Long Journey Diary

Some people swear that travelling with no plan other than buying a one way plane ticket is the only way to travel. But if you’ve landed on this website it’s likely your interested in being a little more organised than that. Like us you like to have a plan, you like to know where you will be resting your head each night, what time the train leaves for your next destination and what are the main  things to see and do  in that destination. To do this you need to build yourself an itinerary. A rough blow by blow that will help ensure your trip goes smoothly and that you make the most of your precious time away. There are many online tools and apps around these days that allow you to put together an itinerary that I’m sure all work great. But today I’m suggesting you use our  Travel Planning Template  which you can get free by subscribing to our newsletter. Our  Travel Planning Template  is an Excel spreadsheet that we’ve been using to effectively plan our travels around the world for seven

Travel is full of major decisions -- like which country to visit, how much to spend, and when to stop waiting and finally make that all-important airfare purchase. But beyond the big picture, it's the little things that can make a trip easier and less stressful. Following are 10 simple but clever tips to smooth the way on your next vacation. 1. Park with your car nose out.  In the rush to catch the parking lot bus, it's easy to leave an interior light on; I'd guess that more travelers I know have had dead batteries at an airport than in any other situation. If you return to your car to find a dead battery, broken windows due to thievery or any other potential problem, you'll want your car to be parked nose out for easier access to the battery, or for an easier hook-up to a tow truck. 2. Leave time to get to economy lots. As airports expand, they need more parking spaces; those spaces are ever more frequently found in parking lots that are off-airport in every respect bu