Let’s think about 12 months from now. Yes, a whole year away. Planning any travel?
This might seem like overkill to you, but if you know you’re going somewhere a year from now, you may want to do a little research. Now. Why?
Let’s say you’re planning an around-the-world trip. This would be a good time to look at these things:
- Ticket prices
- How long you will be gone
- How many stops you can make or want to make
- Where you can stop
- When you need to purchase the ticket
- What is included
- How many days do you have in each stop
- What time of year is best
This is definitely a plan-a-year-in-advance kind of trip.
Maybe this trip isn’t on your bucket list. But, let’s say you know you’re going on some type of a trip next year. If you don’t already know the destination, or at least the general area, sit back and think about these things:
- Are you going alone?
- Are you traveling with a significant other or friend?
- Are you meeting others?
- What time of year are you going?
- Are you going somewhere you’ve never been?
- Are you traveling internationally or here in the U.S.?
- How long will you be gone?
- Do you have an idea where you would like to go?
- If it requires a passport, is yours up to date?
- Will you be staying in one place or moving around to different destinations?
- Are there events, festivals, classes, or family occasions you want to include or plan around?