Chase That Dish: Trip planning

Tuesday, 8 March 2016

Planning ATrip

Planning trips are the foundations of any good journey. Travel Logistics, country visas, Accommodation, Vaccinations, costs, city attractions, travel highlights, and culinary attractions all need to be compiled together to construct a bad ass plan.
The trip can be categorized into 4 different categories:

Domestic Travel
International travel one city in one Country
International Travel multiple Cities in one Country
International travel Multi Cities & Multiple Countries

You can read more about the 4 categories here.

So the process usually goes in the following 4 stages:

Planning breakdown

Location Analysis

Travel Logistics

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Cost Analysis

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Accommodation Logistics

Similar Travel planning articles of Interest:

Visas and Vaccinations

The quick guide to set you on the right track to know if you need a visa or vaccination for a country.

Frequent Flyer Programs & Points

The lowdown on Frequent Flyer Airline programs

Packing Guide

Packing for Holidays 101

Surviving Vacation Illness

Not a "If" but "when" you get sick, one should read this survival tips.

Types Of Trips

A trip can be categorized into 4 different categories:

Domestic Travel:
This is usually the easiest to plan as you are already in the country and most likely the trip will involve a road trip and/or some internal flights. A classic example here would be a road trip to the Grand Canyon from Las Vegas or a weekend trip in Aspen for skiing.

International travel one city in one Country:
This is a very common scenario for Europe where we like to pack up and disappear to a random European city for the weekend. With cheap flights internally a weekend trip in Barcelona or Paris is quite common.

International Travel multiple Cities in one Country:
This is the optimization of your time to learn & see more of a country. An example of this is my trip to Thailand in 2015 which involved landing in Phuket and moving onto Krabi, Railay bay, Ko Lanta, Ko Nhai, Ko Phi Phi Islands, and finishing the trip back in Phuket where I flew out from.

International travel Multi City Multiple Countries:
This is the next level where you want to see and do everything possible in the region. Classic example of this would be my next trip doing Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam in one long trip. Alternatively this can be made more complex with a round the world trip which I did in 2012/2013 going from Norway > Spain > Peru > Argentina > Uruguay > Australia > New Zealand > Fiji > Singapore > Norway.