Holidays to get away from

What do holidays mean to you?

Get away from where you are?

Or go to somewhere you want to be?

It’s like that old saying half full or half empty. How you fell about yourself at that time.

Looking forward is good as you can make it what you want, looking back you can’t do anything about it as it has gone.

Whether it was good or bad you cannot change the event but you can change how you feel about it.

Ok so something didn’t turn out the way it should have you were shall we say disappointed.

It wasn’t what you really wanted to happen, something got spilt or broken but can you learn anything from that event?

If it wasn’t too good what can you do make sure next time it would be different?

Take the travel arrangements you feel you paid too much, how could you save money next time?

Try checking out the “bucket shops” or book early and get early discounts, plan ahead and do research on line with different air companies.

OK some of the cheap flights may be in the middle of the night but if you’re excited about where you want to be you’ll get there earlier and travel without all the “rush-hour” people who are going to work.

If you think harder you’ll also save a night’s accommodation as well.

We spent four hours in bus out of Toronto heading for Niagara Falls once stuck in traffic but who cared we caught up on our sleep.

One area not to save time is driving overnight or for long stretches, it just is not worth it.

Plan ahead and set targets for frequent stops and enjoy the journey.

Sharing the driving is ok but make sure that at least two people are awake all of the time and one of them is driving.

Another good idea is to check out the seasonal weather and avoid the really hot weather and the iffy rainy times.

One area not to risk is travel insurance, it’s not really a lot when you consider the alternative, being stranded somewhere with a medical condition.

If you’re not up to doing all of the planning and travel arrangements, why have the hassle? Get someone else to do the organising for you.

We’ve done this loads of times and let the agent organize the pickup and drop offs met and greets and all we had to do was get ready and read the itinerary.

A holiday is what you want to make to make it, pioneer or pamper it’s up to you what experience do you want have?