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If you a planning for a trip, chances are you’ve been thinking about it for a while. You’ve been imagining yourself on some Island, sipping a glass of iced mojito. Or you have a wanderlust to see other countries outside your current home. And whenever you think about this, the whole planning process cuts you short because you do not know what to do. First, take a mental pause and then continue reading this post.

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1. What Kind of Experience Do you Seek?

Even if you are a first time traveler, there’s definitely a type of adventure you seek when you are planning your next trip. Is it sightseeing, safari experience, high rise buildings or just an Island where you can have a private moment? This is going to first inform your decision on what country you should plan to go to after making your research.

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2. What Time to Visit

The next thing you need to confirm is the best time of the year to visit the country. Every country has its peak season as well as bearable weather conditions. As a tourist, you do not want to visit a country when it’s so cold and you can’t move around. Except of course, you are traveling to experience a snow/cold situation and can bear it.

Aside weather situations, peak seasons usually attract lots of tourists in a particular city, hence, making traveling at that time of the year quite expensive. You may also want to consider when it is safe to visit as well as if the country is safe to visit. As a frequent or first time traveler, you should check Travel Advice and Advisories to help make a decision on how safe a country is.

3. Ensure You Have The Necessary Documents

When planning for your next trip or a new trip, it is very important to confirm you have the right documents needed to travel to the country. You will need to answer questions like:

• Do you have a valid passport?
• Would you require a visa to travel to the country you have decided on?
• Is it a visa on arrival country?
• Do you have all other documents the country will require or how easy will it be to get them?

4. What is Your Budget?

After you must have figured the first two item out, the next thing you want to do is to look at your budget. How much are you willing to spend for the trip and how much do you currently have?

In a situation where you do not have enough but still wish to travel, Vacation Places has helped you plan an easy way yo achieve this. It is called Travel Kolo, and it is designed in such a way to help everyone achieve their travel dream.

If you have done your research on cities you’d love to travel to and when you want to go, you can chat up with an agent from Vacation Places informing them of your impending trip. You can agree on a payment plan to help you achieve this. For more information, you can read about Travel Kolo by clicking this link.

5. Plan Your Itinerary

If you look through our Dubai, Singapore, Mauritius and Turkey posts, you’d find some itinerary you can steal if you plan to visit any of these countries.

You can look up things to do in a country on google or Pinterest for Inspiration or you can ask any of Vacation Places agent to draw up an itinerary for you. This way, it makes it easier for you to know what to look forward to during your trip.