CASHBACK FOR TOURS AND HOTELS IN RUSSIA IN 2021: THE THIRD STAGE

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Author: Igor

How to buy a sea tour in Russia and get back 20% in rubles? For example, resting in a hotel for 50 thousand rubles - but paying 40 thousand?

Rostourism once again pleases Russians and is launching a tourist cashback from March 18, 2021. This is already the THIRD stage of the "cashback for tours in Russia" program. The interests of independent travelers were also taken into account, and discounts apply to just hotels. Turkeshbek has already been carried out in the summer and autumn of last year, so there are reviews, no one is cheating anyone, the money is honestly returned.

So, in the article: about the program, where to buy these tours and hotels with refund, and a list of excellent hotels that are a sin not to book for your vacation - with such and such a cashback from Rostourism.

What is the program and can you trust it?

On Level Travel on the right there is a filter "Cashback 20%", and tours / hotels are marked in purple

Description of the cashback program.
The main goal of the compensation program and tourist cashback is the development of tourism in Russia. In other words, did you plan to go to the Black Sea / Kazan / Petersburg? And if with a discount? :)

Buy a tour or hotel anywhere in Russia with a Mir card (this is a prerequisite) for the full cost - in a few days 20% of the amount paid is credited back to the card. The previous stage took place in October-December 2020, now a new one has started. The program includes trips from two nights, so you can arrange a mini-trip for several days.

Here are a couple of tourist reviews about the last stage:

Ksenia: We took part in November, went to St. Petersburg. Received a return on the tour 20%, came on the 5th day on the card that was paid.

Maxim: I only booked a hotel in Sochi for 4 days, the cashback came. I took it through Online Tours, I was worried that nothing would come back for a simple hotel, but in the end it worked.

When can I book my trip?
From March 18 to June 15, 2021.
When can I go to rest?
From March 18 to June 30, 2021.

Please note that while the program is in effect, you have the right to receive a refund as many times as you like! That is, you can throw off several thousand not only from a vacation in Sochi, but also from Moscow to May, and from Kaliningrad for the weekend.

Conditions for receiving cashback - how much money is returned?

You can also buy promotions on other partner aggregators (we talk about them in the text)

The cashback program for tours in Russia in 2021 allows you to compensate for exactly 20% of the purchase price - BUT NOT MORE THAN 20,000 RUBLES ONE TIME. A simple calculation, and it turns out that the most profitable is a voucher or a hotel worth up to 100,000 rubles.
Cashback is activated and returned only on the Mir bank card, within five days after purchase. And you can go to any region of Russia.

What conditions need to be met?

Remember that the generosity from Rostourism runs until June 15, 2021.
Choose a voucher or hotel that is exactly participating in the promotion (more on this in the next section).
To fit the trip exactly on the dates from March 18 to June 30, 2021 - not a day later, it is no longer possible to organize an August vacation for yourself.
Make sure that the duration of the trip is at least two nights. The number of people does not matter.
It is obligatory to pay with a MIR card - first register on the website privetmir.ru.
Wait for the most pleasant sound in the world: messages about crediting 20% to the card :)

If you want and have the opportunity to break again on Mother Russia, you can repeat the steps above and get another cashback.

What services and tour operators are included?

The main question is: where to buy tours and hotels in order to receive compensation for holidays in Russia?

About tours and vouchers.
From the first stage, aggregators are included in the partners of the action - these sites find the most profitable tours, because they compare offers from leading tour operators and take into account discounts and promotions.

Since not every hotel supports the cashback program, put a tick in the filter box on the left - and you will be shown all suitable tour options. By the way, the World map can be registered right there, which is convenient:

Travelata
Level.Travel

If you were afraid of booking tours online, then here is a confirmation from Rostourism that it is reliable, official and very popular.
We ourselves buy tours on aggregators, because we save time and energy. In fact, travel agents are their own. And if questions arise, managers are always in touch.

Travelata also has a cashback filter, and tours are marked with a green bar

About hotels separately.
Unfortunately, the most famous hotel search engine - Booking - does not participate in the program. And this is where tour aggregators come to the rescue again! There are three of them, but only one allows you to book hotels without a flight - and this:

Onlinetours

Enter dates, destination, click the "Find a tour" button - and then under the search box, select the "Hotel only" filter. And now you are an independent tourist.

List of the best hotels participating in the promotion from Rostourism

We will recommend several hotels for different budgets that take part in the cashback promotion. Most of them are located on the Black Sea coast - in Sochi, Adler, Anapa:

4 * Utesov is an incredibly beautiful, modern hotel in Anapa - it stands on a cliff face and looks directly at the sea, just take a look at the photo!
3 * Velvet Seasons - Popular budget hotels inherited from the Olympics, cheap but not angry.
3 * Sochi Park Hotel is a hotel near the Sochi Park amusement park, a permanent habitat for families with children (it is understandable why).
5 * Radisson Collection Paradise Resort & Spa - almost Turkey in Adler, the most expensive and luxurious hotel with a huge territory and a sandy beach. In the off-season, you can still go for an adequate price tag.
5 * Grand Hotel Polyana or 4 * Valley 960 - hotels on Krasnaya Polyana with outdoor heated pools against the backdrop of snowy mountains, from where photos on Instagram often flash.

Remember that any tour can be turned into a "hotel only" if you travel on your own - just type in the name on the Onlinetours website. It is also more convenient there to search for hotels in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kazan, etc., where the tourist usually goes himself.

Detailed instructions - how to get a refund (cashback) for the purchase of a tour or hotel?

1. You need a MIR card. For example, Tinkoff debit. There may be another bank, there is no difference. Register it on privetmir.ru or on these sites ↓

2. Go to the aggregators-partners of the action, for example, to Travelata.

3. Make sure that the offer is promotional - it is marked with the "World" icon (as in the screenshots above).

4. It is obligatory to pay for the purchase with a Mir card and within 5 days receive a 20% cashback for a tour or hotel in Russia.

The promotion runs until the end of June, and I wonder if there will be other compensations for tourists in Russia in 2021 - or will they not risk depriving domestic hoteliers of the benefits during the peak season in July-August? :)

We wrote a lot of texts about the south of Russia - and we spent the winter here, and went on a standard ten-day vacation at sea. We also shot a lot of videos. I will give several links to the most popular and useful articles - but in general they can be found in the top menu in the section "Countries" → "Russia":