Make your travelling fun oriented, hassle free, enjoyable & knowledgeable experience by following these great & useful travelling tips, suggestions, advice or ideas.
If you ask or look at the wish list of the people, one thing very common yet unique you will find in it, most of them have at least one or more dream destination which they would like to see, feel and experience before their death.
Many of us have wish, desire, dream or secret ambition to travel as much as possible, some of us, would like to be traveler of lifetime but our social, financial and many other constrains refrain us from it.
“Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.”
Gustave Flaubert
“To move, to breathe, to fly, to float, To gain all while you give, To roam the roads of lands remote, To travel is to live.”
Hans Christian Andersen
ADVANTAGES OF TRAVELLING
Travelling provides you the opportunities to meet interesting people & places
Travelling makes you familiar with other culture
Travelling improves your geographical, social & cultural knowledge
Travelling relives you from routine boredom & makes your life interesting
IMPORTANT ADVICE EVERY TRAVELER SHOULD FOLLOW
When you are leaving the safety net of your home, your family, your friends & most importantly, your familiar geographical & social surrounding, it is very much important to make your trip as much safe & hassle free as much possible, so you can enjoy the real charm of the travelling, you can explore the places with great ease, you can experience the feelings of particular place, you can enrich your knowledge of the specific destination.
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1. DO YOUR HOME WORK
If you remember the days of your school, the most brilliant student of the class was always doing his/her homework. Same rule applies here, while travelling do as much home work as much possible.
Learn everything about the place you would like to visit, read travelling books, read blogs of various travelers, search & surf through the net and collect as many tiny or towering information about the place, it’s people, their nature, their like,dislike, social tradition, dressing style, speaking style etc.
Believe me, this home work will be quiet handy when you are stuck in unknown territory with unknown people.
2. DRESS APPROPRIATELY
While visiting other culture or country make sure that your are wearing appropriate dresses which is quiet suitable in this country, which does not break protocol of that specific region. Which does not create embarrassing situation for you as well as your host.
3. MASTER YOUR MANNERS
Keep quiet watch on your manners while visiting other places, your behavior, your overall presentations among unknown should not be unpleasant or unhealthy which may create bitterness among them and at last it turn into hostility.
4. LEARN THE ART OF PACKING
Packing is most essential, crucial yet very annoying and irritating part of any traveler. Because if you pack too much, your journey becomes tiresome because to carry heavy bags you need to have strong muscles, and if you pack too little, whenever in need you will not have that particular things.
So, packing is very, very crucial & important task of travelling. Do not ignore it.
(A) While packing try to keep it as light as possible
(B) Choose the light backpack
(C) Pack minimum clothes
(D) Bring old clothes and undergarments which you need no longer, use it once or twice and throw it, slowly it minimize your baggage weight.
5. KEEP YOUR MONEY & CREDIT CARDS IN SEPARATE PLACES
‘Do not keep your all the eggs in one basket’ is the word of wisdom,same way do not keep all your money, credit cards in to your one wallet, pocket or purse. Keep it in a different pockets.
Because if you lose all your money & cards on the unknown territory it is very much difficult to continue your journey and imagine the scenario of being without money & problems associated with it.
6.KEEP YOUR WALLET OR PURSE ON FRONT POCKET OF YOUR PANT
When you put your wallet on back pocket of your pant, it is one of the most stupid ways to let the world know that you carry a lots of money and valuables.So, to avoid being pick pocketed & to sit comfortably keep your wallet or purse on front pocket of your pant.
7. SCAN OR PHOTOCOPY OF ALL YOUR IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS
Take a photocopy or scan your passport, credit cards, visas, travel insurance and other important & valuable documents. Instead of photocopies prefer scanning of all of them, because it helps to access your documents whenever you need it.
8. GET VACCINATED
Never fail to visit your family doctor or physician before you leave to get all the relevant vaccinations and immunizations for the destinations you are visiting, apart from that understand the health hazards associated with particular place and have all precautions.
9. IN PUBLIC PLACES NEVER KEEP YOUR BELONGING UNATTENDED
Famous public places like garden,museums,fun park, historical sites, temples etc.are the safe haven for the thugs, thieves & anti social elements because here, crowd comes in large quantities from various nations and age groups so they can easily find out their victims and stolen the things, so be careful about your belongings while utilizing public places.
10. GET TRAVEL INSURANCE
If possible, get travel insurance because while travelling in unknown territory you may not how your physique or body will react towards particular climate changes, so, it is preferable to have travel insurance.
11. DO NOT OVER PLAN BUT AT THE SAME TIME IF POSSIBLE MAKE ADVANCE RESERVATIONS
12. ALWAYS ASK LOCALS BEFORE CLICKING THEIR PICTURES
13. BE AS MUCH FLEXIBLE AS MUCH POSSIBLE
14. ALWAYS DRINK BOTTLED WATER
15. BEFORE HIRING GUIDE CHECK THEIR ID
So, these are the few very basic yet useful tips, suggestions or advice to keep in mind while travelling.
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