How to Spend a Year Travelling
Clarify your goals for long-term travel., Decide where you would like to go.
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Clarify your goals for long-term travel.
Seeing the world may be a lifelong dream.
You might be leaving home for a year to study nature or other cultures.
Your goal might be to travel around the world teaching English or a craft.
Keeping your ultimate goal in mind is important for withstanding some of the discomforts that accompany long-term travel. -
Step 2: Decide where you would like to go.
You might want to drive to every state in the country, visit every country in South America or Europe, or see several continents.
Create a list of your travel destinations.
Be specific about each location.
Break down continents and countries into states/provinces and cities/towns.
Prioritize your list of destinations.
Visit the places that you would most like to visit first.
Traveling to unknown regions carries some health and safety risks.
Prioritizing your list allows you to feel gratified should unexpected obstacles shorten your trip.
Detailed Guide
Seeing the world may be a lifelong dream.
You might be leaving home for a year to study nature or other cultures.
Your goal might be to travel around the world teaching English or a craft.
Keeping your ultimate goal in mind is important for withstanding some of the discomforts that accompany long-term travel.
You might want to drive to every state in the country, visit every country in South America or Europe, or see several continents.
Create a list of your travel destinations.
Be specific about each location.
Break down continents and countries into states/provinces and cities/towns.
Prioritize your list of destinations.
Visit the places that you would most like to visit first.
Traveling to unknown regions carries some health and safety risks.
Prioritizing your list allows you to feel gratified should unexpected obstacles shorten your trip.
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