Like to travel? Want a taste of adventure to parts of the country or to the end of the world? Many who answered "want" "yes" "want". But, many people argue that traveling was expensive and complicated. So they had harbored the desire traveling. When it should be traveling is easy and fun. Each person takes a moment to change the atmosphere and escape from the daily routine.
Actually, it was not only costly traveling. There are many ways for walks cheap. Being a backpacker or a walk backpacker style which is one way to take a stroll cheap. Unfortunately, there are still many people who think so backpacker was complicated because everything has to be taken care of himself.
Why become Backpacker
1. Adventure was fun.
2. More familiar tourist spots and rich experience.
3. Adding a lot of friends.
4. Backpacker it was cheap and easy.
5. The roads become more memorable.
6. Full challenges.
7. Get a lot of life lessons.
True adventurer rather than just relying purely physical, but also the thinking and nerves of steel!
What is the backpacker? Backpacker's touring and adventure with low cost / low. Another opinion states that a backpacker could also mean an international travel independently. Being a backpacker also identified with doing odyssey. Backpacker has now become a trend, especially when people start choosing do-paced adventure alone or traveling with a very low cost. When people have started to realize that traveling will no longer have to be expensive. From here later developed some new terms like flash packing, campervan, etc.
How do backpacker? Given backpacker is independent traveling or traveling alone or in small groups, with a low cost / low, it is necessary for the preparation.
Planning and Management becomes Backpacker
Planning is important and absolutely necessary, because this is the starting point of all the adventures in locations that may have never known a backpacker. Careful planning is not merely provide background locations to be addressed but also the stock of knowledge for dealing with problems that may occur.
The travel planning process include:
- Determining the destination place or country to be addressed.
- Determine what you want to do there: just a street, learn the culture, courses, learning, conferences, shopping, etc.?
- Looking for information about the destination.
- The social, economic and political state or the destination location. Is it safe to travel there?
- Administrative requirements: Passport, need a visa or not, how to take care of the visa, how requirements, travel insurance, currency, licenses, etc.
- Natural conditions: the weather, the season, the distance between the city, availability of transport
- Accommodations: where to stay, how far away from the city, how their living conditions, who owns them (if they have to stay at home person), how far from shopping centers / shops (at least for foraging), language, telecommunication networks, etc.
- Budget: tickets, transportation for backpackers, lodging, meals, daily necessities.
- Source of Funding: how much, where the source.
The information that must be known backpacker
Some of this information can be found on the internet by accessing the place / destination country we are going through google or through wikitravel or some other site. Besides via the Internet, books about traveling like Lonely Planet can be used as a reference, as well as seek information and ask people who never go to the place.
Travel management becomes Backpacker
Travel Management is paramount in travel with a low budget. Limited cost and time required to perform management backpacker on cost, time and needs careful and precise and economical.
Why does this matter, the example of the ticket, the ticket cost can usually be purchased at the time of promotion or far-away days. To get a ticket promo, you must be diligent check the airline website. There are some low budget airlines such as Air Asia, Cebu, Southwest Airlines, Jetstar which often provide promo ticket or a ticket at a cheap price. Sometimes major airlines also do promotions with special prices in certain seasons. To facilitate a good idea to subscribe particular the airlines that regularly send out newsletters. Make it a habit to read the terms and conditions when you are going to buy a ticket. This is important in case you have to postpone the trip or for example the flight was canceled.
Backpacker also takes management time
Time management becomes important especially if you have other activities such as work or school. Planning and good management will provide some ease to travel easy, cheap and convenient. For example, during the school holidays, airfares and accommodation tends to be expensive, but on the contrary at the time of school entry season ticket and accommodation prices tend to go down and become very cheap.
Summer (Summer) usually is not the right time to do the traveling to countries with four seasons, because generally summer is the peak density for traveling activities. On the other hand, the snow season (winter) is also not a good time to visit, although the possibility of cheap fares, for those who are not familiar with cold weather. Likewise, when the country you're headed there is a big tournament like the world cup or Olympic Games. Transportation and accommodations will rise in price. These conditions will have an impact on the cost should you spend.
Backpacker is necessary Itinerary
Itinerary is another thing you should prepare. The itinerary will be organized will make it easy for you in management time and costs. Get used to compile travel schedule or itinerary before you leave. Create a list of places you will visit. If you could try to check the location via maps or access to google map. With good planning schedule, then the travel time and cost you become more efficient. Some of the tourist attractions there is a possibility lies in one location and adjacent. So you do not need to pay extra for transportation.
Default List Backpacker
Management also took note of luggage. Many airlines apply the rules of low price ticket with a note that you are prohibited to carry luggage in the trunk, just quite simply cabin bag or carry-on bag only. So you need to pay attention to this provision, if you still want to travel at a low cost. Management luggage is very useful, especially if you do a lot of traveling by foot. The more weight you default, the heavier the load that must be supported by your body. Determine what will be taken and how many, will be easier for you to travel comfortably. Remember the more you carry luggage the more you should watch. Choose clothes and shoes that are comfortable and do not require special care. Bring personal purposes such as medicine taste. Prepare a padlock and keys on your bag, if you need to stay by way of sharing. Make a list of belongings so neat and avoid the items left behind or confused.
Backpacker also have to control yourself
Management myself well. Many events, people will go crazy and forget the commitment and destination travel. Self-management and commitment to be especially important in managing emotions. Usually for beginners or people who first visit to a certain destination, will lose control when I saw the place and the good stuff. The best way is to discipline yourself to focus on a schedule that was created earlier. We can be flexible with the schedule that we make, but again, if you are too flexible possibilities of what you want to see and do are not met. It could be that you have to pay extra for the trip.
What are prepared Backpacker?
If you are unable to determine where that will be addressed and to obtain sufficient information, it's time to make travel arrangements, including buying tickets, taking care of the purposes of licensing and arrange travel schedule. Make sure everything is arranged in a neat and fulfill what you want to do and see. Take care of everything yourself will be cheaper than using the services of others. Preparing a list of belongings. It sounds funny if we have to draw up the luggage, but if you do, this list will help you keep an eye on your luggage during the trip.
Start looking for info rate hotels or cheap lodging in hostelbookers or hostelworld. That's generally dormitory rooms, rooming rollicking, can be air-conditioned 6 to 10 people in one room. We paid per bed / night. If staying at the dormitory room, preferably at bedtime, valuables, gadgets etc. are stored in a safe deposit box. Usually we requested bail deposit box, and the money will be returned when we checked out of the hostel.
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