money either. This will not be the problem.

Arriving at the station - estimate how many patrols go there. It is not advisable to turn to our police for help, you can spend the night in a jail. By law, until they find out the identity. On the train list - find the train that leaves at 7 am. After assessing the situation, try to fall asleep in an empty chair with your phone in your inside pocket. If the police come up, name the train from the stand, and that you are waiting for its departure, and the tickets from a friend who will come from the suburbs.

After getting some sleep, tidy yourself up, and immediately go to the bank. Since there are no documents, it is possible to receive a transfer to a bank employee. Ask better than girls by telling your true story. If someone agrees, then immediately call your relatives. There will be worries, but you have a solution, you can calm them down.

You receive a transfer, the minimum size of which is the cost of a ticket home, and the cost of one rose and a chocolate bar. You give the girl a present for her help, maybe the agreed amount, which is unlikely, you go to the station and buy a train ticket home.

The way out is to hand over things to a pawnshop in order to live a little without money in a foreign city

If you did not make concessions in any of the bank branches, then look for a pawnshop. Hand over your phone. You can find out their details and ask to send the device to the specified address, which is also unlikely. If not here, then call all your friends, in this city at least someone should have a friend or family. Perform the operation with the transfer to it.

I think this situation arose only with me, although they gave me the card for a chocolate bar, I taped it with tape and went to the festival.

In this article, we figured out where to spend the night in a foreign city, how to survive in a city without money, and how to solve all the problems. But most importantly, don't panic and don't panic others. You can live without money, there are good people everywhere.

Have you ever had such cases when you were left penniless in a foreign city?