Tips For Travelling

Travelling requires as much preparations as much it is fun. Every one of us have experienced travelling blues one time or the other. In the joy of visiting places, we often tend to forget about the hardship we may face during our travel time due to some common mistakes. Here I have collated few pointers from my experience.

1. Prepare Itinerary

Travel requires lots of brainstorming specially if it involves multiple places. Prepare yourself with the time table you are going to follow each day during your travel. It sounds boring and mechanized. but your itinerary will give you the idea about how busy you are going to be. What places you will visit at what time and how time will be consumed in each activity.

2. Wardrobe selection

Once you have taken care of your itinerary. Spare some time to decide on your dressing as well. Few simple questions to ask what is the occasion, what are local customs, how is the weather, how much do I have to walk and what activity do I have to perform during my trip.

3. Keep Check on Weather

Always check the weather of your destination like temperature variation on day and night, local precipitation, humidity etc. It would be good idea to take raincoat, umbrella, woolens etc. according to prevailing weather.

4. Double check Documents

These are especially necessary when travelling abroad. Keep a checklist of documents you are going to need during your travel like government Id, Passport, hotel voucher, airplane tickets are some of them.

5. Supplies

whether it is camping trip or luxury trip, it doesn’t matter. Supplies are important in case of emergencies or unplanned deviations. Suggestion is to keep your prescribed medication, over the counter medicines, some ready to eat food, snacks etc. handy.

6. Electronics

Digital gadgets are now necessary part of our travel. Make sure that each one is working and have full battery backup. Keep power bank in kit for emergency recharge of your mobile, camera, kindle, tablet etc.

7. Currency

Having cash at hand is biggest power you can have during travel. It is the only thing that helps in the end. Make sure that you have enough cash at hand for the day or two but not too much due to risk of getting it stolen. Keep in mind on how you will handle transactions during travel. Where can you find ATMs, are cards accepted in the area etc. In case of visiting abroad keep sufficient foreign exchange or have international currency card.

8. Connectivity

Enable your data and cellular connectivity for the destination, especially if visiting outside your local cellular area. This helps in connecting with your known ones and gaining information through internet if data is enabled.

9. Have Fun!

At last whatever may be the reason for your travel, business or leisure, always try to have new experiences, be open minded, and respect local culture and enjoy your travel to the fullest. Keep yourself entertained with local activities, reading etc.

Leave your comments below, if you have more ideas for travel.