"VACATION", a specific trip or journey, usually for the purpose of recreation of tourism. People often take a vacation during specific holiday observances, or for specific festivals or celebration. A person may take a longer break from work, such as a sabbatical , gap year, or career break.
Playa de las vistas Tenerife, Spain Photo: Dariophoto Photography
People sometimes do need a vacation, to relax and clear off the stressed mind from a busy and demanding lifestyle in the city. Sometimes we do take advantage of it because we want to own, stretch and spend the time being with our families and love ones, particularly with the boyfriend or girlfriend for this may only occur twice or unluckily once a year. Before, the idea of travel was a luxury that only wealthy people could afford. But not anymore, thanks to all the low cost airline companies that are operating in some parts of the world, amongst are the Cebu Pacific and PAL Express of the Philippines, making it wise and possible for the Filipinos to travel and explore Philippines and it's neighbouring countries affordably.
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| Photo: Dariophoto Photography |
To make your vacation perfect, one should thoroughly plan all the things he or she needs to bring, and a list of places to go and what to do, if necessary, bring with you a leaflet containing all these listings: to bring, do and places to go.
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| Las Cañadas de Teide(Teide Volcano) Tenerife, Spain |
Photo credit: Dario
"For some of us especially for me, DSLR is still the best, ignoring the burden of carrying a big back pack containing a camera, lenses and battery because this kind of camera will give you the best high definition pictures."
CELLPHONE
It's always a good thought to carry with you one or more cellphone, especially when it is going to be a long journey, because sometimes no matter how perfectly planned your vacation is, the need of a communication device is always expected, out of nowhere someone will be looking for you, or you might need to talk to someone importantly, and from my experience, most of the resorts and hotels (bed and breakfast or five stars) are charging an amount of money for the use of their telephone for outgoing and incoming calls and will be added to your bill, take note: not a regular rate, but a hotel rate which is triple the price of a regular call.
LAPTOP COMPUTERS OR A TABLET
Due to a rising popularity and a must of the social media such as facebook, twitter and instagram, laptop and or a tablet are very useful to keep you updated daily and connected to the world. Make your relatives and friends updated about you and the happenings going on about your trip by posting all the pictures. For a businessman and office worker, these are their best-friend, simply because all the data and important documents they need are safely saved inside it's database.
"Though some of the top of the line smart cellphones performs equally the same as laptop can, I still prefer to bring this with me as this is more fast and easy to use. Screen is wider and can open several windows at a time."
MINI FIRST AID POUCH
"Mini" because you don't need to bring a big bottle of disinfectant and a box of band aids, etc., because for sure you don't want your luggage or backpack to overweight. A 10ml bottle of disinfectant will be fine and a roll of a medical gauze is perfect. Most importantly, bring a blister pack of paracetamol(for headaches and fever) , loperamide(incase a diarrhea occurs) and antihistamine(for allergies). You can also bring with you all the prescribed medicines you need.
NECK PILLOWS AND JACKET
It's not a real must to bring with you a neck pillow and jacket or a shawl, but for sure these stuff will make your trip a little extra relaxing. To travel riding a bus or boarding on an airplane, it is better to be ready having your jacket or a shawl on or around your shoulder because of the cold temperature inside these transport, the first thing you will notice in these kind of vehicle is the air conditioning system on its maximum temperature. And if you are travelling during the nightime via bus, neck pillow is very helpful to achieve a goodnight relaxing sleep because inside they don't provide a pillow but just a reclining chair with a head support(not that comfy). Flying might be a little relaxing but trust me, even the flight attendant will render a pillow for you, it is never enough especially for those people who's used to sleep surrounded by pillows.
LOCAL COUNTRY/TOWN MAPS
Today, modernity is everywhere and even worldwide, but the use of a location map is still a must. This is very helpful in arranging your trip, as this map will give you a better and clearer view about the place and places you wanna visit. Unlike cellphones, laptops and tablets, this will never go out of battery, internet is not needed, it's handy and yet , when unfold, it is bigger than the laptop's monitor giving you all the details you need and want. Maps are distributed for free inside the Airport of your destination and hotels or resorts you booked to stay. A nice pair of walking footwear is important to achieve the comfort for a long walking hours of touring around the city.
FASHIONABLE THINGS, ACCESSORIES AND DRESSES
When packing your things for a long vacation, one never think about bringing something elegant to wear. These are obligatory to have inside your luggage because vacation will not start and end up just touring and exploring around the city and nearby. Sometimes you'll meet a situation where you must smell good and need to dress up elegantly for a nice dinner in a fancy restaurant or inside a hotel's luxurious buffet dinner. Walking around the beach needs a nice sunglasses, a sexy bikini for women and trunks for men.
"Looking good is a must and vacation or back packing is never an excuse not to look good and fashionable."
TOILETRIES
Lotions, perfumes and baths are less important but it's considerable. There are some resorts and hotels that provides not the best product for baths and some others doesn't really cater at all(lucky if you will be staying in a hotel like Shang-ri-la Boracay because there, they give you the best service, rooms and products like L'Occitane), for you to avoid the stress with these things, a set of toiletries should be assimilated in your luggage(especially for women). Going for a swim?, don't forget your sun tanning lotion and your after sun lotion because taking care of your skin is the main priority before having the sexy golden tan skin that we ever want.
But the most important, is to bring with you "YOURSELF", you being ready for everything, you- being attentive, you- being positive, and most of all, you-being calm. Travelling for a long vacation, one must be ready physically and be active mentally because some unexpected disturbing situation might occur (We always hope for a safe trip). The stress of transferring from flight to another flight is traumatic especially when you only have a little time for the transitions. Long journey by land is also chaotic for you will meet long and heavy traffic along the roads. Not to mention the stress that a crying baby and talkative people while travelling will give you. Everything will be so easy if you will learn how to handle these situations properly and calmly, you have a voice, most of theses people will understand if you will ask them to lower their volume while talking or laughing. But most probably you won't be able to do something with a baby crying out loud.
All that are stated here are based from my past experiences, suggestions and listing of what to do and to remember comes from my own opinion hoping that this will be a little helpful to those who are planning to have their perfect vacation sooner or later. Happy trip.
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