Half the fun of traveling is in the planning. Following the process outlined below can ensure you receive the maximum pleasure for your time and money. These travel planning tips will help you get a handle on the things you need to consider.
1. Determining the Parameters
Before you go to the some attractions you must determine some parameters that you have to consider, such as budget, time, level of accommodation and food that will satisfy you, number of suits you want to bring, travel insurance, and travel partners.
2. Deciding the Destination
If you want to get travelling, you must have the destination and attraction you will visit to. Find the ideas from friends, books, magazines, internet, travel agents then you save it into your note. You must also learn about the attraction, do not go there if you don’t like it after learning the information.
3. Planning the Specific Trip
Start six months before your departure. Revisit the sources you used when deciding where to go and look for more specific information such as history, culture, architecture, foods, geography, key points of interest, money matters, shopping, transportation, etc. Obtain maps, transportation schedules, and costs for your itinerary.
4. Determining the Itinerary
After choosing the destination and attractions, just try to create the itinerary. Write it into your note detailly. Write down where the first attraction you want to visit, how to get the attraction (by bus or train), and give yourself enough time to get what you want from each destination.
5. Organise the Documents
Before holding the travelling, make sure you have an up to date passport, that will be up to date for the duration of your trip. Check visa requirements for the country you are travelling to. Some countries require that you arrange a visa before you leave home, while others will grant a tourist visa when you land. Make sure you have a suitable travel insurance organised.
6. Look After the Finances
Find out what currency you will need and figure out the best way for you to deal with it. Credit cards can be convenient, but also unsafe in a lot of areas. Travellers cheques are a good safe alternative.
7. Stay in Touch
Take an address book with you, with all the important contacts in it. Check on any foreign phone codes and write them in your address book. Before you start your trip, make sure you let people know that you will be away and how they can contact you while you're away. If you don't have an email address that you can check on the road, you can set up one through Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail to keep an online diary or blog of your travels and have your friends and family send you messages through our internal messaging system.
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