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Photo Essay: Decision Tree for Planning Your Next Vacation
How much vacation planning do you do? Do your expectations meet the reality of the trip? I’m getting better but I’ve always been a sucker for beautiful pictures of beaches with turquoise blue water. But then I get to a beach and I’m bored after a day and it turns out I only want to be in the sun for at most two hours at a time.
Maybe you just have to know yourself better.
Do you want cold and snow?
Cold and snow at Whistler
Or a hot, sunny, beach experience?
Hot and sunny in Tahiti
Do you love a big hotel?
A big hotel - Photo credit: Gustave Pellerin
Or a more intimate inn?
The Inn at Bay Fortune in PEI
Or perhaps a tent?
Tenting on one of the beautiful beaches found on the West Coast Trail
Do you want a nature filled experience?
A nature walk in a Florida swamp - Photo Credit: Gustave Pellerin
Or do you want to explore a big city?
Busy Streets of Hanoi, Vietnam
Do you want an active holiday? Biking perhaps?
Biking the Burren region of Ireland
Or maybe a hike?
Couple hiking the West Highland Way, Scotland... on a wet day
Have you tried back country skiing?
Back Country Skiing in Colorado
Perhaps you’d rather do wine tastings.
Niagara wine tasting
Do you like to explore the food of the region?
Seal for dinner on the Magdalene Islands
Or maybe you’d like to do nothing but read a good book?
Relaxing with a book
And the one issue that never goes away – money?? How much are you willing to spend?
Cold hard cash
Only you know what best suits your personality. Manage expectations so you’re never disappointed in another trip again.
Leigh McAdam
www.hikebiketravel.com
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Now this is a great post! Pushed a lot of buttons for me.
Camping – yes
Adventure travel – yes
Big Cities – yes
Wine tasting – yes….
Etc
In fact, at all appeals except , maybe, the seal.- That’s a NO
Great post! Glad to have stumbled over your blog/Twitter (via @lovingthebike on Twitter). These photos made me want to take a vacation NOW!
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All of the above!!
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