Make 2012 your best travel year yet with our top 10 travel resolutions! From challenging stereotypes and learning personally from the locals, to sharing your passions and making a positive impact – our top tips are guaranteed to bring you a year filled with unique, rewarding adventures every time you travel.
1. Follow your passions
Whatever it is that you love doing – from fishing to biking, vintage shopping to bar hopping – follow your passions away from home and make every trip you take in 2012 as individual as you are.
2. Go beyond your comfort zone
The only limits to the adventures we have in life are the ones we put on them, so why not make 2012 the year you ‘seize the day’?! Climb that mountain, take on the jungle, set off on that solo expedition – whatever travel challenge it is you’ve been dreaming of, it’s time to put mind over matter and go for it!
3. Journey beyond the stereotypes
Think you’ve seen all that Spain has to offer? Believe all you’ve read about Egypt? Don’t be swayed by media hype, guidebooks or middle-men – explore what lies beneath the surface of destinations new or old personally and draw your own conclusions.
All travel experiences on tripbod.com are completely independent, created and offered personally by trusted local individuals – a good place to start to get the genuine low-down on any destination.
4. Learn a new skill
From photography to cookery, skiing to foraging – whatever skills you’ve been meaning to pick up on your travels, learning adventures are all the rage, and with such a great range now on offer, there’s never been a better time to get on the band-wagon.
Great friend of tripbod.com Vanessa owns the renowned learning adventures company Go Learn To which offers a fantastic selection of learning holidays worldwide. Or, for a more intimate experience, search the learning activities on offer by Tripbods around the world and get a personal helping hand from a skilled, like-minded local.
5. Make new friends
Travel is all about forging meaningful connections with new people, cultures and places, but in particular it’s the people we meet along the way that we continue to remember long after our photographs fade – this is the very essence of tripbod.com.
Join our community and fill 2012 with new friends from around the world! tripbod.com gives you a genuine personal connection with a local every time you travel, so who knows, your greatest friendship yet may be just a few clicks away!
6. Explore more of what’s on your doorstep
It’s easy to feel that there’s nowhere left on earth to explore, yet we often have no idea what’s on our doorstep. Mind-broadening experiences await when we connect with people who can shed some light on previously hidden paths so why not try exploring your local area from new angles.
Experiences on tripbod.com are for independent explorers everywhere, however close to home they may be – search what’s on offer by a Tripbod near you to try something a little different.
7. Stay one step ahead of the crowds
Avoid ‘gotchas’, rip-offs and time-wasting turmoil on your travels in 2012 with personal travel help from Tripbod locals directly in the know. A little forward-planning using a passionate independent Tripbod can fast-track your way to authentic local experiences beyond the tourist trail and ensure you do what you want, not what the guidebook says.
8. Leave a positive footprint
Wherever we travel we aim to tread lightly so that one day we can return to enjoy it all over again. Go local this year and help ensure that tourism works for the people who live permanently in the destinations that you visit briefly.
Booking accommodation, transport and activities directly with local businesses is one way of doing this; another is to listen to the people behind the places on tripbod.com and ask for their personal advice on how to make a positive impact.
9. Smell ALL the roses along the way
Take your time travelling in 2012 – go overland, order another coffee, chat to the locals in the plaza – and remember, even mishaps and wrong-turns can lead to truly memorable travel adventures when we’re prepared to go with the flow.
For a head-start, plan your trip in advance directly with a local Tripbod on tripbod.com, leaving you maximum time for hassle-free enjoyment when you arrive!
10. Share your experiences
Everyone loves a great travel story, but sharing it is even better! Take friends and family along with you for the ride in 2012 and you’ll be reliving your favourite travel moments together for years to come. The only hard part is deciding who to take away with you first!
