As i stroll down few travel tip via google, i found this tips by Liz Hund in Talking Point. Be a good traveler, be smart & wise.<\/p>\n
Do read this guys!<\/p>\n
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Here are just a few that we\u2019re adding to our list and think you should consider too.<\/p>\n
While it\u2019s great that travel has increasingly become more accessible thanks to low fares, points and miles \u2014 it also means that many destinations have and will suffer environmentally and culturally due to over-tourism<\/a>. One way to help out with this issue is by making it a priority to be a more sustainable traveler.<\/p>\n Alyssa Ramos aka @mylifesatravelmovie<\/a> shared, \u201cMy New Year\u2019s travel resolutions are to try to do all 100% of my trips to be as eco-friendly and locally sourced as possible, which means saying no to single-use plastics, always using a local tour guide, making sure that you\u2019re only buying handicrafts and things like that. Don\u2019t only go to destinations that are super popular on Instagram. There\u2019s a whole wide world to see and we want to try to reduce over-tourism because of social media.\u201d<\/p>\n Like Ramos touched on, traveling sustainably could mean doing something as little as traveling with a reusable water bottle, to making it a point to contribute to the local economy, to visiting places you don\u2019t<\/em> see all over Instagram. Whatever you decide to do, just think about how your actions will impact wherever you\u2019re visiting both environmentally and culturally.<\/p>\n The good news about this one is that if you\u2019re reading this, it\u2019s probably already on your list. Even if you already consider knowing the basics as enough, make an effort to learn more, because when we say there\u2019s always something new to learn, we mean it. After all, we do have a whole site dedicated to points and miles.<\/p>\n By expanding your knowledge of the points and miles world, the more places you\u2019ll be able to visit without breaking the bank. And who isn\u2019t all for taking the trip of your dreams for virtually free?<\/p>\n This is a resolution I\u2019ve had for about three years now and think everyone should add to their list. You see, the first solo trip I took abroad was to Italy for an exchange. I lived with a family for three months and they really opened up their home, country and culture to me. By the end of the summer, I felt like I had a true feeling for the Italian culture, but I also got bit by the travel bug and wanted to tick more places off my list. In an effort to reach my travel goal of visiting 21 countries by 21, I rushed to visit as many as I could, as fast I could. In my haste, I missed out on truly experiencing the culture of each new place I visited. Ever since then, I\u2019ve made it a point to not just visit a place just to cross it off, but to actually experience it.<\/p>\n And Melissa Panetta aka @melissa<\/a> or @bestvacations<\/a> agrees, \u201c[I want to] experience the culture, do things more like a local rather than a tourist.\u201d She even offered up an awesome tip everyone should tap into in 2020: \u201c\u2026to become a better traveler is that you really want to be a traveler, not a vacationer. So typically what we do is we actually have friends around the world, and we use one degree of separation or two degree of separations to find someone local and go to their house and actually have a family-cooked meal, a home-cooked meal.\u201d<\/p>\n If there\u2019s a trip you\u2019ve been holding back on booking, this is the year to just go ahead and book it \u2014 or at least come up with a solid strategy for how you\u2019re going to do it. Be sure to set a goal date for when you want to take the trip by, and hold yourself accountable.<\/p>\n As Lee Abbamonte aka @leeabbamonte<\/a> says, \u201cWhen it comes to travel, there\u2019s nothing you should do more than travel, because it makes you a better person. It teaches you things that you\u2019ll never learn just reading the internet or just sitting around doing nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n In 2020, try to visit somewhere that hasn\u2019t necessarily been on your radar or your Instagram. It always seems to be the places or things that you didn\u2019t plan on doing that end up being the most pleasantly surprising.<\/p>\n For instance, this past fall I had a birthday trip planned to Charleston, South Carolina that got cancelled last-minute due to Hurricane Dorian. I didn\u2019t want to throw away my planned weekend getaway, so instead I looked for the cheapest flight available for the same dates and stumbled across a low fare to Montr\u00e9al that I was able to use an AA voucher towards<\/a>. My friend met me there and we had one of the most fun trips I\u2019ve ever taken. Not to mention that we were completely blown away by Montr\u00e9al, as we had no expectations.<\/p>\n This past decade was quite the time for travel and we\u2019re sure this new decade will have even more in store. Between becoming a more sustainable traveler, visiting somewhere new and continuing to increase your points and miles knowledge, the opportunities for becoming a better traveler are endless. These are just five resolutions to get you started, but we\u2019d love to hear what\u2019s on your list for 2020 in comments below.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As i stroll down few travel tip via google, i found this tips by Liz Hund in Talking Point. Be a good traveler, be smart & wise. 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3. Travel deeper<\/h2>\n
4. Just book it<\/h2>\n
5. Travel somewhere new<\/h2>\n
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Credit to: https:\/\/thepointsguy.com\/news\/5-travel-resolutions-to-make-you-a-better-traveler-in-2020\/<\/h6>\n