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Become A Travel Pro In One Easy Lesson |
by:
Joyce Jackson |
I focuslot on helpingfirst time or inexperienced traveler head out prepared and confident in themselves. Starting out asnew traveler can be intimidating. How do you jump intogigantic travel fray and survive? How can you learn to love delays and long lines?
Get prepared.
What exactly does that mean? It means being confident in what you are doing, where you are going and how you are getting there. Basically, it means being comfortable with yourself when you leave home.
OK, so what. How do you do that? Follow these quick tips:
Tip #one
Know your destination.
Do some kind of reading before you go. Know how long it’s going to take to get there, andtime zone. Understand howcurrency converts and gethandle on local customs.
Tip #two
Be prepared before you leave home.
Make sure you haveessentials you will need, especially forsafe trip. This includeshide away money belt, copies of your passport, one credit card, debit card, ATM card and traveler’s checks. Take no more than $fivezerozero cash. Make sure someone has your itinerary in case ofemergency.
Tip #three
Travel light.
Pack for only five days. Carry one bag. Your bag should besoft sided, durable carry bag of ballistic nylon. It needs to havepadded carry strap to sling it over your shoulder.
Tip #four
Leave early.
Wherever you are headed, no matter what type of transportation, leave early for you departure terminal. It means less stress for you . . .lot less stress for you.
Tip #five
Look like you have traveled all your life.
Appearance matters. If you doabove tips you will look and feel likeveteran traveler. Veteran travel pros DO gethigher level of treatment and service from people who work withintravel industry.
Tip #six
Expect things to go wrong.
Most things run pretty well intravel industry. There are inevitable delays and cancellations. After all, it’sdynamic industry and gettingmind boggling number of pieces to work all in sync isreal juggling act. If you expect delays you are better prepared to deal with them. If things go well, and they usually do, you getnice mental lift as you travel. The more travel experience you getbetter you get at knowing where delays usually occur and can either plan for them or try to avoid them.
Tip #seven
Be polite.
This follows Tip #five and #six. While it is your hard earned money that is paying for your travel you are one of thousands of travelersday moving aroundglobe. Almost three-fourths of these people are inexperienced travelers. Many are stressed out, tired, cranky and rude. If you are polite you will feel better and get better treatment.
See you onroad!
Joyce travels and writes extensively. Her travel tips from threezero years of traveling appear on her website:
http://travel-packing-tips.com |
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