Get ready to travel

Arranging an overseas trip or working holiday are increasingly popular travel options. As well as having many things to consider and obtain before your adventure begins, you will also have many questions.

Why do I need a passport and visa/s? What travel options are available? When is the best time to travel? Where am I going to stay while travelling? What luggage should I travel with? What should I pack? How do I keep in contact with family and friends at home? How much money should I take? Why should I take out travel insurance? And we are sure you have many more!

Most, if not all of your questions, plus more is answered in our guides Ready, Set, Go-Travel and Backpacker Basics--for your first international trip..

Ready, Set, Go-Travel
A pre-planning guide for your overseas adventure

If you are thinking about or planning a trip overseas then Ready, Set, Go—Travel is the guide for you. It is a unique ‘how to’ guide that answers all the above questions and more. It also offers advice and tips for anyone planning the ‘big trip’, ‘gap year’, ‘overseas jaunt’ or ‘trip of a lifetime’.

Whether it be for a couple of weeks, months or years this indispensable, compact guide turns the planning process into a few easy steps that will help you make the most of your journey.

Table of Contents

Who is this guide for?
Reasons to travel
Passport
Visas
When to travel
How to travel - transport options
Where will you stay? - types of accommodation
Packing
Money matters
Sorting your affairs
Holiday insurance and medical care
Useful things to do, join and obtain
Stay in touch
Travelling healthy, safe and alone
Checklist

Pages: 64
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Backpacker Basics
For your first international trip.

Backpacking is a specific form of travel that comes with a specific mindset. Enjoying a degree of freedom is a key need coupled with the desire to be unstructured and spontaneous. Most backpackers will start with broad intensions, but work out the details along the way, experiencing moments that become character developing and life forming.

Fully enjoying the freedom of having an unstructured plan and being spontaneous in a foreign country, however, means being effectively prepared before getting there. The day you start out, is not the day to start your preparations! Topics covered in this guide are:

Dipping your toes in
Why Travel?
Choosing a Destination
Research
A new culture
With company, or solo?
Environmental impact of travel
Passport
Visa
Financial matters
Purchasing your ticket
Health and immunisation
Travel insurance
Carrying your gear
What to take
Personal affairs
At the airport
Backpacker accommodation
Backpacker hostel etiquite
Backpacker accommodation safety
Diet
Relationships (Friends and intimate encounters)
Sightseeing
Tours
Sometimes, things go wrong
Getting around
Settling down
Finding work
Capturing moments
Keeping contact
Coming home
Fully wound up
About the author

Pages: 116
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