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How to plan a trip
Planning a trip can be difficult sometimes. I’ve been successfully planning trips for about 10 years, and even I run into road blocks and complications. In my book How to be Your Own Travel Agent, I discuss some of my best tips and tricks for trip-planning.
7 tips for cooking at your vacation home
One of the benefits of renting a home with a kitchen is that you don’t have to eat out for every meal. You can make meals at your home rental, which will save you a lot of money. That being said, there are things to consider. Here are some tips to maximize your use of a “vacation kitchen.”
Still my favorite hotel-booking site
Back in 2015, I posted that two of my favorite accommodating-booking sites were Airbnb and Booking.com. I still use both of these regularly, and in particular, I still love Booking.com for hotels and bnbs. And no, I’m not being paid to say this, I just really like their website for a number of reasons. I mean, they should pay me, because I’m constantly promoting them!
Vacation anticipation: the best part of the trip
Going on the trip is the fun part, right? Well, I would also argue that planning the trip can be just as much fun. In fact, I read a New York Times article a few years ago that always stuck with me. It’s based on a study they did in the Netherlands on the effects vacations, and vacation planning, had on peoples’ happiness. Their findings revealed that the most vacation happiness came from what they called “vacation anticipation.” Vacation anticipation is just as it sounds: the excitement of actually going on the trip.
After the vacation, even if they were truly relaxed on the trip, their happiness levels resumed to a baseline happiness after about two weeks. This means that the actual anticipation of the trip was bringing more happiness than after they got home! Their recommendation after these findings was to plan small trips throughout the year, instead of just one large one, to increase your vacation anticipation happiness year-round! (You can read the whole article here. If you really want to read the entire science report, here’s the actual study.)
