How I plan my trips and how i find flight links

This is my routine when i’ve to plan a trip somewhere in the world

Organizing a trip in the best way takes time and concentration.

Premise, this is a reductive article on the topic.

The last round trip I organized for the month of September / October took almost 8 hours in total and I have to plan another 2–3 stops around the world.

In 2019 I was supposed to go to a business fair in Düsseldorf and I accidentally took a flight to Weeze, which was 2:40 hours away from my city of interest. When there is a large international airport in the same city… let’s move on.

The primary problem is the departure and arrival times.

If you have to go to a city you’ve never been to, you would opt to arrive during the day instead of at night.
Then we are tempted to arrive at night because of the prices or even early in the morning… the classic first flights of the day at 4 am.

Arriving at 1 am in an unknown city becomes a nightmare.

2. Set a budget

I tend to create a budget and try to stick to it. I allocate 35% to flights and 65% to hotels and experiences booked before departure.
This way I can control spending and how to allocate the fuel of dreams… money (unfortunately).

3. Accommodation

I’m not looking for a $1,000 a night 5-star hotel, because on most of my travels I spend 5–7 hours on my pillow and the remaining 19–17 hours walking around the city. So if I have to spend a lot to sleep on a pillow, I stay at home.
Then of course even when I’ve been to India and Brazil I’ve stayed in hotels for a thousand and one nights, then the level of hygiene and cleanliness cannot be overlooked.

4. Movements

I tend to study the area where my hotel is with google maps days before my trip to know the points of interest around me (hospitals, pharmacies and embassies) better with street view and take cardinal points.
Another fundamental point if you go outside the European Union is to write down the addresses and consulates of your country in your notes and, if possible, stay in that area.

💡 Did you know that?
If you are an EU citizen and you find yourself in trouble in a non-EU country where your state is not represented, you can seek help from any other EU country’s embassy. It is your right as an EU citizen. A right that could one day save your life.

5. Medicines

I always tend to bring meds for fever, headache, tummy ache and diarrhea. A must have are lactic ferments, especially in countries with poor levels of hygiene.

As stated, this is a very reductive and summary article. I will dedicate more specific articles to the travel topic.

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16/08/2023