My Three Dirty Little Travel Secrets

A lot of travel bloggers are writing about their travel secrets and here’s mine.

Ask and You Shall Receive: I travelled on my own for six months and I figured that if I keep on paying my accommodation by myself I’ll ran out of money fast. I took all the guts that I have and started asking people that I met if they would like to share a room with me. That act saved me a lot of money. Not only do we share rooms, but other costs as well such as transportation cost (taxis, tuktuks etc) and it made travelling more secure because at least you have someone to look after your back even for a short period of time.

I frequently ask the hostel staff as well for discounts and more often than not, I get a discounted price for rooms and other stuff as well.

Ask for a discount, ask for a free stuff, ask for directions, and just ask. There’s no harm in trying so on your next travel, don’t forget to ask and who knows, you might get it.

Stop Over-thinking about Stuff: Our minds are full of future worries and past regrets. The more we think about the future and the past while on the road, the less we get to enjoy the present moment. Stop thinking about those stuff for awhile because you have plenty of time to do so when you get back home.

How could you ever enjoy a nice sunset at the Angkor Wat if your mind is wondering about your pending work stuff. Get those stuff cleared off your head by properly planning an efficient backup system before you leave your country.

Enjoy the present.

Be Spontaneous: Stop planning for some time and let your feet just take you wherever. Most of my memorable experiences weren’t planned at all.

The joy of surprising yourself is immeasurable. And I’ll assure you that the moments that would happen during an unplanned travel decision will last you a lifetime.

How about you? What are your travel secrets?

by Raïssa Bandou. (flickr creative commons attribution)