To successfully travel the world, how much planning do you need to do? We all have a different relationship with planning – some people live by lists and extensive research and others prefer to go with the flow. I love travel planning, but then you know that from the title of my...
Although the requirements of every trip are different and need specific consideration, there are certain tasks which need to be completed each time, allowing you to follow a similar process when travel planning your trips. Some of the tasks are obvious, but others can get forgotten about...
When planning our first family road trip, I quickly realised that moving around from place to place was a logistical challenge which required some form of management tool. My solution was to set up a basic spreadsheet on EXCEL to help me keep track of locations, accommodation bookings...
Two months to go: What’s left to be done If time has passed since you made the initial bookings for your travel framework, go back, and remind yourself where you go up to and make a list of what still needs to be done so that you can make final plans. Book activities Decide which...
As you head off on your dream trip, with your detailed travel plan in hand, please don’t think that your travel planning work is done. Whilst the hard work might be behind you, there are so many things which can happen on a trip that you need to be prepared for all eventualities and to...
Without over formalising anything, it can be very valuable to review your holiday in terms of how it went and whether it lived up to your expectations. Maybe this is the HR Manager engrained in me but the feedback loop (plan – do – review) doesn’t just need to exist it the office world...