Getting Started

What’s your travel style?

How do you decide where to travel to next? Do you spin a globe and go wherever your finger lands? Do you research using books or going online? Do you ask your friends for recommendations? Do you stay at luxurious resorts in well-known destinations or seek out rustic lodgings off the beaten path?

Are you the kind of person who has already created a list of places you hope to visit some day? Or do you find interesting tours or opportunities and go wherever they take you?

And how do you book these trips? Are you a timeshare owner who trades destinations, someone who books for themselves online and looks for a discount? Or are you someone who prefers to book using airline miles and points, trying to stretch your dollars a bit farther?

In terms of choosing where to go, I am a bit of all of the above. Sometimes I stumble on a way to travel to place I vaguely thought I’d like to go to some day, and sometimes I choose the destination first and then try to book everything to fit.

For a long time, my family has had to save up for our vacations, but in the past few years we started relying more on airline, hotel, and credit card points to pay for our travels. This has enabled us to travel both more often and more luxuriously, and it’s become an important part of our trip planning.

I will be covering the best deals we’ve taken advantage of so far, our favorite destinations, and stories of our most enjoyable travel days in future posts, so stay tuned!

And comment down below and tell me what’s your travel style?