19 Oct Seven basic tips to prepare for your vacation
Do you want to enjoy your vacation? Surely yes. So that you do not waste more time than necessary, I have prepared this article with a lot of tips to save time and money.
texts of the emails you send us. In many of the questions, you ask us: you want to know tricks to save, what types of accommodation are better, how to find flights at good prices, and if you need to have travel insurance. We wanted to make a mini travel guide to answer all these questions. We try to summarize these 7 tips to prepare for your vacation. Let’s see what you think.
We, Monica and I, are Technicians in Tourist Companies and Activities, and we have both worked in travel agencies, but for many years we have designed all our vacations online. If you are reading us, it is surely because you also travel like this on a regular basis or are beginning to do so. I hope these tips —advice— are useful to you.
Tips to prepare your vacation
Well, we start. I have tried to summarize in these seven points the topics that you ask us the most about: accommodation, flights, travel insurance, documentation, mobile applications, and luggage.
Choose A Good Hotel At The Best Price
Finding a nice hotel at a good price is one of the biggest conditioning factors when preparing the trips of most tourists. We spend a lot of time on this section. If we go to a big city, like Barcelona, New York or Paris, we really appreciate being in the center. Although sometimes, if the transport connections are good, we also stay in neighborhoods a little further away. When the destination is on the coast or in the mountains, one of the essentials is the swimming pool, if the trip is made at a time when the weather is good.
What Is The Best Way To Book Flights
The flight —schedules, prices, airport of departure, and arrival…— is other important factors in preparing your vacation roadmap. Like you, we love to get a good deal. Although I will tell you that we do not mind paying a little more for a more logical schedule, which allows us to take advantage of the day and not have to get up early.
If we have to take connecting flights, we prefer to leave a few hours between each plane, especially if the trip is going to be long like when we went to Florida. We found one with an incredible price departing from Belgium. On Friday we took a cheap flight to Brussels, we spent the night in the Belgian capital, and on Saturday, calm and rested, we headed to Orlando. Adding the accommodation and the two flights: we save money! Monica is the one in charge of getting all these bargains with wings. She left you here the article that she wrote to help you book flights.
Do I Need To Take Out Travel Insurance?
To tell you the truth, we don’t even ask ourselves this question, but we know that it is a very common doubt. A fairly widespread misconception is to think that the European health card is enough when you travel around the continent, but you have to know that in many countries there is a co-payment, and there are also medicines and consultations that are not reimbursable.
If your trip is to a country like the United States, don’t even think about it. There any medical expense is astronomical. A night in the hospital is more expensive than reserving an entire floor of the Hilton.
In addition to the health issue, travel insurance also protects you from problems with your luggage and flight delays. Your civil liability is also covered. I always add cancellation insurance; a last-minute illness can ruin your vacation, but at least you can get your money back. For being a reader of our travel blog you have a 5% discount on your insurance with MONDO. With this company, you have online medical consultations 24 hours a day.
What Documentation Do I Need For My Trip?
Every country is different. Going to Poland is not the same as going on a tour of the center of Africa. The best thing is that you consult what you need in each nation according to the indications of the Ministry of Health. And after that, you register in the traveler registry of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The latter is very useful to receive alerts if any problem occurs in the destination country, and for them to have proof that you are traveling there in case an emergency arises.
I just told you about the USA. There you need yes or yes to get the ESTA and bring a copy in case they request it. Although in many countries of the European Union only the DNI is needed, I always travel with a passport. We also carry the family book in our documentation portfolio. What other cards do we include? The health ones —those of all the members of the family—, the DNI and the driving licenses from Spain, and the international ones —depending on the places: they will ask you for one or the other—.If you have a student or pensioner in the family, bring a document that proves it: you can be pleasantly surprised when you enter many museums and attractions.
What Are The Essential Applications For A Traveler
We have gone from traveling with a cell phone that was only used to call —and sometimes not even that because making a conference from abroad cost you “an arm and a leg”—, to having a real miniature computer in our pants pocket that It is used to plan our vacations and carry out all the procedures during them. These are our must-have mobile apps when traveling:
- Google Maps. We use it when we go on the road and also in the cities, especially when they are big. It is also very practical for us to look for a restaurant, a gas station or a supermarket.
- Every traveler needs to know what to do the next day; if he is going to be able to go to the beach or needs an “indoor” plan. We like it because it is very detailed by the hour and is usually quite right with its predictions.
- As I have told you before, it helps us to carry all the identification documentation, but also to store —and not have to print— tickets, tickets, hotel reservations…
- QR scanner. After many failed attempts, a virus had to arrive for QR codes to be really useful to us. Now in many places to now know the menu of a restaurant, you need an application that reads them. Remember that if you have an iPhone, the camera is enough.
- Airline company. I always download the app of the airline I fly with. This makes it very easy for me to board from there, I don’t have to print anything and I quickly find out if there is any delay or incident.
In Which Countries Do I Need A Visa?
I have already told you that there are places where you need special documentation. As is the case in the United States with the ESTA, which you must request and have approved in order to travel to the USA or take a flight there with a stopover. In Canada and Mexico, you also need to fill out some forms to be able to enter the country.
But in addition to these destinations, there are a few other nations in which a passport will not be enough. So that you don’t get scared and can plan in advance,
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