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One day, you may find yourself yearning for a travel adventure, while your friends are busy flaunting their glamorous travel photos on Facebook, making lively comments. Does that make you feel utterly disheartened?
The only reason you're not traveling right now might be because you lack money. Instead of moping around about your unrealized dream trip, why not try the following approaches!
1. Watch Inspirational Travel Movies
Don't entirely abandon your travel dreams just because you can't fulfill them right away. Travel your way by watching foreign films, movies about travel, reading books, magazines, travel blogs... These are great ways to temporarily soothe the 'pain' even if it's just for 90 minutes.
Additionally, you can attend film festivals, visit photography exhibitions about travel, or wander around the city streets, exploring cafes that will remind you of another interesting place. Enrich your life with the fascinating things you encounter outside, and you'll feel comforted by the plans for your unfinished travel.
2. Proactively Seek Extra Work to Fund Your Travels
Looking for extra work outside of school or regular hours is the quickest way for you to earn enough money for your dream trip. You could tutor, work at fast food joints, take on projects, sell items online... There are plenty of job opportunities out there for you. If you're healthy and good at managing your time, you could even juggle two or three extra jobs simultaneously. Focus on proving that you're truly determined to make that trip happen.
3. Cut Out Shopping Activities Immediately
Earning money for your trip is important, but you also need to start saving money. If you truly care about something, you'll have to make sacrifices for it. You could set rules for yourself like not buying anything for the next six months, or making your own meals instead of eating out...
4. Mobilize External Resources
You could negotiate with your parents and propose conditions like if you do well or accomplish something, the reward will be a trip. If you have relatives, siblings, or family members working or living in cities or tourist areas, try to 'persuade' them for a trip. Do whatever it takes to achieve your travel dream, even if it means doing things that might be seen as 'exploitative'. The only person to blame if you don't achieve what you want is... yourself, so you have resources right in front of you and there's nothing to be ashamed of in 'exploiting' that.
5. Dive into Planning Your Travel Itinerary
Start hunting for cheap flight tickets right now. Identify the cheapest routes and plan exciting things to do in the city you're heading to. Learn about the weather and attractions there. You can also visit hotel booking websites like Mytour to check room rates, and download travel guides available on websites about famous tourist destinations for more insights. Spend time meticulously planning and saving up enough money, and you can start your journey without any worries.
6. Reminisce About Beautiful Memories of Past Trips
Chatting with family and friends about previous trips you've taken together, reminiscing about the funny and surprising moments from those trips, is like traveling all over again. Commenting on old photos, recalling old emotions, will remind you why you've always been eager for another trip. Sitting back and reminiscing about souvenirs, reliving the best memories of life, will help you get through this time until you can create more beautiful memories.
7. Choose Essential Items for Future Trips
You can add excitement to your upcoming trips through daily shopping. When you go out, buy things you want to use for your dream trips. Pick up cute swimwear if you plan on a beach vacation, buy scarves and winter coats if you're planning a trip to Dalat or Sapa...
8. Expand Your Social Circle
If you have friends who have traveled extensively, friends from abroad, or even those passionate about foreign films, start hanging out with them more. Talk to them about the countries you want to visit, the provinces you haven't been to, and imagine what you would do there. Through such activities, you'll satisfy your wanderlust and turn it into an engaging conversation.
Source: Elitedaily.com
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Reference: Mytour Travel Guide
MytourMay 22, 2014
