Planning and Booking Trips – Episode 221 of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast

For many people, planning a trip is almost as much as actually going on it – although I’m more a “researcher” in the sense of learning about culture and history than delving deeply into timetables and bookings myself, but I think I’m in the minority!

As I sit here in Perth unable to take a planned trip to Sydney (thanks border closure – but I know, we’re lucky to be in such a safe place), it seems that kicking of 2021 talking about planning a trip seems like a safe move. We can always be planning, even if it’s for a future trip at an as yet undetermined date!

Show notes: Episode 221 of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast

Planning and Booking Trips

Your style of planning and booking trips is likely, it seems, to fall into one of two categories: a detailed planner (sometimes, incredibly, almost over-the-top detailed – in my humble opinion!) or a more spontaneous, make a few arrangements and then just see what happens. 

In Episode 221 of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast I speak with two travellers who are very dedicated to the detailed planning version, and since my nature is of the opposite type, I find it fascinating to hear what they have to say.

First up, Bob Dimenna describes his kind of planning and research and there are ideas that have literally never occurred to me amongst Bob’s gems. Next, I speak with Karen Emanuel, a self-confessed meticulous planner, who does admit to a couple of down sides to this tendency.

And finally, since we’re talking booking, I include a section from my recent chat with Nissy Astassi of Expedia, and she gives me a couple of useful booking tips.

Links:

• Poll on planning or being spontaneous to travel
• Episode 128 – Travelling Planning & Research
• Bob DiMenna from The Travelers Blueprint podcast
• Karen Emanuel of Jicaro Island Lodge in Nicaragua
• Nissy Atassi at Expedia 
• Join our Facebook group for Thoughtful Travellers
• Follow me at Instagram – @amandakendle

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