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Travelmonster. Best Countries For Backpacking Map. 24 Of The Smartest Travel Hacks You'll Ever Need. #22 Is Crucial. 12 SIMPLE STEPS TO PLAN AND ORGANIZE YOUR PERFECT ADVENTURE. Planning a trip should be something positive and fun but all the options and possibilities we can choose from nowadays can easily overwhelm us. Planning a trip, long or short can easily become a stressful task. Where do you begin and what should you do first? Is there a easy step-by-step guide that you could follow? I book flights and plan trips on a weekly basis. I take over 30 flights a year and I sometimes still get nervous when clicking the “Book now” button. Do I have everything right? A stupid mistake in the planning can cost you hundreds of dollars later!

These are 12 simple steps you should follow to plan and organize your perfect adventure: 1. What do you feel like doing? Why is this so essential? Also make concrete plans. Do you have a Bucket List of things you want to see in life? If you rather go “Off The Path” have a look at Lonely Planet’s Best in Travel List 2014 too. One of the biggest challenges of travel is to learn what it is you really want to see! 2. 3. 4. Or And so on…

10 Essential Tools for Practical Travelers. I grew up traveling. My dad was a manufacturer’s representative in home furnishings, which meant he did a tour of all the furniture stores in the Midwest every few months. In the summers, we went with him, exploring the tiniest of Midwestern towns while he showed the fall line in some Main Street furniture store. After college, I headed to London. When my 6-month work visa expired, I traveled Europe for a month before settling down for a few months to an Army base job in Heidelberg. Since I had built a relationship with a German national in London, the next seven years I went back to Europe at least a half-dozen times, spending a few weeks at a time in Dijon, Antwerp, The Hague, and Heidelberg (her home town), which became bases for shorter trips to Rome, Florence, Brussels, Berlin, Bamberg, Strassbourg, and a dozen smaller towns.

Here are a few of the things I’ve picked up over the years that have a special place in my packing list. 1. Instead, pick up a travel clothesline. 2. 3. 4. 5. 26 Killer Travel Gadgets Every Geek Needs. Update: For even more kick ass gadgets, check out Another 26 Travel Gadgets Every Geek Needs. I admit it: I’m a tech-head. I love gadgets and I love to travel. Put the two together and I attain a state of bliss somewhere between watching a Meredith Baxter-Birney marathon on Lifetime and that feeling you get when you think about puppies and marshmallows together at the same time. See where I’m going? Anywho, I run through my checklist of essential gear every time I travel: laptop? I started doing some digging and realized I’ve been missing out in a big way. . #1: De-Pooify Your Water Supply If you’re not a big fan of drinking animal droppings with your river water while hiking or on the go, the MSR Miox water filter is all you need to de-pooify a steady, virtually unlimited, potable water supply. #2: Gorillapod The Gorillapod.

. #3: A Hammock for Your ‘lectronics #4: Laser Virtual Keyboard #5: A Real Global Cell Phone My cell phone can beat up your cell phone. . #7: Indestructible Travel Cases Mmkay. Www.supermoney. Traveling is complicated. From packing the luggage “just right” to hustling your way through busy airports, getting ready for a trip is never simple. But we’ve scoured the web for sixty ways to make your next trip a whole lot easier. We especially like #46s Chapstick trick! 1. Roll your clothes instead of folding.

This saves 3X more space. Here’s a nice video on how to pack like a pro. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. Put your camera on a tripod Take about 15 pictures about every 10 seconds Open them all in Photoshop from File->Scripts->Statistics Choose “median.” 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. Most WiFi networks has the blocker designed to let images through, maybe because they are hotlinking some images on the page where they ask for you to log in. 60.

Whatsbusy shows which security lines at the airport are busy. Www.routeperfect. Andrewhy. So there is a secret to planning a RTW (round the world) trip that is pretty bold: the only thing holding you back is time. I want to help you make the idea of a round the world trip into a reality. Time is by far the most ‘expensive’ part of a RTW trip. The year or so leading up to planning, and the year of travel. It is not money. The second part of the secret? You know this. Ok, game on. Lets take a deep breath and remember what travel is about in one picture.

So here is your 5 simple steps for doing a RTW trip: Step 1: Where do you dream of going? Cool, now take that list, and go there. Step 2: Time is king. Travel is fun. Step 3: Read the synopsis in guidebooks, then leave them at home. I hate the guidebooks. Step 4: Budget, save and book. If I were to ask you to give me blue colored books next week, and it would save my life, do you think you can find them?

You need to save for this trip. Start now. A bit tricky. This is annoying because I have to lie, and I don’t like to lie. Webmaya.com. 1. Tillow: The Beach Towel + Pillow This is the perfect invention for beach bums! When all you want to do is to lie down on the beach and perfect your tan, or go for a quick swim in the ocean after, Tillow allows you to do all that with a peace of mind. Not only you can stop piling up sand underneath your towel to create a headrest; you don’t need to carry a beach bag to stash all your gadgets and valuables for when you head to the water and hope that no one will steal them.

Via: Tillow Price: not available 2. Do you know the World Health Organization (WHO) attributes 80% of all travel diseases to contaminated drinking water? Via: SteriPenPrice: from USD49.95 3. When you’re traveling, the last thing you want is for your valuables to go missing, but all too often, keys or a bag will get misplaced. Via: TilePrice: from USD19 4. Why walk when you can skate? Via: Micro Kickboard, Micro MobilityPrice: RM1300 5. Another simple solution for beach lovers. Via: SlotFlopsPrice: from USD24.95 6. 7. 8. Www.businessinsider. Stumbleupon. Travel for free or next to nothing? Who’s kidding whom? Is that even possible? We assure you, it’s very much possible.

People do it all the time. You just have to know how. Check out these 18 ways to travel for free or nothing and then tell us what you think. Join Volunteer Programs There are many volunteer organizations that’ll allow you to travel to the country of your choice and pay you for it, besides. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Explore Other Cheap Travel Options 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. EXTRA: Do not forget a good travel insurance before you go We highly recommend to get a good travel insurance as most likely your standard health insurance won’t work abroad. Travel Tip Shared by Teena Celis Adrenalin.com.au. Www.nomadicmatt. Www.buzzfeed.