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When I travel:
- I buy the Lonely Planet guide to wherever I am visiting months before I travel.
- I read the entire thing - making notes using colour coded post it notes.
- I buy a travel journal and write down all of the things I want to do.
- I record all of the useful websites I find.
- I make an itineray. I send copies of the itinerary to family (just in case).
- I register on Smart Traveller.
- I make copies of my passport.
- I learn at least the basics of the language of wherever I am visiting.
- I talk to people who have been where I am going and get their recommendations.
- I scour the internet to make sure I won't miss out on anything that is "must-see".
- I record everything I do while traveling in aforementioned travel journal and paste in ticket stubs, lolly wrappers and anything of note.
I have been called crazy because of this. I have been called anal, obsessive, nuts, mad. People always remind me that things don't always go to plan. But I don't totally lose it when that happens. I understand the nature of travelling and the need to be flexible.
So today I would just like to say that I am totally happy with my level of travel organisation. Call it what you will! Today (whilst I am helping my sister not freak out get ready for her first ever overseas trip) I am truly thankful that I am an organised kinda gal.
It has always served me well.
