Research: Search everything about the place-- Food, shopping malls, weather condition, tourist spots, religion and even crime rates for your safety.
The earlier, the cheaper: If you want a cheap ticket, book them as early as possible. Also, take advantage on special rates and promos.
If your traveling locally, try doing it buy land or by sea: This is cost effective and more fun! Instead of spending thousands on your flight, save it for more travel explorations like diving, shopping, etc. Traveling by land is a big adventure, its unpredictable, you don't know what and who you meet on your way. Just don't travel alone, and make sure that the car is in good condition. Travel on convoy just in case you have a backup when your caught on an emergency situation (like flat tire). Traveling by sea, is also cheaper than air flights, its more relaxing, you get to see more of the sea, the underwater creatures and the sunset. When your traveling by sea to visayas and mindanao area, it will take you 24 to 48 hrs, so you have to alot extra days when you do this.
Having a map/travel book is a must: Maps are googable. You can print them for free online. This is important especially if you don't have a tourist guide and you are on for an adventure ala Amazing Race. My boyfriend and i usually do this. We travel spontaneously, we dont want tourist guides. Group tours are ok with me but it gets us more excited when we explore the place on our own. We have travel books anyway.
Philippine Embassy, home away from home: Make sure you know where the embassy is, just in case you guys get in trouble, you know where to run.
Passport: Have them photocopied and put them in your luggage. Just in case you lost the original one, you have a spare proof that you have a valid passport.
Go light with your baggage: In my case, i only bring necessary things. i dont bring too much clothes. For example, on a one week getaway. I only bring a pair of long pants and three pairs of short pants, three shirts, one dress (for attending cocktails), three pairs of bikinis (if its a beach get away) and of course 7 pairs of undies. And instead of bringing big bottled toiletries (shampoo, facial wash, sunblock, moisturizer, toothpaste etc), i put them on smaller bottles or buy sachets to save space. But i always make sure that i'll be bringing a big luggage with me to have more space for my shopping. I also have my name and contact details on it in case of loss.
First aid: Dont forget your medicines, vitamins and first aid kit, in case of emergency.
Don't forget your credit cards or travel cheques: Just in case you ran out of cash. Also its not advisable to bring lots of cash. Just a few amount, and distribute it on each of your pockets or bags.
Last but not the least, Do not forget your DSLR and videocam: nuff said! :)
Bon Voyage!!!
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