Itinerary planning is a complex beast. There’s no single best way to do it. Everyone has different travel desires, goals, and needs. It’s why I’ve always shied away from discussing itinerary planning beyond the most simple advice: don’t double back.
I don’t know what you want or like, so suggesting complex, multicity routes is something I generally can’t do.
But one thing you readers brought up a lot in the latest survey was itinerary planning. How do I do it? How do I figure out where to go? What’s my logic?
While there is no magic formula to creating an itinerary, I want to share with you how I pick the routes I take and my strategies for deciding which destinations get voted off the island.
And so come to terms with the fact you will be disappointed and you will miss something. You can’t see it all, so don’t try. Just enjoy as much as you can in the time you have. Don’t go too fast. Don’t rush to visit a million places in three weeks. Go at your own pace and experience as much as you can. It’s not how much you see, but how you see it.
Originally, I was planning to travel from Bangkok into Isaan, Thailand’s rural northeast province, for a couple of weeks then go to Pakse and the 4,000 Islands in Laos before heading up to Vientiane (with stops along the way) the back through of Isaan and finally into Bangkok. After that, it was to the Philippines. This would give me about six weeks in Southeast Asia and two weeks in the Philippines.
Old Photos of Subic Bay and Olongapo City
Itinerary planning is a complex beast. There’s no single best way to do it. Everyone has different travel desires, goals, and needs. It’s why I’ve always shied away from discussing itinerary planning beyond the most simple advice: don’t double back.
I don’t know what you want or like, so suggesting complex, multicity routes is something I generally can’t do.
But one thing you readers brought up a lot in the latest survey was itinerary planning. How do I do it? How do I figure out where to go? What’s my logic?