13 Tips to Help Plan Your Trip

Guilherme Ribeiro | May 29, 2017

It’s always good to read about amazing far-flung places or watch mesmerizing videos of travelers on YouTube. You feel energized and want to hit the road immediately! However, even if you know you want to travel, you may not know how to start planning your adventure.

Most of the time people will settle for the somewhat predictable all-inclusive resort holiday. There’s nothing wrong with that, but if you’d like something more exotic, a little off the beaten track, you’ll need to make an effort.

So how exactly do you plan your trip?

1. What’s your budget?

This is possibly the most important question you need to ask yourself. The amount of money you have access to will greatly influence the type of trip you plan to have. $500 dollars can get you to one point, but $3,000 can get you much farther!

Your experiences will also be different depending on how expensive they are. If you don’t like backpacking and staying at hostels, for instance, then you’ll need more money to afford hotels and resorts. Additionally, if you plan to visit all the major attractions, you have to remember to budget for that.

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