so lately i've been getting the same question over and over again so i thought i would
make a video to talk about it everybody's been asking me what is the number one biggest thing
they can do that can take uh just a regular vacation and turn it into something amazing
so that's what we're going to talk about today
all right welcome back to my channel everybody thank you so much for stopping by as i said today
i'm going to talk about the number one question that i've been getting lately before i do that
i just want to let you know next week i'm going to be diving into an entire series on planning
vacations to hawaii uh because i have a lot of clients that are wanting to go there now that
they're starting to open back up again and don't have quite as many um quarantines and hopefully
won't have any quarantine soon and so i wanted to do an entire series on that i teach people kind
of island by island some of the best places to go and cool things to see and things of that nature
uh but i could do that for any destination so if there are other destinations that you would like
to see please go ahead and put them in the comments and then i can do videos on those
as well okay so let's dive into what i wanted to talk about today and that is the number one
question i've been getting lately what can people do to really make the difference between just
having a regular vacation and something amazing so anyone can really just go pop on expedia buy
a vacation package say it comes with a hotel and a flight and a rental car and call it a day but
that would be a great vacation but honestly you can take vacation planning a lot farther
and make a huge difference in your experience of your vacation and the biggest thing
the answer to that question what makes it the difference between just kind of okay and something
really amazing is logistics now this is both an easy answer and a complicated answer all in one
so logistics are all of the tiny little details that make the experience meh or great kind of
like if you go to a restaurant and it's just a regular chain restaurant and the waitress
you know the hostess seats you and it's a regular average experience versus if you go somewhere and
they are you know already know your order and want to present to you your order they already
know your favorite drink and have it waiting for you when you arrive they call you by name
do you know what i mean like there's a difference between just a regular experience not that it's
bad but something between that and something amazing so in vacations it's all about logistics
and as a travel professional we have the experience to know okay these are some
of the things that we should plan for and look at and and pay attention to but as um
the average traveler you may or may not think of that so what i usually do if you're not wanting to
use a travel agent you're wanting to do it on your own this is the trick that i tell people to do
sit down and visualize your entire trip from the moment you leave your house
and to the moment you return to your house and you want to visualize the entire process
and see if there's anything you can pre-plan or prepare for that could make it a much better
process for instance if you are leaving and you're going to fly say um and it's going to be you know
you're going to be leaving at a popular time tsa is going to be crazy uh you maybe you have a bunch
of little kids going with you and you know it's going to be kind of a juggle to keep them all in
line and get through the airport what about like visualize okay this is going to happen what can
i do to prepare for that or make that smoother for instance you can ship your tr your luggage
in front of you so it's already waiting for you at your uh destination when you arrive that's one
thing you can also get a membership or find a way to take advantage of the luxury via airline suites
in the in the airports sorry can't talk today but the the the first class suites in the airports
for the specific airlines see if there's a way that you can buy a day pass perhaps or if you have
a membership without airline if you can upgrade and use that feature or there are memberships
that give you access to a bunch of different luxury lounges or first class lounges around
the world actually is there a way you can get access to that so that it's far more comfortable
you have food for the kids everything's just smoother and easier in the airport also get
you through uh boarding earlier and a couple other things so think about things like that um you know
having certain things available to you you know you're going to need this you're good no
you're going to need this visualize your entire vacation that way and start thinking about the
little things that will make it the difference between everything running smoothly and taking
care of and free thought out versus just happening and oh now i have to deal with this because this
popped up and i wasn't really planning for it so also when you get to the your destination
little things like have you changed time zones in in the case of hawaii if you're on the mainland
and you're going to hawaii for the first time chances are that first morning you're going
to be up super early in the morning because on the mainland you're either three hours four five
six hours ahead of hawaii so that first morning you wake up super early
that doesn't have to be a bad thing that might be good a good time to plan one of your early morning
sunset activities and take advantage of being up that early that first morning
little things like that you know what at the hotel can you have planned ahead of time can you ask for
certain pillows that you know your family needs or loves can you ask for a certain location ask
for certain gifts to be delivered to your room uh you know think of everything that could possibly
throughout your entire trip think of all the little details that would make a difference are
you going anywhere like for instance are you going hiking snorkeling do you need special equipment
for that do you need to plan ahead for that what kind of entertainment do you want to have you
know all of those things so that that is really the key is thinking through the entire process
and deciding what little extras you can add in that will make your vacation really the honestly
it's the difference between making or breaking your vacation because it can make everything nice
and smooth and easy one little thing about that also make sure when you're doing that and thinking
logistics that you add in travel insurance because that is the ultimate catch-all if something goes
wrong that is what's going to save you get your money back help you while you're gone so always
add travel insurance and if that's one piece of advice that we've learned over covid is please
please add travel insurance in alrighty so that is it for today that's all i wanted to talk about now
if you are planning to hit the road this year and you would like some feedback from a travel agent
even if you don't want to use an agent for your entire trip if you just want to be able to bounce
some things off of them maybe ask them to look up some prices we now offer that feature in our
website so if you want to take a look at that and then otherwise if you are planning something take
a look at these videos here and other than that i will see you on the next video take care bye