Doing your research and booking the hotel and flights are obviously the first point of action before a holiday but the steps that follow are also super important to ensure you have a fabulous stress-free time!
We ourselves have two holidays coming up quite soon (can't wait to share with you guys closer to the time!) and have written a list of things we still need to do which we hope you'll also find useful:
1. Airport Transfer
If we're going on a city break we tend to research if we can away with taking the train and metro lines available - depending on when our flight gets in. We used this method in Barcelona and Milan and it worked out perfectly!
If the trains aren't an easy method we normally book an airport transfer from a private taxi company.
2. Plan Outfits
How else are we gonna slaaay? If we could throw our whole wardrobe in a suitcase and just decide on the day we totally would but as life would have it we have to be little miss organised and plan in advance.
We normally end up going rogue and Lorraine ALWAYS ends up stealing Amy's pieces.
3. Instagram/Pinterest search
Now don't get us wrong we love and live for those moments when you find a cute cafe or amazing restaruant by chance whilst on holiday.
However, we are also addicted to using Instagram and Pinterest for finding cool spots and locations in our chosen holiday destination. There are so many people that have visited and shared their photos or experiences and we feel its silly not to use these apps to our advantage!!
4. Research Customs/Culture
We like to have a quick look at the culture and customs of any country we'll be visiting. More so to ensure we dress appropriately outside of the hotel and also to ensure we don't seriously offend!
We also like to check on tips eg. tipping etiquette.
5. SAVE
As we're sure you are fully aware we love a meal out and a cocktail or two normally, but when we go on holiday we just go overboard. Luckily we are aware of our lack of control and save a few pennies pre-holiday to make sure our fun is not limited hehe
6. Exchange £££
Once or twice we have been those fools that exchange their money super last minute and get the shitty rate, even done it at the airport *rolls eyes*
To avoid this drama we now order and collect about 2/3 of our holiday money beforehand. The other third we keep in Pound Sterling and exchange as we need it whilst there!
7. Travel Insurance
We have too much pride to ask our parents to bail us out if anything goes wrong so we always buy travel insurance.
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