First planning...
- I have a small coil notebook that I use only for travel. In it I have pack list for various trips past trips which is really helpful to review in order to be sure I am not forgetting anything on my current pack list. Also in this notebook are hotel confirmation numbers for reservations, the address and phone number of the hotel. This has been very handy when we were once rerouted due to an accident and would then be arriving late int he evening and I needed to notify the hotel of our late arrival time. It is also wise to print out the hotel confirmation info with the price if you use something like Booking.com. We used that and the hotel we went to was a small one (not a chain) and they tried to charge us more. Thankfully we had the paper because we had read on Tripadvisor that this particular hotel was known for that.
-That brings me to another point. If you are staying in a hotel check it out on Tripadvisor.com. They have reviews from REAL people and alot of them. This has saved us soooo many times from an awful experience!
-If you are driving some distance know where the restrooms will be along your route. Check out a map, google maps etc. It seems like a pointless thing but if you were travelling North where there is not a town every 20 km. You will want to know that you better go in this place as it is a long way until the next opportunity. ~smile~
-If you are going on a holiday to a new place and have time in advance send for a travel guide from that city, state or province. We have done this for many of our trips and were really blessed by the amount of info. local maps, restaurant, attractions etc. listed in there. If time is short or as well you can look up the place online for example www.frankenmuth.org. When we went there we planned all we wanted to do and see through that site.
-Once I gather up all this info. I put it into a folder to take with us, travel guides, printouts, lists I have made etc.
Money Saving...
- Use a booking site to reserve your hotels.
- Bring a picnic on trips to save the cost of buying food on the road. The cost is high and even higher at rest stop restaurants. So easy to get a good large thermal bag (mine is a 31 bag shown in the picture) We usually opt for easy to eat foods like bunwiches and snacks, hard boiled eggs, fruit etc. But we have had bigger picnics before with salads, meats etc.
-While you are looking up trip info. take notice of all the coupons that are usually available for tourists.
- Choose a hotel that offers free breakfast.Most hotels now over a hot breakfast buffet that is quite good. And hey a free meal is a good thing, especially when travelling with men *wink*
Other tips...
-Bring plastic bags to put dirty laundry in. Never put it back in your suitcase. The last thing you need is for all your clean clothes to smell like dirty socks. You also don't want your suitcase to smell like that the next time you go to use it.
- Stop by a Walmart or grocery store to buy snacks and drinks for the room. You will get what you like and not have to waste money in vending machines.
-Leave your home clean and fresh and ready to go when you leave. Do all dishes, tidy up, clean the bathroom, get rid of all food that will spoil and empty all the garbage cans. You do not want to come home to discover someone has tossed a partially eaten sandwich in the living room garbage and now you have a smelly room and little "unwelcome guests" Eeewwww! Praise the Lord that has never happened to me but I can see how it could happen.
I think that is it for now.
Happy Thursday!
Blessings,
Liisa
Relax and enjoy your time away!
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