Social Media

Instagram and TikTok introduced us to many new hidden gems over the past year, and you can use them to your advantage. Follow pages dedicated to local tourism that will expose you to amazing new places, and check out the geotags of interesting spots that your friends visited.

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Full Experience

Traveling for hours to see a single attraction doesn’t make much sense, but it will never happen if you do proper research. Check out if there are any interesting places you can explore along the way, and use your day trip to check out several hidden treasures at once.

Locals Know Best

When it comes to discovering lesser-known places of your home country, there are times when even Google doesn’t have all the answers. Once this happens, you can always rely on locals to give you some great advice and suggest amazing spots off the beaten track that you can explore.

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The post Top 3 Tips for Discovering Hidden Treasures of Your Own Country appeared first on Traveler Master.

Finances

Whether they’re your best friend or someone you just met, it’s incredibly crucial that you talk about money and budgeting with this person. If you and your prospective travel partner have a similar budget, then great. If you don’t, it’s important to lay out upfront what you’ll be spending and where. This partnership can still work—just make sure there won’t be any surprises.

Activities

Talk to your friend about the places you want to go and the things you want to do. You might be friends, but in another country, you may find that your agendas are quite different. Again, this is totally fine, as long as you know what you’re in for in the beginning. It’s also important to discuss how either of you would feel if you were separated. If one of you wants to stay together at all times, you should probably let the other one know upfront.

The post The Best Way to Pick a Traveling Partner appeared first on Traveler Master.

Manage Your Expectations

Don’t go into this experience thinking that you’re going to be an expert of this place by the time you’re done. In fact, don’t go into it with any expectations at all. Just be open to having an experience, and allow yourself to enjoy the ride.

Hop-On Hop-Off

Now that you’ve adopted the right mindset, it’s time to make a few plans. You won’t be able to see everything, but you can certainly see a few of the major hotspots in the city. One great way to see a lot of the main spots is by using the Hop-On Hop-Off bus service. It’s essentially a tour bus that gives you full freedom to explore each landmark at your will.

Be a Local

In addition to checking out the main hotspots, we highly recommend that you spend some time not being a tourist. We can’t stress this point enough. Do something that any regular local would do, from riding the train to hitting a bar to just hanging out at a park. This is a great way to just get lost in the city and embrace the city culture into your heart.

The post How to Explore a New City in a Day appeared first on Traveler Master.

Overcoming Fear

If you don’t want to travel alone for reasons that have to do with fear, then that might be all the more reason for you to do it. It’ll be a great opportunity for you to gain more confidence in yourself and overcome that particular hurdle in the process.

Learn More About Yourself

When you travel by yourself, you no longer feel shackled by the pressures of people around you. You can literally be whoever you want—and when you have that freedom, you might just discover new things about yourself.

Connect With The World

Traveling is a great way to connect with the outside world. You meet new people, you explore different cultures, and eat interesting new cuisines. This is obviously something you can do when traveling with others too, but when you do it alone it resonates on a different level.

The post 3 Empowering Reasons to Travel Alone appeared first on Traveler Master.

Baby Steps

There’s no need to travel to another country or a continent to satisfy your sense of wanderlust. A weekend getaway in your home country is a good place to start.

Familiar Places

We’d all like to visit the dream destinations from our bucket list once it’s safe to travel again, but that’s not always possible. Visiting familiar places where you feel at home will make you much more comfortable if you’re feeling anxious about traveling.

Follow the Guidelines

Before embarking on a trip to a foreign country, make sure to familiarize yourself with COVID restrictions that are still in effect, and remember to follow all the safety guidelines even when you’re traveling in your home country.

Don’t Go Alone

Traveling solo is an empowering experience, but it can also be pretty scary. Before giving it a shot, try hitting a road with a friend or two to test the grounds and see how you feel about traveling again.

The post How to Get Back Into Traveling After a Long Break appeared first on Traveler Master.

Pack Photos

A great way to feel connected with home is to bring photographs of your loved ones. This will help you feel that you’re not alone and that they are not so far away.

Develop a Routine

It can be harder to do this if you are on the road all the time, but getting into a routine is a wonderful way of getting habituated to new environments. They offer a sense of control and orientation, wherever you are.

Listen to Your Favorite Music

If you can, try and listen to music from home if the homesick blues start coming your way. This can have a magical effect, transporting you back to your loved ones.

Bring Smells from Home

This could be something like perfume, a candle, or essential oil, something that evokes your home environment.

Potted Plants

Looking after potted plants can be an effective way of staving off homesickness. The act of caring for something else can help you feel calm, relaxed and not alone.

The post How to Feel at Home When You’re Traveling appeared first on Traveler Master.

Start Planning Your Future Trip

The act of researching destinations, hotels, travel routes, and engaging with your travel dreams will help you feel that excitement for your next trip. You can think of this time as perfect for organizing your next trip as the most exciting one yet.

Follow Travel Bloggers

Following travel bloggers will allow you to get your travel fix through them. You can imagine yourself in the locations they talk about and feel yourself in that world.

Make a Scrapbook with Photos from a Past Trip

This will help you relive your favorite moments from past trips. This kind of exercise can evoke the very sounds, smells, and emotions of those times, making you feel as though you’re really there.

Listen to World Music

Listening to music around the world gives you different cultural flavors and helps you feel expansive.

Go on a Local Adventure

Being stuck at home doesn’t have to mean no more adventures. Explore your local environment and try and do something new.

The post 5 Creative Ways to Feel Like You’re Traveling from Home appeared first on Traveler Master.

A number of risky activities can be what gets a traveler ill while on vacation, and it’s important to remember not to do the following things if you want to travel in a responsible and safe way.

Traveling by Bus

If at all possible, traveling by bus is something that should be avoided during the ongoing global pandemic. The lack of ventilation and close quarters in this transportation option makes it a risky choice for travelers, who should try opting for safer methods like flying or driving.

Not Wearing a Mask

No matter where you are, unless it’s a place where you’re alone by yourself or with the members of your traveling party, you should always wear a mask if there’s any chance that you’ll happen upon other people. This keeps both yourself and the population at large safe.

Forgetting to Sanitize

Sanitizing your hands and the environment that you come into contact with should be a priority during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and that doesn’t change when it comes to travel. Use hand sanitizer as much as you can on your hands, and be sure to sanitize and disinfect other things that you touch like your mobile phone and your tray table on a plane.

The post Avoid Making These Mistakes While Traveling During Times of COVID-19 appeared first on Traveler Master.

In general, this is a great opportunity to detach from everything, clear your head, and just have fun.

But along with the obvious benefits of a trip alone, there are a few things to consider before setting out.

First of all, maintain your safety. Even if you are traveling alone, make sure to inform your family or friends by phone or through social media where you are and what is your next destination.

Spend your nights in safe places, and those who have received a high rating online.

Choose places to travel that have good, safe, and reliable public transportation. You will not want to get stuck at night in an unfamiliar place because the bus did not arrive, or the train was late.

And enjoy. Traveling alone is an amazing experience and one that you will remember for a lifetime.

The post Traveling Alone? Here’s What You Need to Know appeared first on Traveler Master.

Self-guided vacations offer more freedom and they’ve been a more popular choice over the past years. Most of us want to explore the life of the locals and try the foods they eat, shop at their local stores, etc. And while finding a beautiful place that isn’t on top-ten lists is definitely awarding, there’s no one right way to travel and nobody can say that this is better than sticking to the proven ways and checking out the main attractions you’ve always wanted to see. Hey, they’re popular for a reason!

Next time someone tries to shame you for wanting to climb the Eiffel Tower when you’re in Paris, don’t let them. Goals like that may be a part of your bucket list and there’s nothing wrong with them, no matter how many people also want to do it. Just because something is popular doesn’t mean it’s bad, even though we’re used to believing that the real gems are hidden from the eye of the public.

Your vacation is your time to rest and do what you love and if visiting only the major tourist attractions brings you joy, then simply do it.

The post It’s Actually Okay to Only Visit Tourist Attractions While Traveling appeared first on Traveler Master.

Social Media

Instagram and TikTok introduced us to many new hidden gems over the past year, and you can use them to your advantage. Follow pages dedicated to local tourism that will expose you to amazing new places, and check out the geotags of interesting spots that your friends visited.

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Taryn’s Travels ♡ (@tarynmamocefai)

Full Experience

Traveling for hours to see a single attraction doesn’t make much sense, but it will never happen if you do proper research. Check out if there are any interesting places you can explore along the way, and use your day trip to check out several hidden treasures at once.

Locals Know Best

When it comes to discovering lesser-known places of your home country, there are times when even Google doesn’t have all the answers. Once this happens, you can always rely on locals to give you some great advice and suggest amazing spots off the beaten track that you can explore.

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Miyu (@miyuberoh)

The post Top 3 Tips for Discovering Hidden Treasures of Your Own Country appeared first on Traveler Master.

Finances

Whether they’re your best friend or someone you just met, it’s incredibly crucial that you talk about money and budgeting with this person. If you and your prospective travel partner have a similar budget, then great. If you don’t, it’s important to lay out upfront what you’ll be spending and where. This partnership can still work—just make sure there won’t be any surprises.

Activities

Talk to your friend about the places you want to go and the things you want to do. You might be friends, but in another country, you may find that your agendas are quite different. Again, this is totally fine, as long as you know what you’re in for in the beginning. It’s also important to discuss how either of you would feel if you were separated. If one of you wants to stay together at all times, you should probably let the other one know upfront.

The post The Best Way to Pick a Traveling Partner appeared first on Traveler Master.

Manage Your Expectations

Don’t go into this experience thinking that you’re going to be an expert of this place by the time you’re done. In fact, don’t go into it with any expectations at all. Just be open to having an experience, and allow yourself to enjoy the ride.

Hop-On Hop-Off

Now that you’ve adopted the right mindset, it’s time to make a few plans. You won’t be able to see everything, but you can certainly see a few of the major hotspots in the city. One great way to see a lot of the main spots is by using the Hop-On Hop-Off bus service. It’s essentially a tour bus that gives you full freedom to explore each landmark at your will.

Be a Local

In addition to checking out the main hotspots, we highly recommend that you spend some time not being a tourist. We can’t stress this point enough. Do something that any regular local would do, from riding the train to hitting a bar to just hanging out at a park. This is a great way to just get lost in the city and embrace the city culture into your heart.

The post How to Explore a New City in a Day appeared first on Traveler Master.

Overcoming Fear

If you don’t want to travel alone for reasons that have to do with fear, then that might be all the more reason for you to do it. It’ll be a great opportunity for you to gain more confidence in yourself and overcome that particular hurdle in the process.

Learn More About Yourself

When you travel by yourself, you no longer feel shackled by the pressures of people around you. You can literally be whoever you want—and when you have that freedom, you might just discover new things about yourself.

Connect With The World

Traveling is a great way to connect with the outside world. You meet new people, you explore different cultures, and eat interesting new cuisines. This is obviously something you can do when traveling with others too, but when you do it alone it resonates on a different level.

The post 3 Empowering Reasons to Travel Alone appeared first on Traveler Master.

Baby Steps

There’s no need to travel to another country or a continent to satisfy your sense of wanderlust. A weekend getaway in your home country is a good place to start.

Familiar Places

We’d all like to visit the dream destinations from our bucket list once it’s safe to travel again, but that’s not always possible. Visiting familiar places where you feel at home will make you much more comfortable if you’re feeling anxious about traveling.

Follow the Guidelines

Before embarking on a trip to a foreign country, make sure to familiarize yourself with COVID restrictions that are still in effect, and remember to follow all the safety guidelines even when you’re traveling in your home country.

Don’t Go Alone

Traveling solo is an empowering experience, but it can also be pretty scary. Before giving it a shot, try hitting a road with a friend or two to test the grounds and see how you feel about traveling again.

The post How to Get Back Into Traveling After a Long Break appeared first on Traveler Master.

Pack Photos

A great way to feel connected with home is to bring photographs of your loved ones. This will help you feel that you’re not alone and that they are not so far away.

Develop a Routine

It can be harder to do this if you are on the road all the time, but getting into a routine is a wonderful way of getting habituated to new environments. They offer a sense of control and orientation, wherever you are.

Listen to Your Favorite Music

If you can, try and listen to music from home if the homesick blues start coming your way. This can have a magical effect, transporting you back to your loved ones.

Bring Smells from Home

This could be something like perfume, a candle, or essential oil, something that evokes your home environment.

Potted Plants

Looking after potted plants can be an effective way of staving off homesickness. The act of caring for something else can help you feel calm, relaxed and not alone.

The post How to Feel at Home When You’re Traveling appeared first on Traveler Master.

Start Planning Your Future Trip

The act of researching destinations, hotels, travel routes, and engaging with your travel dreams will help you feel that excitement for your next trip. You can think of this time as perfect for organizing your next trip as the most exciting one yet.

Follow Travel Bloggers

Following travel bloggers will allow you to get your travel fix through them. You can imagine yourself in the locations they talk about and feel yourself in that world.

Make a Scrapbook with Photos from a Past Trip

This will help you relive your favorite moments from past trips. This kind of exercise can evoke the very sounds, smells, and emotions of those times, making you feel as though you’re really there.

Listen to World Music

Listening to music around the world gives you different cultural flavors and helps you feel expansive.

Go on a Local Adventure

Being stuck at home doesn’t have to mean no more adventures. Explore your local environment and try and do something new.

The post 5 Creative Ways to Feel Like You’re Traveling from Home appeared first on Traveler Master.

A number of risky activities can be what gets a traveler ill while on vacation, and it’s important to remember not to do the following things if you want to travel in a responsible and safe way.

Traveling by Bus

If at all possible, traveling by bus is something that should be avoided during the ongoing global pandemic. The lack of ventilation and close quarters in this transportation option makes it a risky choice for travelers, who should try opting for safer methods like flying or driving.

Not Wearing a Mask

No matter where you are, unless it’s a place where you’re alone by yourself or with the members of your traveling party, you should always wear a mask if there’s any chance that you’ll happen upon other people. This keeps both yourself and the population at large safe.

Forgetting to Sanitize

Sanitizing your hands and the environment that you come into contact with should be a priority during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and that doesn’t change when it comes to travel. Use hand sanitizer as much as you can on your hands, and be sure to sanitize and disinfect other things that you touch like your mobile phone and your tray table on a plane.

The post Avoid Making These Mistakes While Traveling During Times of COVID-19 appeared first on Traveler Master.

In general, this is a great opportunity to detach from everything, clear your head, and just have fun.

But along with the obvious benefits of a trip alone, there are a few things to consider before setting out.

First of all, maintain your safety. Even if you are traveling alone, make sure to inform your family or friends by phone or through social media where you are and what is your next destination.

Spend your nights in safe places, and those who have received a high rating online.

Choose places to travel that have good, safe, and reliable public transportation. You will not want to get stuck at night in an unfamiliar place because the bus did not arrive, or the train was late.

And enjoy. Traveling alone is an amazing experience and one that you will remember for a lifetime.

The post Traveling Alone? Here’s What You Need to Know appeared first on Traveler Master.

Self-guided vacations offer more freedom and they’ve been a more popular choice over the past years. Most of us want to explore the life of the locals and try the foods they eat, shop at their local stores, etc. And while finding a beautiful place that isn’t on top-ten lists is definitely awarding, there’s no one right way to travel and nobody can say that this is better than sticking to the proven ways and checking out the main attractions you’ve always wanted to see. Hey, they’re popular for a reason!

Next time someone tries to shame you for wanting to climb the Eiffel Tower when you’re in Paris, don’t let them. Goals like that may be a part of your bucket list and there’s nothing wrong with them, no matter how many people also want to do it. Just because something is popular doesn’t mean it’s bad, even though we’re used to believing that the real gems are hidden from the eye of the public.

Your vacation is your time to rest and do what you love and if visiting only the major tourist attractions brings you joy, then simply do it.

The post It’s Actually Okay to Only Visit Tourist Attractions While Traveling appeared first on Traveler Master.