Showing posts with label budget vacation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label budget vacation. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Luxurious to affordable - accommodation at Kanyakumari


Vivekanandapuram offers clean living - luxurious to affordable - accommodation for over 1000 persons at a time at reasonable charges.

A.C. Cottages with double bedded rooms Rs. 2000 + 12.5% tax
Additional Person : Rs.200

• Vegetarian canteen
• Free Bus service
• Bank, Dispensary
• Close to Sunrise beach
• Book shop
• Handicraft shop

Rooms with attached bath
AC 3 bedded room Rs. 800 +10% tax
AC 2 bedded room Rs. 700 +10% tax
additional person Rs. 100

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Deluxe 4 bedded room Rs. 400 +5% tax

Deluxe 3 bedded room Rs. 350 +5% tax

Four bedded room Rs. 300 +5% tax

Double bedded room Rs. 250

additional person Rs. 15

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single person occupancy Rs. 250

Four bedded room in annex Rs. 200

additional person Rs. 10

Rooms with common bath

Three bedded room Rs. 45

New hall (with carpet, pillow) Rs. 500 +10% tax

Big hall (without beds) Rs. 250 +5% tax

Small hall (without beds) Rs. 150

Hall with 8 beds Rs. 120

Hall with 6 beds Rs. 100

additional person Rs. 5

Locker with single bed Rs. 15

Advance Reservation :

Please inform us 30 days in advance with a day's rent as deposit by Money Order/Demand Draft for assured booking. For cancellation, give us 48 hours prior notice to avoid forfeiture of your deposit. Demand Draft should be drawn in favour of "Vivekananda Kendra" payable at State Bank of India, Vivekanandapuram (Branch code no. 3780). Cheques are not accepted.

Extension of Stay :

A maximum of 3 days is permitted at a time. In case you wish to extend your stay, please contact the Campus-in-charge. He may help you subject to availability of rooms. A day is reckoned as of 24 hours from time of check-in, and in case of advance reservation it is from 12:00 hrs.

Own A Room Scheme (free stay for 30days in a year for next 20years)

Double Bed Room 2.5 Lakhs

Three Bed Room 3.5 Lakhs

A.C. Bed Room 4.0 Lakhs

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CONTACT

Campus-in-charge

Vivekananda Kendra

Vivekanandapuram

Kanyakumari-629 702

Phone: +91-(0)4652-246250

Fax: +91-(0)4652-247177



Wednesday, May 12, 2010

How can you reduce your travel cost?

Budget travel tips


You have plans to go on vacation. There is a cool vacation rental that you have in mind. It may fall a little outside of your budget but that is fine. You feel if you can properly budget other components in your vacation you should be able to make the entire vacation more affordable. Is this going to be as easy as it sounds? Well, it might not always be easy but it can be done provided you follow a number of simple deliberative steps. Any vacation can be brought in under budget or at least as close to such a goal as possible.

Here are a few steps:

1. Cut back on food costs - you could set a certain number of meals per week that will be made at your rental property and a certain number of meals that will be purchased at less expensive restaurants. Some may find this surprising but the amount of money you can save by planning out your meals can prove to be significant.


2. Renting a vehicle - a vehicle when you could get a decent rental for a much lower fee

Or  Select local transportation like bus or train.


3. Select a budget hotel /home stay before journey through internet.


4. Pre planed your destinations and traveling routs.


5. Plan your budget for stays, food and traveling expenses before your journey


6. Drink more water than food.


7. Keep a guide / book about the places, which you would like to travel in your journey


8. Select all-inclusive packages from a travel /tour operator- take the burden of planning off you. You know exactly what your vacation will cost when you buy it- although you do need to check the small print, because some holidays include more than others. The Curtain Bluff resort in Fiji is truly all inclusive. The price covers all food and drink, activities


Nothing provides the proper insight in how to budget a vacation that looking back on your previous vacations and noting what went wrong and what didn’t. This will better allow you to plan the process to great success. And that is what you want in the end is it not?


Of course, there are many other ways to make sure you can bring in your rental property vacation under budget. The tips presented herein can work a long way in this regard.