SHORT TRIPS VERSUS LONG TRIPS

Short Trips versus Long Trips by Burton Jones

If you travel a lot, one of the issues you will run into is how long to go for? The difference between short trips and long treks are massive.
Short Trips versus Long Trips
For the purposes of this article, I think it is wise to define the difference between short and long trips. A short trips is a jaunt where you get to experience a few days or weeks away from your life. A long trip is a total immersion in the destinations in question. In this case, I am talking about renting a real place to live or actually cooking for yourself. Another way of looking at it is whether you have to put the stuff from your home in storage! If you do, you are on a long trip.
Most of us take short trips. Life gets busy from family issues to working for someone else. The advantage of a short trip is it tends to be an immediate escape with a minimum of fuss. You figure out what you can afford, where you want to go and make the bookings. The major issue is usually only money.
I have taken many short trips and enjoyed them all. I rarely do so anymore, however. The reason has to do with the fact I just don't like the see and dash approach. I've seen enough museums, churches, buildings, parades, beaches and so on. These days, I prefer to take the long trip where you come face to face with living in another culture.
The advantage of taking a long trip of three or more months is you tend to get a real feel for locations. Instead of feeling like a cow being herded along the tourist trail, you can plop down and meet the locals. Frankly, they are far more interesting than any church or museum. Well, usually!
While everyone probably thinks a long trip sounds at least enticing, the sad fact is they are hard to put together. Time and money tend to be the biggest problems. Simply put, where do you find them? Most companies are unwilling to let you take a sabbatical for six months, and they certainly aren't going to pay you while you are gone! The only answer seems to be to save up a nice stash of cash and become self-employed. There isn't a lot of security in it, but you can get out and go...
Taking a lengthy trip abroad is something a highly recommend you do at least once in your life. Whether it is tomorrow or when you retire, you will not regret doing so.
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Sifting Through Australian Tourism Information The Easy Way

Sifting Through Australian Tourism Information The Easy Way by IPRWire Staff Writer
Australian tourism is a big business. Whether you contact your travel agent for help planning a trip or you get online, you will see that there is a wealth of information and websites pertaining to this topic. It can be hard to differentiate between what is good information and what is not. Most travelers also find it very difficult to ascertain what is a good deal and what is not. With so much information out there, what do you do? Do you put your trip in the hands of a travel agent and hope they book the right kind of vacation for you, or do you find an all in one resource that can simplify the process for you?
Most people spend hours learning about Australian tourism and where they would most like to spend their time. This information can come from the Internet, Australia guide books, and personal accounts from friends and family, as well as pamphlets from activities in the areas that you are interested in visiting. The research into your trip takes as much time as your trip probably will, and this does not even take into consideration how much time you will need to spend booking all of the right reservations for airfare, car rentals, lodging, and any guided tours. This is a great way to learn all you can about Australia, but it can be very time consuming and often people find that it takes too long because they would like to get started on their vacation.
The Internet is a great way to expedite the process, because you can find just about anything online. If you have found the one area of the country that you would like to go to, you can start researching different activities and sights in that area. You will need to spend a lot of time visiting individual websites that may or may not link back to one another, so you should always be taking note of where you find information so you can get back there, if needed. Again, the process will take a little while, but when you research online it is usually easier. Australian tourism is a huge subject, so you can spend a lot of time sifting through a mixture of both good and useless information.
If you want to streamline the experience, you can! This website is really easy to use and only gives you the most relevant search results, no matter what you are looking for. Unlike a typical search engine, all of the results are truly geared to what you are looking for so you don't have to spend time sifting through one irrelevant website after another. Use this website to book the vacation of your dreams in a very short time instead of simply learning things that you may not need to know about Australian tourism.
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How To Travel The World For Free!

How To Travel The World For Free! by Tuks Engineer
It sounds like a dream doesn't it? Hopping onto a plane and taking a flight to the destination of your choice. Imagine collecting your flight tickets to New York, London, Goa - or wherever takes your fancy - and not having to pay a cent for them.
For a few people, this dream is actually a reality. How? Simply put they have discovered a little travel secret - namely that a lot of companies will actually pay the travel expenses for you to oversee their package or document from one country to another. Now this may bring to mind images of having to smuggle a microfilm past some dodgy russian customs ala James Bond, but the reality is nowhere near as exciting or dangerous - which is great news for the budget traveller. The even better news is that with a little know how, any adult can act as a courier and score free and deeply discounted flight tickets to the destination of their choice.
It's completely legal and can save you thousands in saved airfare every year. Courier companies are continually on the lookout for willing travellers to carry their items overseas. There is nothing sinister about it and nothing is hidden from the authorities - the traveller is paid with a deeply discounted (and sometimes free) air ticket. According to a survey by the Air Courier Association the standard saving that travellers get when they act as a courier is 85% on the normal flight price. There isn't a travel agent in the world that will match such a discount.
So what are your responsibilities as a courier? Well it's as simple as turning up to the airport on time and meeting the courier companys representative at the destination airport. As soon as you walk through the customs area at your destination, your job is over.
What are the drawbacks of this deeply discounted travel? Well for a start you're probably only going to be allowed one carry on bag as your luggage - so learning how to travel light & pack efficiently is essential. It's also important to have some degree of flexibility in terms of when you're able to fly, though usually you can get many flights comfortably in advance. You also need to be at least 18 and obviously have a valid passport.
Assuming you're ok with these drawbacks, you can really fly to just about any destination at incredibly low costs.
Ready to go? The whole world awaits you!
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