Respected Travel Agent Reveals Tips and Everything You Need To Know To Plan Your Next Vacation, Keep You Out Of Trouble, And Get You Home Safely!
If you’re planning a single adventure travel or a trip abroad, there’s more to just walking into a travel agency and buying a ticket. That’s the easy part.
And as exciting as traveling abroad is, the really scary part is the prospect of returning home and telling your friends and family how your dream trip turned into your worst nightmare. All because you have no time for thorough preparation!
Introducing..
"The Travel Planning Checklist" an essential guide on what you
need to know when planning your next holiday
Last Oct'09, I was inspired to do a single adventure travel to Europe. This last minute inspiration was further encouraged by the low air fares offered by Air Asia X. It was difficult to find a travel friend on last minute notice so I decided to just go solo and travel Europe. I have about a week of rough planning and packing, and then off, I flew to London.
(Just a little background; travel Europe, travel solo, travel last minute and travel spontaneously, all I have never done before this trip. My previous trips were with friends and family members, not last minute but well-planned.)
Traveling in Europe for 3 weeks, I visited London, Paris, Costa Brava and Barcelona in Spain, Rome and Venice in Italy, Lucerne and Mount Titlis in Switzerland, Munich in Germany and Salzburg in Austria.
The most exciting thing about traveling spontaneously was the fact that I have no idea how my trip will enfold, who will I meet and what travel adventure lies in store.
Recalling now, traveling solo in Europe has been an exciting adventure and an enriching experience for me, almost every matters went smoothly except for the overnight train ordeal from Italy to Switzerland. At the end of the 3 weeks, I didn't feel like leaving Europe. I would have extended my Europe travel if I have not registered and paid for an important seminar in Malaysia.
In short, I'm really glad I have done this last minute spontaneous Europe travel. I have enjoyable times more than 80% of the trip, met many friendly and interesting people along the way and saw many beautiful creations of God and men.
My two cents advice to those who feel like doing a spontaneous single adventure travel :- “GO AHEAD, DO IT!” :)
(Just have a pre-allocated travel budget, choose your destination wisely, go with an open mind and be optimistic.)
However, as exciting as traveling abroad is, if we weren't prepare, there bound to be hiccups. So for those of us who don't see travel-hiccups as part of the traveling adventure, perhaps using a good last minute travel planning checklist would help.
