What is cities4less?
Cities4less, is a service and a concept, the brain child of a think tank transformed into a business. Its mission is to alter ethics and safeguard tourist rights. It is a modern “Robin-Hood” type of service, accessible by any smartphone, paid by the Travelling, Hospitality and Commerce industries to a. serve the tourists as a insights and local knowledge bank through its blog and Facebook pages and b. to advise them of their best value for money options, currently enjoyed only by the local population, while letting them choose the one that actually suit their needs.

Do I need to pay for your services?
No the use of any of cities4less sites is absolutely free and without any obligation
What can I find in the site?
The site was designed with the needs of a tourist in mind and is dedicated entirely to him. As such one may find all types of products or services that a. fulfil our strict quality standards and b. are needed by the 21st century traveller

Why the site is organised/designed this way?
Research has shown us that very few tourists (<7.3%) carry their laptop around while out and about while only a 2.8% on an average is willing to download applications on their mobile while they are travelling. Consequently we build a hybrid site easily accessible from your smartphone or tablet and we organised the site in a way that everything you need is only two clicks away. All you have to do is choose.


How often suggested products and services are updated?
Our web-masters do that daily. You will not find any expired offers in our site in 99% of the cases.


What a tourist need to be aware of?
Exploitation of the tourist is a very old and established practice and in some cultures is regarded as matter of personal pride. Free market rules in combination with the absence of need for customer retention (tourist simply come and go too fast) allowed the Travelling, Hospitality and Commerce industries to operate practically unregulated across international borders. No government has any desire/incentive to reduce prices paid by the tourists due to the benefits from taxation, all efforts suggesting the opposite are public relations driven in the fear of reduced arrivals. At the same time the commerce and hospitality industries, while on the face appear in competition for your custom, they are all in the business of making a profit and they will charge you what ever they can in every conceivable opportunity, taking advantage or even nurturing common misconceptions.

So, what a tourist need to be aware of:

    -The biggest retailers in developed countries are trading online with most of them owning a big part of the high street shops which serve as merchandise windows.

    -All products and services bought online are on an average 10 to 35% cheaper than the high street

    -All product bought online can be delivered to your hotel room next day or be collected from a shop near you

    -Almost 70% of the vouchers-offering companies with some notable exceptions (i.e. Groupon) will offer their vouchers to tourists either by sending them to your hotel address or delivered on your mobile

    -All transactions made over the web are twice as secure from those in the shop as at least two organisations underwrite them

    -Your consumer rights remain intact even if you leave the country for as long as you can prove (have a receipt) of the transaction.

   - There is a myriad of services that can deliver food in your hotel room at a fraction of the cost with the majority of the hotels allowing this practice. There are even services willing to deliver at the park opposite your hotel for your romantic dinner!

    -Combined Hotel and Concert tickets are ALWAYS cheaper when bought online and as a package

    -Concert, theatre, opera etc. tickets are ALWAYS cheaper online

    -Combined dinner and theatre tickets are ALWAYS cheaper when bought online and as a package

    -Never dine out before you check online if there available vouchers for this specific restaurant. Two minutes of your time can save you as much as £100 per person depending on the venue

    -Do not buy tickets on the day but always in advance. Train ticket can be up to 60% cheaper when bought in advance and all you need is your credit card to collect them from any ticket vending machines in the stations.

    -Lunch is cheaper than dinner and the business districts are generally cheaper on food than the equivalent next to tourist attractions
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