Originally posted on December 25, 2016 @ 9:09 am
The life of a traveler is a life of ease, right? Or was it that the life of the traveler is a life of hardship? Either way, when it comes to traveling, success or failure is going to come down to how well you pay attention to options and details.
And these options and details can concern everything from financing your car to buying a ticket for a plane, from scheduling buses and trains to prepping your bicycle for the ride of a lifetime, to even buying the perfect shoes when it’s time to walk those final miles in the sun.
Financing For Cars
If you plan on doing much traveling by personal vehicle, then it makes sense to get your ducks in a row when it comes to the money aspect of the arrangement. This means getting good financing on your car if you can’t pay for it outright, and making sure that you get a vehicle that isn’t going to break down on your journey. They don’t have to look nice, but they have to run well; that’s the difference between a smart decision and an egotistical one.
Tickets For Planes
Do you know the cheapest way to get plane tickets? The methodologies change every once in awhile, but the point is to look them up every time you have to fly the friendly skies. You can get intense discounts from all sorts of different places, and you can always research the best days to buy tickets or the best places to buy them from. The more you know about getting those extra few dollars off per flight, the more times you’ll be able to fly.
Schedules For Buses and Trains
Because buses and trains aren’t quite as popular in terms of transportation value anymore, you have to be a little bit smarter about getting from point A to point B these days. By looking up train schedules in advance, you can find out what major hubs go to the places that you want, and organize your trip around those major factors, cutting down on costs along the way.
Prepping Your Bicycle
Sometimes travel is more of a manual concept. No engines. No turbines. No gasoline. Just pure muscle power. And if that’s your gig, think about the preparations that you have to put into a bicycle before a long journey. A comfortable seat. New wheels. Brakes that work. Once again – details, details, details, and options, options, options.
Buy the Perfect Shoes
And some of your are going to travel by foot. You’re going to hike the mountains. Travel the trails. Hit the city, heel to toe, heel to toe. And for that final kind of adventure, you want to make absolutely sure that you buy the perfect shoes (and break them in) before it comes time to pull up the tent stakes.