Around the World Trip Planner
Plan Your Round-the-World Trip
The Recipe for Travel’s Trip Planner offers this one-stop, no-nonsense reference guide to finding the information you want about the people, culture, sites, food and safety concerns of the countries you want to explore from authoritative online sources.
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Inform yourself from a range of perspectives
Exploring your interests in other cultures and travel destinations online can be hugely satisfying and inspirational. At the same time, with an infinite number of travel websites to surf, it is easy to become so mired and distracted that you lose your ability to focus on the essentials, to distinguish myth from truth, and to find opportunities and travel operators that support your desire to travel responsibly and support sustainable tourism.
Make the most of free travel information from reliable sources
The focus here is on free information from sources whose primary concern is to inform, cultivate cultural exchange and stimulate travel and tourism that benefits both the travelers and residents of a destination. If you’re ready to go now, visit the travel resources directory for a selection of all the best in online travel booking options and travel supplies and accessories to suit your needs.
‘Talking’ to people who have been there via online bulletin boards and travel blogs can provide great insight and amusement. You may want to take advantage of the ease and convenience of booking your trip online.
But, before losing yourself in conversation or an endless loop through the hundreds of online ticket booking sites and useless travel links, follow these trip planner tips and have a look at:
- the official tourism offices in the countries you want to explore
- your government office of foreign affairs travel advisories and other sources for safe travel information
- some of the well-established and respected sources for worldwide cultural information and country profiles
Plan your trip and develop your itinerary
Once you’ve taken advantage of the wealth of free and reliable information online to start your travel planning, you can zero in and start developing your itinerary.
