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#ExploreBees Travel Tips

People travel to transform, to add excitement to their lives, and to have a great adventure. So let's learn a few tips to make the most of your travels. Check out these tips for travel and start planning your own vacation today!

Tips to travel

People travel to transform, to add excitement to their lives, and to have a great adventure. So let's learn a few tips to make the most of your travels. Check out these tips for travel and start planning your own vacation today!

Be Flexible
Be Flexible

Plan for delays and try not to get upset when things inevitably go wrong. Patience is extremely important when traveling!

Make a List
Make a List

About a week or so before each trip, make a mental list of items that you don’t want to forget.

Learn Common Phrases of the Local Language
Learn Common Phrases of the Local Language

A simple “Please,” “Thank you,” and “I’m sorry” in the local language goes a long way.

Don’t Forget an Extra Camera Battery (or Two)
Don’t Forget an Extra Camera Battery (or Two)

Have you ever gotten to that epic sunset photo spot and realized your camera battery is dead and you don’t have a back up? So carry atleast extra camera batteries on all your trips so that you don’t miss out on that perfect shot.

Always Bring a Sarong
Always Bring a Sarong

Sarongs can be used as a wrap when you are cold, a towel, a curtain, or a piece of clothing that can be worn dozens of different ways.

Always Buy Travel Insurance
Always Buy Travel Insurance

A medical emergency can wipe out your savings — or even worse. So, do buy travel insurance.

Make Photocopies of Important Documents
Make Photocopies of Important Documents

It's always good habit to keep photocopies of certain important documents so that photocopies can be presented if originals are misplaced or lost.

Pre-plan Your Outfits
Pre-plan Your Outfits

Before going to travel , plan your dresses what to wear , which suits more for you , comfortable to you and weather too. Thus you can snaps of your favorite and well dressed pictures that are great memories instaed of same black and grey clothes.

Pack essentials in Carry-on
Pack essentials in Carry-on

A few important items should always go in your carry-on. A swimsuit is also a good idea if you are going on a beach vacation. You can buy most of these things if your bag gets lost, but having them in your carry-on will save you money and time if your luggage gets lost in transit.

Enquire about the price BEFORE You Take Public Transportation
Enquire about the price BEFORE You Take Public Transportation

It’s a good idea to ask about the price before you hop on a bus, guagua, or other form of public transportation.

Stay Hydrated on Planes
Stay Hydrated on Planes

It’s fun to get drunk at 30,000 feet, but it’s also much easier to get dehydrated. Staying hydrated — especially on long-haul flights — makes it easier to get over jet lag too.

Put Your Room Number & Hotel Address in Your Phone
Put Your Room Number & Hotel Address in Your Phone

Are you the only one who can’t remember my hotel room number?? There has to be others out there like you.

Ask The Locals
Ask The Locals

You can ask the locals to point to the best restaurants, awesome spots to watch the sunset, the best coffee shops, etc. Doing so,you may lead to some interesting restaurants that wouldn’t have been first choice.

Beware of Free Public WIFI
Beware of Free Public WIFI

We should always try to avoid logging into bank accounts or entering any passwords while using free public WIFI at a place like an airport or any unknown or unauthorized locations.

Alert Your Bank and Credit Card Company of Your Travel Plans
Alert Your Bank and Credit Card Company of Your Travel Plans

This is a great habit to get into if you don’t want your credit card company or bank to put a hold on your card while you are overseas.

Wear Sunscreen
Wear Sunscreen

Carry face moisturizer that has SPF. This is just something we do have, but it’s especially important while traveling.

Keep an Open Mind
Keep an Open Mind

Don’t judge other customs. You are a visitor. Be respectful.

Leave Room for Spontaneity
Leave Room for Spontaneity

Don’t plan your entire itinerary ahead of time. It’s tempting, interesting, but those unplanned moments while traveling can be the best memories.

Separate Your Personal Items
Separate Your Personal Items

People often mix up personal items into each checked bag. This creates messy when accessing each individuals personal items, hence its preferrred to separate the personal tems.

Travel First Aid Kit
Travel First Aid Kit

Always pack up a small first aid kit with aspirin, Benedryl, cold meds, Tums, cough drops, bandages, Activated Charcoal pills (these are a life saver for traveler’s diarrhea and minor allergic reactions), Neosporin, and other things that may not always have easy access to when traveling.

Space saver bags
Space saver bags

You throw your clothes in, seal the bag, then roll it up to push out all the air. It can literally fit twice as many clothes in backpack.Even if you don’t want to carry more things in your bag, it frees up so much space that if you need to pack in a hurry, you can just chuck everything in.

Use a VPN
Use a VPN

You’ll be connecting to a whole range of unsecured Wi-Fi networks on your trip, so you need to use a VPN to protect yourself from hackers, malware, and all that good stuff. It’ll also allow you to change your location so you can watch your favorite TV shows online!

Don’t change your currency at the airport
Don’t change your currency at the airport

That’s where you’ll get the worst exchange rates.

Get your phone unlocked before you leave
Get your phone unlocked before you leave

With an unlocked phone, you’ll be able to buy local SIM cards and access cheap data as you travel. Cheap data means getting to use Google Maps when you’re lost, being able to Snapchat your way around a city, and being easily contactable by your new friends.

Scan your important documents and email them to yourself
Scan your important documents and email them to yourself

Scan a copy of your passport, any visas, and any debit/credit cards you’re traveling with. Password protect the documents and email a copy of them to yourself and to a family member. If everything you own gets stolen, you can access them safely from your email account, take your copies to your embassy as proof that you’re who you say you are. Plus, you’ll be able to buy flights home and pay for accommodation with your debit cards to keep traveling/go home in an emergency.

Download Maps for offline navigation
Download Maps for offline navigation

Don’t have data? You can download the entire country or city or state maps through Google Maps and get walking directions for anywhere you need to go.

Be polite and smile often
Be polite and smile often

You’ll be more approachable, you’ll find it easier to make travel friends, and the locals will warm to you. Being rude and looking grumpy will bring nothing good your way.

Mark your luggage so it stands out
Mark your luggage so it stands out

You don’t want to accidentally take someone else’s luggage or have someone run off with yours at the baggage reclaim. Stick some stickers on it, put some duct tap along one side, tie some ribbons to the handle — make sure it stands out from a sea of similar backpacks!

A power strip will make charging easy
A power strip will make charging easy

It’s still common to turn up to a dorm room and find you only have a couple of power sockets to share between eight laptop-toting backpackers. Bring a power strip to ensure you can charge what you need to while allowing everyone else to charge their tech, too.

Practice packing before you leave
Practice packing before you leave

Have several trial packing runs before you head off to get the hang of fitting everything into your bag. It’ll help make finding things easier, because unpacking your entire backpack to find something every few days gets old fast.

Track your spending
Track your spending

It’s annoying and time-consuming, but you’ll be better off financially if you’re aware of how much money you’re getting through and how it compares to the amount you budgeted for. You can make adjustments if you’re spending too much or allow yourself a small treat if you’re doing better than planned.

Ask permission when taking photos
Ask permission when taking photos

How would you feel if some random tourist turned up at your house or work and started taking photos of you? Ask for someone’s permission before you start taking photos of them — it’s the polite and respectful thing to do.

Do’s & Don’ts

Protect yourself

The best thing you can do now is plan for how you can adapt your daily routine. Take few steps to protect yourself as Clean your hands often, Avoid close contact, Cover coughs and sneezes, clean daily used surfaces etc. The best way to prevent illness is to avoid being exposed to this virus.

do's and don'ts
Don’t carry too much cash
Don’t carry too much cash
Beware of strangers
Beware of strangers
Don't Lose your temper.
Don't Lose your temper.
Try local food.
Try local food.
Explore local culture
Explore local culture
follow the rules and regulations
Follow the rules and regulations