Don't buy a sofa. Travel.

So we've finally arrived to the last step of planning your journey: finding and selecting what activities  to occupy your time with at your chosen destination. My first advice is to figure out if you want your program to be more leisurely, more up-beat or somewhere in-between. It’s always good to see and do as many things as possible, but it’s important to consider your budget and your usual pace. Lovely beach in Nice Tip № 1 this time is to find a good guidebook and read the whole thing. Yes, they are long, and they could be boring, but it’s worth it. Lonely Planet publish amazing travel guide books that have helped my family plan many trips so far. Watching Dominicans polish Larimar (stone found only in the Dominican Republic) and turn it into jewelry. Tip №2 is if you have specific questions, go back to those forums that I talked to you about in one of my previous blog posts! Not only will you get the answer you need but you may also find more useful ...

Of course, after you’ve bought all your tickets, the next logical step is to book accommodation. However, before you go forward with this step, it’s advisable to do a more detailed research on the city you’re staying in. So, don’t just book the nicest cheap place you can find. Find out where the airport is and how to get from there to the city center or a hot spot for public transport. Research all the places you want to visit, what buses, trams or trains go there and where else they go.  If you’ve planned to visit another city that is farther away, find out how to get there and where the train/bus station is. Basically Tip № 1 is, aside from comfort, what you should look for is convenience. Whether it’s more convenient for you to be close to the city center or where there is more landmarks and cultural heritage sights, or whether you need to be close to a train/bus station for easier transportation to other destinations. For example: when my family was in London, we...