Where to begin?
You've decided to plan a trip, yay! But now you have a thousand decisions to make... booo!
Where are you going to go? When are the cheapest flights? Where are you going to stay? What should you even pack?
...the list goes on!
Planning a trip is overwhelming, to say the least. That's why I'm here! Let me help you by sharing some awesome resources for planning trips.
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Flights and Transportation
Featured article: Top 10 Tips to Find The Best Flight Deals
RVshare brings RV owners and RV renters together across the United States through their easy to use website. They have all types of RV's including pet-friendly, drivable, and towable RV's. Just type in your starting location and your dates of travel then get searching!
Tour Companies
I love taking tours when I visit a new country, from food tours to walking tours, and of course, adventurous activities. I've found GetYourGuide has the best range of tour companies to choose from, and you can decide based on the reviews. GetYourGuide is easy to book with, and you can cancel most bookings for free up to 24 hours before they start.
If you would like to take a customized, sustainably focused tour in India, check out 6 Degree Adventures.
After a few years in the tourism industry, a good friend of mine, Prasenjit, has started this company.
As I took a tour with him in India in 2015 while he was working with another company, I know his tours will be incredible!
Accommodation
Booking.com connects travelers with the world’s largest selection of accommodation. Everything from apartments, vacation homes, and family-run B&Bs, to 5-star luxury resorts, tree houses, and even igloos. The Booking.com website offers over 28,849,500 total reported listings, and cover 137,663 destinations in 228 countries and territories worldwide.
Every day, more than 1,550,000 room nights are reserved on their platform. So whether traveling for business or leisure, you can instantly book your ideal accommodation quickly and easily with Booking.com – without booking fees and backed by their promise to price match.
Airbnb is an online booking system which connects home owners wanting to rent their homes or a room with travelers who are looking for accommodation.
Click here to get $$ off your first stay!
(This deal may not be around forever, please let me know if there are any changes!)
Workaway.info is a site set up to promote fair exchange, volunteering and work opportunities between budget travellers, language learners or culture seekers who can stay with families, individuals or organizations that are looking for help with a range of varied and interesting activities.
Trip Planning
Travel Insurance
You'd rather not think about all of the things that might go wrong on your trip, but these things can and do happen.
Some of the benefits of being with Good2Go Travel Insurance covers are:
- Cancellation of your trip
- Overseas medical and hospital expenses
- Pre-existing medical conditions
- 24/7 emergency assistance
- Rental vehicle insurance excess
- Travel delay expenses
Finances
TransferWise is the only way I send money to other bank accounts which aren't in the same currency as mine. I used it when buying a car in Canada, to splitting large purchases made with friends. Once it's set up it's easy to use, I recommend watching their instructional video as it took me a while to grasp the concept.
Pretty much, it works by Transferwise making two local transfers instead of one international transfer, avoiding the large fees you would normally get charged by banks.
For example, I may want to pay my Canadian friend CAD$50 as we went halves in some accommodation in Canada. So I transfer money from my Australian account in Australian Dollars to Transferwise's Australian account, then they transfer the equivalent amount using the real exchange rate from their Canadian account to my friend's Canadian bank account in Canadian Dollars. When you make a transfer they will charge a fee which is a fraction of the cost to any other international transfer methods. They show you what the fee will be upfront so you don't need to worry about hidden costs.
This is also a great tool for digital nomads who work in multiple countries as you can create your own personal bank account in Euros, British Pounds, Australian Dollars, Japanese Yen, Canadian Dollars, United States Dollars, and so many more.
Click here to get a free first transfer! *Limits may apply if this promotion is still in place