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More and more people are unable to travel abroad on holiday due to the increase in living costs. Mortgages, an increase in utility bills, an increase in food prices are leaving people with less spare cash to spend on a holiday abroad. It is even resulting in people not being able to take long breaks within the UK. More people are taking shorter UK breaks because accommodation in the UK is by no means cheap and many people find long camping holidays too stressful. Families especially find travelling in the UK stressful due to the limited number of destination that are child friendly. Families tend to travel to coastal regions as the beach areas are one of the most child friendly areas without having to incur large costs.

Is a holiday with a partner or a holiday with friends more relaxing and therapeutic? I short while ago I went on holiday with my partner and friends and had a wonderful time. My partner and I could spend time together as well as spending time with friends. We were able to share some holiday experiences alone and other experiences with friends. For me this was an ideal holiday. Prior to the holiday with my partner and friends I went on a holiday with just my partner which was very pleasant, however I found sharing the holiday experience with more people much more enjoyable. I have spoken to a number of friends since and they found the holiday with partners and friends much more relaxing and enjoyable.

Choosing where to travel abroad is a difficult decision for anyone. Choosing whether to have a self catering holiday or an all inclusive holiday is also a difficult decision. With the exchange rate being relatively poor at the moment, more and more people are choosing all inclusive holiday packages over self catering holidays. I recently booked a holiday and whilst booking I was given the option of a self catering package or an all inclusive package. After looking at the exchange rate I realised that I would get more for my money by choosing the all inclusive option. The Euro to pound exchange rate was 1.13 to 1 whilst booking which meant eating out every day on holiday would amount to a fairly large spend and I calculated the self catering option would easily amount to 20% more than the all inclusive option.

After looking at my options of where to travel on my Holidays in September, I have decided to travel to Rhodes which is an island off Greece. The travel agent was very helpful when booking the trip. They gave me many options on travel destinations which was great being as I only gave them three weeks notice. Before I decided on Rhodes I was just about to book a holiday to another Greek island when the travel agent directed my attention towards the Trip Advisor website. The reviews on the Trip Advisor website about the other Greek island were not very positive at all. When the travel agent looked on the Trip Advisor website for the hotel we had looked at in Rhodes the reviews were fantastic. I was told to take the Trip Advisor reviews lightly but following the number of negative reviews on the other Greek island the choice for me was simple.

I have been wondering where to travel on my holidays this year and I after a long hard think I decided that I wanted to go on a European beach holiday as it is something I have never done. I have travelled to America and to the Caribbean but I have never taken advantage of the good weather in Europe. I went to see a travel agent and told them I didn’t want a holiday where the night life was out of control. I wanted to travel somewhere that would allow me to relax but if I wanted a decent night out on the town then I wouldn’t want to travel too far to get to a vibrant area. I am travelling at the beginning of September and the travel agent advised me that Greece, Cyprus and Turkey would be the best options for me as the weather is still great and there are many places in these countries that provide what I am looking for.

People often travel either by themselves, or with other companions. Some though, travel with animals. Pets often will travel with their owner, although how far they travel depends on the animal. Cats, birds and rodents are unlikely travel companions, due to their willingness to ‘do their own’ thing, as well as rodents having many predators. Dogs are the most obvious pets which will follow their owners to far and away depths, with little fuss. Usually, travellers will take their pets abroad when the heat isn’t as hot as it could be, as some pets have a much lower tolerance to hot weather compared to a human’s.

Whilst travelling, it is important to have the right tools and equipment. Secondly, also having the relevant amount of equipment is important, as it can be the difference between keeping you alive, and not. Organising yourself before a travel is a necessity, for example; travelling for a week without any organisation would mean lack of, too many tools. Bringing too many tools can weigh you down, and even though there will be plenty for the journey, it will also slow you down. Having too few tools obviously means you would have to find some other means of obtaining them, possibly spending money that needn’t be spent.

On a travel, some people like to bring lighting equipment. Lighting equipment has several uses, including: helping vision at night time, reacting with cooking equipment, providing heat and fuel for fire. The types of lighting tools vary, and the types used by travellers vary, for different reasons. Many like using lighters on travels, as they are small, can be packed easily, used easily, and when they run out, thrown away well. Opposed to lighters, are matches. The argument of which tool is better includes the fact that there are more of matches, whereas lighters have to be bought separately.

Most see travelling to foreign, hot and beautiful landscapes. Though some take a rather absurd route, which are cold climates. Two of the most popular climates to be travelled includes the Himalayas, and the Antarctic. The Himalayas are a very difficult set of mountains, which can get to below freezing temperatures, the higher you climb. The Antarctic is one of the coldest places on the planet, with constant crater shifting, which is supposedly due to global warming. Except from avalanches, polar bears, wolfs and visibility, a traveller’s worst danger when taking on cold climates is the freezing cold temperature itself.