In recent years, some of tour and travel services are compete with each other in organizing tour packages to foreign countries in cheap rates. Each end of the year in December the demand of participants for package tours increased rapidly. Despite economic crisis or not, the bid of tour packages to foreign countries is often very tempting. Imagine, three days and two nights package to Singapore, offered about $150 USD up to $160 USD. Includes facilities to and from the airport, the cost of lodging and breakfast. 
Why the price could be cheaper? Actually, package tour companies have tricks and tips to do that. First, they tended to reduce class of hotel. If the previous provides four or five star hotels, now reduced to three stars. If participants want to move class hotel, they will incur additional costs.
Apart from hotels, tour companies are also looking for an alternative restaurant with low price. Therefore, do not be surprised if in these packages you will be entered into a second-class restaurant. And most importantly, they who held the tour already have deals with certain airlines that provide special rates.
Are all tour organizers can hold packages? Of course not. It must be admitted, tour companies who have networks abroad will be able to reduce costs. If in a package tour, the number of participants is still inadequate, they can be combined with other agents. Another way to save costs is to work with the airlines, not just in the ticket price, but also in the promotion.
These tour package is really a tour company’s efforts to survive during a crisis. For example, for destinations of the United States and Australia could leave if it has collected 15 tour participants. Now, in times of crisis like now, they will be difficult to attract many participants on the schedule.
Since the crisis, participants of the tour in recent years to drop dramatically, the average slipped to 70 percent. For favorite travel destinations such as Australia, tour companies and the decline in sales of travel tickets 1800 (1997) to 200 tickets this year.
Of course this competition welcomed by the tour participants. But the participants must be alert to the offer that is given every tour and travel company. For example, if there are packages tours to the Eiffel Tower of Paris, first examine whether the package includes the cost to reach the top of the tower or not. It’s trivial, but it might make you upset and disrupt your travel pleasure.
Class of hotels also must be observed. It has been general agreement, package tour company will lower class of or four-star hotel to three stars or below. Well, this three star hotel standards can vary because it is not included in the category of international standards. Then, about the types of hotel rooms. Usually, one hotel room is used for two people. If you want a single room, you will spend an extra fee.
Another important thing is the rule of cancellation of participation. During the crisis, tour companies have difficulty achieving an ideal number of tourists. If you wish to cancel the trip, immediately to request a replacement because if you pass the deadline, your money should be deducted or vanish altogether. Each agency has a policy regarding notification of the delay and the amount of fines. Do not worry, the organizers give the package guarantees that no dirty tricks behind the cheap package abroad. Cheap travel was given merely to survive in times of crisis.