hey everybody i'm matt paco i'm a video
producer here at lonely planet
hi my name is alicia i'm a digital
editor here at lonely planet
and so we have this series that we call
ask lp where you get to ask us a
question questions that people are
thinking about right now and because
it's a new year it's 2021 people are
jonesing to go out people are asking
should i travel
and alicia has been thinking about this
a lot she even wrote an article about it
alicia what are your thoughts
yeah a new year everybody's excited to
get out there but unfortunately covet is
still raging and so even though you're
seeing a lot of your friends or family
possibly out um having fun and taking
pictures
i think now is still the time to just
hold on a little bit longer so my
article has four tips to help people
um
hold on to resist the urge to hop on a
plane
my four pieces of advice is one plan
your vacation your next vacation um it
can be real it can be imagined for
example i am personally thinking about
going to ireland plan the whole thing
from the flights to the hotels to what
you're packing and it will just give you
a chance to really get excited about a
place even if it's not time to go yet so
planning your vacation that sounds
awesome because i definitely want to go
to like i'm looking at egypt dubai i did
a video in dubai and i'm like oh my gosh
i need to go there now
uh yeah
so this is what you'll be seeing the
next time you visit me
a second one that i like to do is go on
virtual walks with a friend from another
country so i personally like to go on
hikes and take my friend with me and
vice versa
and it's a perfect way to see another
part of the country that you haven't
before
another thing that i like to do is go on
a virtual hike or a walk with a friend
from another country odds are if you
travel you have friends who live all
over the country and so this is a chance
for you to go exploring um with your
friends i know a lot of us are doing
zoom calls in the house but this is a
chance to go outside and explore your
region while bringing a friend along and
then they can show you parts of their
neighborhood or if they're going on a
hike or going to the beach if they're
lucky and this is a great way to connect
and see something without actually going
there that's amazing like so you did
that recently
yes i recently went on a hike and i
brought my friend along with me hey
carla
we are walking on couchville lake today
wow that sounds fun
you need to take me the next time
definitely
this one is very common but you explore
the world one bite at a time everyone
recommends this i know but it really is
the perfect way to kind of enjoy a
country of region a city is by cooking a
dish from them we at lonely planet have
been doing a travel kitchen series
since march where we've been providing a
ton of recipes
from all over the globe that you can try
and sample in your own home honestly you
can probably close your eyes and point
to a country on the map and see what
their national dish is and give that a
try
the presence of several vaccines
throughout the world means that there is
an end point to this pandemic there is a
horizon so it's just going to take a
little bit more patience and a lot of
sacrifices before we're able to all go
out and do what we love to do which is
travel and see the world
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