Traveling on your own - Advantages and disadvantages of organizing your own trip

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There are quite a few people who comment on the blog or write me showing their doubts and fears when it comes to consider taking a trip on your own, versus the alternative of hire him at a travel agency. Many of them are very young people who have not yet had the opportunity to face a long trip on their own.

I've always been a supporter of make trips on my own, but I do not disregard the advantages that tourist agencies also offer us for certain trips or circumstances thereof.

With the goal to help you plan a trip on your own, and from the experiences of my trips, I start a series of notes with tips and recommendations, as well as considerations to take into account when deciding to organize our own trip.

Advantages of organizing a trip by account

  • Must plan the trip in advance on your ownAlthough it takes time, it is very rewarding for many people, including me. Gathering information is a way to start living the trip.
  • On you depends the route to the selection of cities, town, historical places and places to visit, and you select the visits in each site with the only limit that you put on. By doing it on your own, you can prioritize your tastes and preferences.
  • If you want to go inside and visit places that are not very touristyWithout a doubt, the best option is to travel on your own
  • You can hire the shows you want and not only those packaged by an agency.
  • Traveling on your own you can select the hotels according to your preferences and in a way that suits your budgets. In the various online, from the prices you are looking for, you have enough information to choose the hotel you want, from its characteristics, to, very important, the opinions of travelers.
  • You can plan the trip with the time elasticity of visits and displacements that you want, and you can also improvise according to the circumstances that you encounter during the trip.
  • You can hire additional services that you think is more convenient, from a tour guide for a visit, to travel assistance insurance that best suits your needs
  • You have at your disposal the possibility of rent a car for the visits you want, and during the days you need. The car model to rent depends on you, according to your needs and your budget.

Disadvantages of organizing a trip on your own

  • If you do not have enough experience, you are a young traveler, and you are not used to it, you can pay a hazing. So for the first trips on your own, the advice is choose "easy" destinations to organize, like the vast majority of European countries or the United States.
  • Planning a long trip can take a long time, which we must have; although you can also make room for "adventure" and improvisation.
  • You have to organize the route, your own local displacements, and you don't always have enough time or the possibility to get the necessary information to do so; If this happens, we must not be overwhelmed, not everything can be foreseen, and a trip that is too planned may not be enjoyed so much with the danger of becoming an "obligation."
  • In certain destinations or tourist areas you can find difficulties organizing your trip, and in addition, you may have to spend too much time doing the "local procedures" necessary to continue the trip.
  • You can meet real language problems in certain countries, or big differences in local habits and customs. It can even be difficult to understand each other in a restaurant ... English is not spoken everywhere.
  • If you want take guided tours or hire local guides, you have to hire them on your own, and if you do not do it well in advance, it may be impossible at the time of the visit. In addition, it may be common for you not to find a guide in Spanish, although you will almost always have the option of the guide in English

Now I invite other experienced travelers to provide more suggestions, as well as any consideration. And those who do not have much experience, any doubt.

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