Challenges- How I get the most out of my travel?
Once again here is a travel challenge written by Cecil from Travel Feeder.
Travel Challenges- How I get the most out of my travel?
One of the most challenging part of my travel is to plan my travel itinerary in order to get maximum satisfaction out of my limited traveling time. My traveling period is always too short due to my business commitment. Whenever I travel, I have to face the facts that only limited time is allowed to satisfy myself as a travel addict. How did I overcome the challenge by squeezing more quality contents from my travel?
The challenge of time shortage for visiting a travel destination actually comes from the travel destination itself. For such a popular travel destination, it has always plenty of travel attractions on offer. So travelers have to either stay more days or come back again next time to explore them all. Even more time is needed if I wish to explore further into the local community and their local foods.
To strive a balance between time and value of my travel, what I would do when planning the itinerary for short period like 3 days in a city? Here are 5 essential features to include in my itinerary:
1. Decide which landmarks of the destination that I'm dying to visit to. Pick one for my 1st day visit (I chose Eiffel Tower when I was in Paris) and spend more time to explore it to the fullest possible;
2. Engage a day trip on the 2nd day to go round the city. This can briefly give you an idea on the overall travel sites of the city;
3. Spend at least half a day to sit back, relax at either a cafe, park or square. So I could enjoy the environment and people watching;
4. Go off the beaten track to some non touristic area. Only that I could see what tourists normally don't see, and
5. Watch around and try some of the local street food. They are unique to the city and can't be found or not as good in any other part of the world.
With these carefully drafted travel itinerary, even though I couldn't cover all the travel attractions in one city in such a short period, I could still enjoy my trip and gain so much experience from the trip which would not be possible with packaged traveling. Enjoy travel!
Cecil Lee is an avid traveler who is also a passionate travel blogger and travel photographer living in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He writes about travel for MNUI travel insurance and on his own travel photo blog, Travel Feeder.
Posted by katerinafiore at 13 Aug 2010 
Categories: Challenges, itineraries
Tags: Challenge series Travel guest post
Categories: Challenges, itineraries
Tags: Challenge series Travel guest post
I love your tips, Cecil, especially #1, choosing the main things you want to see and #3-taking time to relax. I think many people forget that part when they are trying to squeeze in everything.
Maybe next time you can offer more tips on HOW to relax when you are on vacation!
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