Sunday, November 8, 2009

Planning Your Vacations


Author: vish
Chalking out a holiday plan requires a structured and clear mode of thinking. The sad fact is that many holiday plans are made without knowing for sure the place one have to put up at. You have to be sure about this, otherwise, the whole process of planning will be in a dilly-dally condition, and this way you lose a lot of time that could have been used in a more profitable manner. It would be prudent to have a little bit of second hand information regarding the places you plan to visit. One can use Google Earth, or any map on the Internet or even a traditional paper map to get a quick idea about the places. In interactive map services such as Google Earth, you will be able to know the distance between places at the click of a mouse. If you are planning to have a tour of a single city, try different combinations of the order and time in which you will finish covering these places. You just need to find a combination that save you on time and distance.

If you want to go about it in an elaborate way, you can make a holiday plan in a thematic fashion, for instance, by visiting a place first and then a group of places that are related to that place. This way, you get to understand better the culture of each country or else you can focus more on the other aspects; and it all depends on your discretion. Now you have to plan for connections with respect to the means of transport. It vastly depends on the place you have in your itinerary list. For instance, while in Europe, the best means of transport to cover short distances is by travelling by train.

In fact, many global and country train passes are made available by the authorities concerned that can help one when working out a holiday plan on a low budget. It is not recommended to hire a cab in Europe since many cities have long winding traffic snarls and one can end up frustrated having taken the decision. But, if you have planned for something such as a nature lover's trip, then in all probability, a car or even a camper van would come in handy to give you the freedom you are looking for, during such times.





While coming to accommodation and hotels in the holiday plan, this is a topic that falls a bit off the way. It would be wise to select hotels only after you have built up the holiday plan. In most cases, it will dawn on you that you do not have time to visit all those places and you are likely to eliminate some places from your itinerary plan. And relating to the cost of stay in hotels in Europe and around the world, one should not forget about the existence of travel certificates. You have to keep in mind that not everywhere in the world are these certificates given away at a pre-determined price or just after a big purchase. In fact, there are a few places where they give them away for free just to get your name registered in a mailing list.

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