Travel Itinerary and tips part 2
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As you might have noticed, we’ve been busy with the blog lately. Both on the front-end and behind the scenes. The blog should be loading faster now, on both desktop and on your mobile devices.
Anyway, in case you missed Our 5 Pre-Travel Tips, be sure to check it out. In this post, we will talk more about how to prepare your travel itinerary and how to decide on where to travel and what to do when you travel.
To start off, ask yourself this question, why do you want to travel? The answer to this question may not be as simple or as straight forward as you might think. Not to over-complicate things, but this question will decide on where you will go, how much you would want to spend on your vacation, and what kind of activities you will do. So spend as much time deciding on the answer.
It could be one, or a combination of the following
- I want to spend some time away from the routine life
- I want to relax, switch off and go somewhere far
- I want to experience new things that I always wanted to do
- I want to spend my hard-earned cash on things that aren’t available locally
- I want to escape the hot weather and ‘ghbar’!
Answering the question will decide on the style of your vacation. For me, I have a busy life style here in Kuwait. Things vary between my day job, my small business and initiatives, my studies, the gym and social life responsibilities. I tend to want to travel every 3 months or so. It doesn’t have to be a long vacation, a short weekend getaway will do. But every now and then I want to have what we all call a Real Vacation. Usually it’s a combination of the following:
- I want to experience new things
- I want to relax, switch off and go somewhere far
I don’t mind allocating a big budget to do the above. The places that I usually go to are pretty far and I always do multi-destination trips, going through multiple countries. I’m very active when I travel and end up covering tons of activities in a single day, spending no more than 4 nights in a single city or country. So, I end up burning a huge chunk of my travel budget on hotels and air plane tickets.
So how do I choose my destinations?
- By checking this blog , following us on Instagram and Snapchat (@Hello965) and sending us your questions. because ‘Hello 965’ team are awesome travel consultants!
- Word of mouth – by having a big international circle of friends that tells you about destinations worth checking. This is my personal favorite, but it can only be effective when you have a huge circle of friends from various nationalities.
- online sites – such as tripadvisor, travelocity. They can be useful and give you an idea of a place, but do NOT depend on them.
- Apps – Instagram/twitter/Google plus pages on traveling, Yelp and Foursquare.
How do I look for travel tickets and prices?
- Expedia
- Google travel
- Direct deals announced from airlines or any 3rd party agency
- Skiplagged.com
You may not find the best prices at Expedia, so be sure to check the airline websites for a better prices. Tried Skiplagged couple of times and get got me the best prices that i couldn’t match anywhere else, however it does not always work.
How do I book my hotels?
- Booking.com
- Hotels.com
- Airbnb.com
Always think strategically when you book a hotel. Look at the hotel location on Google Maps and make sure it’s not too far from the places that you will spend most of your time at. AirBnB is a new concept of booking a place (House, apartment etc..). I highly recommend that you check them out, as my experience using it has always been great.
Hope this helps with your travel plans and as always, feel free to ask us for consultations!
Happy traveling!