Tips : Plan Your Travel

Travel, although progress in the group, is a personal event. Because that is personal, do not believe so or just based on the full experience of others when you, for example, want to do the same trip. But no one knows the experience of others, there are still things that can be learned from the travels of others.

Here is a guide in making travel plans based on a number of people, among others, Mark Moxon, adventurer and author things about traveling. This guide specifically for the independent traveler, the people who design their own trip.

1. Specify the destination. This is an important first step. Sounds easy but the difficulty many people want to decide where to go until finally they never go out of her home page.
2. Make a simple research about the destination. Look for information through the Internet or go to the library or bookstore and look for a guide book about the area. Books or information that is both more general, such as general information about the area, island or continent that you want to visit.
3. Check the latest information from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. If you plan to travel to Africa, make sure that your destination was not being civil war. Many people ignore the travel warning from the government. Be careful against the threat of potential danger.
4. When it is steady with the destination, specify what would be done there: shopping, diving, hiking. This is important because it will be associated with a variety of equipment that will be taken. People are often tempted to do many activities, but consider the physical condition, weather and time available. Weather prediction is expected when you are in the goal area.
5. Learn to type of transportation and destination in the region, and define the travel route. The determination of the route associated with the activities and transportation options.
6. Select lodging. For those who are home it is the earth and the sky is the roof or to sleep in any home can be wherever, lodging is not the most important. In areas main tourist destinations in the world many options hostel, inn, guesthouse and the cheap rate.
7. The next step is to calculate the cost. This is the most difficult but must be done. Start with the cost of the flight, use the guide to find out how the cost of accommodation for the night, the cost of meals, and transportation. That way you will have a rough idea of cost is required. Make sure the budget does not pass the content of your bag.
8. Have travelers checks and credit cards, both also have the cash, especially for emergency situations.
9. Decide whether to go alone or with a friend or two. According to Mark Moxon, for the first trip, go with friends is a good idea. Especially for women, know in some regions or countries in the world, the road alone women seen negative and susceptible to danger. But also how, the decision is in your hands.
10. Update vaccines such as the need tetanus, polio, typhus, and meningitis. Provide malaria medication if you are trying to visit areas still classified as endemic malaria regions. Now in addition to this terrorist, the virus is also a serious threat to tourists.
11. Check travel documents. Find out in the country where you are required to have entry visas. Visa on Arrival can be obtained (at the airport / main entrance) or the embassy in those countries.
12. Enjoy each step of travel is. Do not put the grandiose expectations because you can just be very disappointed. Some people are disappointed or directly behind the right-turn direction. It does not matter, it is better to acknowledge that the trip is not suitable for you from the forces continue to run with the mood that is not good.