Planning Your Trip! DIY Style...

I shared with you our Cebu-Bohol Trip and I realized that we planned it for about two weeks without even seeing each other and just communicating through facebook, text messages, and calls. We really thought we would not be able to make it. But still we did, thank God I am jobless... hahaha. It was hard because we decided too late and all the special offers, plane tickets, hotel rooms are passing by without us being able to decide. So for you guys planning to make your own travel itinerary on a shoestring budget and just 2 here’s some tips.

TRIP PLANNING TIPS:

• Plan ahead of time-not just to get special offers, piso fares, room sales, etc. but also to feel at ease
• Have constant communication- like what we did, we never saw each other but always had chats & constant exchanges of text messages
• Search for travel blogs- it’s better to have at least some idea with what to see in the place you’re going and a range for your budget. But then I suggest don’t stick to just one travel blog and copy their entire itinerary, just get idea from it.
• Know your budget limit- Make a range based on the information you have collected
• If there are cheap travel tours TAKE it- know what’s cheap and what’s not by again researching on travel blogs, it might cost more than your usual “do-it-yourself” plan but if you don’t know anyone from the place, don’t know how to communicate, first timer better get a tour guide
• Know some basic sentences of the language/dialect of the place- you will always encounter a problem with communication so be prepared.
• Pack your things wisely- it’s a jargon but hey it’s true NEVER OVER PACK but always have extra underwear and at least an extra bottom. Tops? You could and would probably buy some for souvenir so use those!
• Contact the airline, hotel & tours ahead of time- ask questions if necessary, inform the hotel & tours of your flight details