5 Classic Ways to Ruin Your Trip

Guilherme Ribeiro | March 3, 2017

5. Over Plan

Have you met a traveler who had already been to three places before you even had breakfast? Who turns down an interesting offer to have lunch with a local because “they don’t have time”? Well, they exist and it’s hard work.

I know if you’re traveling across the Atlantic and you only have two weeks to visit Italy, France, Germany, England, Portugal, and the Czech Republic, you won’t have much spare time. The solution would be to visit fewer countries and have a looser itinerary, just so you can grab an opportunity if one arises.

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Are there other ways to ruin a trip? Absolutely! It could be a crazy allergy reaction to an unknown food, or the mother of all hangovers that made you stay in bed for three days!

One might argue that you’re not ruining your trip at all; that you’re actually gaining wisdom through different experiences, and I agree. Once you understand that the problem is not what goes wrong, but how you react to each situation, you’ll find yourself eager to bring more chaos to your life!

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