Travel TIPS !
The first question is always, where are we going? The answer depends on several factors, time, money, etc. Here is my advice and my way of answering the question!
1. Do you know your country well? Many are looking for a "cultural change". If you live in a city, visiting the most rural part of your country and sleeping in people's hostels. I can assure you that the cultural and gastronomic shock is real ! The simple fact of getting close to villages or nature, completely changes the way of life, discovering different customs and tasty food!
2. Do you want to go far? Always be informed on three points:
current policy, the state of health, and the moment of climate events.
Useful websites are:
https://www.partir.com/ou-partir/
3. You have only a few days? I know it is very tempting, but I assure you that seeing several cities in a few days is the same as not seeing any. Give preference to an area with time to see the famous places and another time to learn their secrets.
Usually if I have five days in a city I organize it in the following way (according to the size of the city)
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1/2 days to visit the "known tourist attractions"
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1/2 day to discover the hidden places
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2 days to visit all the country/nature places around the city
4. Do you want to know more about a country? Enjoy the multitude of blogs that exist now!! There is nothing better than the advice of people like YOU
5. How much money? Everyone has their own way of traveling but personally I prefer to spend more money on varied activities than on accommodation and luxury (I'll tell you quickly that luxury customs are the same in many cultures, so pleasure becomes quite neutral). The question how to travel cheaply? will come up in my next post!
And most importantly: let your imagination run WILD !
Sizes of the Planet - Travel Tips : Topic 2 HOW TO PLAN EASILY?
Planning everything before? not too much…. but just a little bit anyway!
Organizing a trip raises many questions: Where to go? When to leave? What is the budget? How long will it take? Which itinerary to choose? You quickly end up getting lost in google tabs, books, and papers. Here I give you a quick and easy solution that I use every time!
LINK: https://planificateur.a-contresens.net/
The A-contresens planner has all the answers.
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Save time in your preparation to get the most out of it!
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Draw in an easy way all your itineraries in the interactive map with different transports!
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Its database aggregates millions of information from a hundred data sources
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View briefly the formalities, weather, security, budget, visas... of countries around the world.
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Find out where to go according to your budget and/or the seasons.
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It's a FREE and collaborative site that improves and learns from user contributions.
And my little extra: download MAPS.ME on your mobile phone, much more useful than google maps. A GPS usable without internet connection and a lot of recommendations left by users in all the continents. For a good use, think to download before traveling the maps of your destination =)
