14 Underrated Yet Extraordinarily Romantic Honeymoon Destinations in Asia For Every Budget

Budget honeymoon in asia

Asia is not only the biggest continent on the face of the earth, but also has the best romantic destinations. From wallet friendly honeymoon destinations to ultra-luxurious honeymoon packages you’ll find almost everything to suit your desire on this continent.

If you are looking to spend a good time with your partner, but the budget is the only thing that holds you back, here is an opportunity for you to select a scenic destination in Asia that could meet your budget.

Luxury Honeymoon Destinations in Asia [2 lacs and above]

1. Japan

One of the most beautiful honeymoon destinations in Asia, Japan, is a desert island situated in the Pacific Ocean entirely occupied with high-rise cities, regal palaces, hilly national parks and lots of holy places and temples as well. If you are an island lover, Japan is the place for you and your partner.

Things to do: There are a lot of things which a honeymoon couple can do in Japan like enjoy scenic view from Mt. Fuji, let your darling shop her heart out at the shopping Mecca – Haarjukum, let your imagination set sail at the Tokyo DisneySea or visit the various

Happy Holiday Travel with Kids in Tow

Family Around Christmas TreeOne of the country’s leading experts on family travel, author and television personality Deb Geigis Berry spends up to 16 weeks on the road each year with her husband and two young children to seek out the best destinations to recommend to consumers. Here are some tips for holiday travel she’s picked up along the way.


Keep planning simple:
Traveling with kids in tow involves many details. To make the process easier, consider using a travel agent, who can recommend vacation destinations tailor-made for your family’s interests and budget, find great deals on airfare and hotels, and fill you in on the latest airport security news.

Make getting to your destination fun: Use time traveling together for zany sing-alongs, family storytelling sessions and scavenger hunts. Parents can draw up a list of things you might expect to see from a car or plane, such as two-toned cows, a car toting a Christmas tree, or a man wearing a red hat, then have the kids vie to see who spots the items first. For the ultimate treat, splurge on a portable DVD player, and watch a new holiday movie in transit,

Student Travel Tips

Student Travel, be respectful

The permission slips are signed, your bags are packed and you’re, like, so ready to ditch the classroom and head out on your class trip. Travel is an exciting opportunity to experience different places and wondrous cultures, so the key is not to blow it by doing something that will ruin the trip for yourself and others.

While it’s tempting to forget about all the rules as soon as your chaperones turn their backs, you should keep in mind these tips from ASTA (American Society of Travel Agents). Some of the most travel-wise people in the world, ASTA members know that studying for your upcoming trip is a homework assignment you’ll actually enjoy.

Before You Go
Before you go, learn about the local laws and customs of the countries you’re visiting, especially those concerning drinking age, drugs and curfews. You are not immune to a country’s laws just because you’re a visitor, and you can be arrested.

Bring an extra pair of glasses or contact lenses. It’s hard to enjoy the sights when you can’t see them.

Pack a simple first aid kit with bandages, antibiotic cream and pain relievers. It’s a good thing to

Outdoor Camping Tips

Outdoor camping can be the ultimate getaway for family members, friends, romantic partners, and colleagues. However, it can also be potentially stressful and even risky to the campers if there is insufficient preparation. Before going on a camping trip and exploring the great outdoors, participants should carefully plan everything in advance.

The following are some important tips and guidelines to make your camping experience extremely enjoyable, safe, and memorable for everyone involved:

Choose An Exciting Yet Safe Campsite

We have all seen it in movies: campers that dare to go into an uninhabited forest and they start getting lost or at worst, getting chased by wild animals! To avoid these horror scenarios from happening, carefully choose a campsite that is safe yet thrilling at the same time. Avoid locations that are known for many reported missing individuals. You do not want to become the next Blair Witch Project.

If you are bringing kids or minors with you in your outdoor camp, you should all the more intensify your preparations, as well as choose your campsite thoroughly. Ask other campers where are the best places in your area to hike or pitch your tents safely.

Determine The Terrain Of Your Campsite

Knowing where your campsite is located

The Essential Airport Hacks You Must Discover

It is not an understatement when they stay that the businessmen and other avid travelers spend most of their lives at the airports. Layovers and delays are an essential part of traveling, and would ultimately make you stay at the airport for a longer time.

Many of us despise airports because of many reasons. Some travelers get upset at the thought of it, while others merely can’t control their anxieties when they’re off to an airport stay.

But this is because many travelers aren’t aware of the smartest airport hacks that can potentially change their stay at the airport entirely. Here are some of the best of these.

1. The Left
A lot of your stay at the airport revolves around a mind game. Many of us loathe the never ending security line, painfully waiting for their turn.

Since most of the travelers are right handed, they would often automatically opt for the lane on the right side. This is often the longest one. Instead of that, consciously choose the left one if you wish to shorten your waiting time.

2. Empty Water Bottle
Staying hydrated would magically uplift your mood and keep you in a fine mood throughout the journey. Getting bottled water at

Tips You Must Know Before Traveling Overseas

Traveling could be exciting or frustrating depending on traveling journey you’ve experienced. However, if you are fully prepared for your traveling, then everything should be more enjoyable than miserable. Here are 15 useful traveling tips you must know before traveling overseas. I advise you to go over all of them before you plan your traveling journey. You’ll be surprised how easy to neglect some of these traveling tips, and how important they are for ensuring a successful and enjoyable journey.

  1. Avoid wearing anything that contains metal when traveling through the security checkpoint. Things such as clothing, jewelry, or other accessories that contain metal should be avoided.
  2. A valid passport is recognized internationally as a travel document. Some countries requires a visa to access. If you need a visa, apply two months ahead of time to avoid paying high-fees for emergency situation.
  3. If you travel with a child who has your custody, make sure you have a passport for that child as well. If the child is not yours, make sure you bring along a signed, notarized document from the parent(s).
  4. Be familiarized yourself with the destination. Find out its culture, food, laws, and mostly avoid known dangers.
  5. Take precautions to avoid

Budget Tips for Booking Hotels

Comparison-shop. It’s smart to email several hotels to ask for their best price. This is especially helpful when dealing with the larger hotels that use “dynamic pricing,” a computer-generated system that predicts demand for particular days and sets prices accordingly: High-demand days will often be more than double the price of low-demand days. Compare their offers and make your choice.

Book directly with the hotel. Skip the middleman, such as a hotel-booking website or the tourist information office’s room-finding service. Booking services extract a commission from the hotel, which logically closes the door on special deals. If you book directly with the hotel, it doesn’t have to pay a cut to that intermediary. This might make the hotelier more open to giving you a deal.
Try to wrangle a discount for a longer stay or payment in cash. If you plan to stay three or more nights at a place, or if you pay in cash rather than by credit card (saving the hotelier the credit-card company’s fee), it’s worth asking if a discount is available.
If it’s off-season, bargain. Prices usually rise with demand during festivals and in July and August. Off-season, try haggling. If the place is too expensive,

5 TIPS FOR TRAVELING TO EVERY COUNTRY IN THE WORLD

1. Research Research Research
I can’t stress how important it’s to know where you’re going, what is around it and to get between the countries. It sounds simple but some people really do not have a clue about where they are going. This really is the way you see multiple countries on one trip. Otherwise you will spend a fortune and take lots of time to go back and forth many times.

This is particularly important in Central Asia, Africa and the Pacific. These destinations demand knowledge and careful planning of border crossings and complex and shifting geography, transport choices. They operate differently than other easy tourist destinations and have many rules and surprising things which could happen out of nowhere.

2. Visas
Visas could be the single most irritating thing about trying to visit every country on the planet. The Middle East and much of Asia visas really are an essential. They are in how challenging and expensive they’re to obtain varying. But rest assured, they’re a pain and can be costly. I could enter an eternal rant about different nations to save you the four letter words although visa policies, I will simply say know what states demand and get

Four steps to beat the heat during summer

Skin care

Shorts and capris, polo shirts and sleeveless are the preferred apparels during summer for the comfort they provide. However, they have their own disadvantages as it leaves large parts of the body exposed.

Use sunscreen lotion to cover your exposed parts like hands and legs. Applying sunscreen lotion can save you from getting a two tone skin texture on your face, arms and legs.

Sunscreens aren’t very expensive and most of them dry up quickly so you need not have to wipe your hand to use your phone afterwards.

Wear a hat or a cap

Wearing sun glasses is most often a style statement or to hide traces of a hangover. Contrary to popular perception, wearing sun glasses doesn’t help protect your eyes. In fact, due to the dark shades, you need to open your eyes wider to let more light enter your eye which can lead to higher threat to the eyes from the sun’s harmful ultraviolet rays.

Prevent damage to your eyes by wearing a hat or a cap.

Clothes

It’s that time of the year when half-shirts and loose fitting clothes are ideal. Cotton and linen fabrics of pastel shades are best suited as they are comfortable, don’t absorb much heat and breathe.

Drink

20 Travel Tips for your smart vacation

There is an art to travelling well. Some little secrets you learn on the way, like making sure you find a map at the airport before you leave and always throwing spare plastic bags into your suitcase for dirty clothes.

But we decided to save you time. Vip Tourist asked our travelers for their best travel tips. Here’s our ultimate travel advice list. Have we missed any? Let us know.

  1. Keep your travel plans, including accommodation details, to yourself.
  2. Get your visa when it is necessary.
  3. Carry with you at all times the contact details of the embassy.
  4. Keep a photocopy of your passport and all other important documents in a safe place.
  5. Use ATMs during the day, when there are people around.
  6. Try to rely more on credit cards and travelers cheques than cash.
  7. Never carry your wallet in your back pocket, and never carry your purse on just your shoulder.
  8. Don’t forget your camera charger.
  9. Be prepared to sleep anywhere. Ear plugs and eye patches will help block out the light.
  10. Eat where the locals eat. Just like number 26 – the same goes with restaurants. Ask the locals where they eat. Go there instead.
  11. Buy and wear good walking shoes. Blisters are not fun and high heels don’t work

Extra Tips for Solo Women Travelers

Every year, thousands of women, young and old, travel to Europe on their own. You can, too, by using the same good judgment you use at home. Begin with caution and figure out as you travel what feels right to you. Create conditions that are likely to turn out in your favor, and you’ll have a safer, smoother, more enjoyable trip.
Theft and harassment are two big concerns for women. If you’ve traveled alone in America, you’re more than prepared for Europe. In America, theft and harassment are especially scary because of their connection with assault. In Europe, you’ll rarely, if ever, hear of violence. Theft is past tense (as in, “Where did my wallet go?”). As for experiencing harassment, you’re far more likely to think, “I’m going to ditch this guy ASAP” than, “This guy is going to hurt me.” Here are some tips for safe and pleasant travels:
Use street smarts. Be self-reliant and well prepared, so that you don’t need to depend on someone unless you want to — carry cash, a map, a guidebook, and a phrase book. Walk purposefully with your head up; look like you know where you’re going. If you get lost in

17 EASY STEPS FOR PLANNING YOUR NEXT TRIP

planning a trip overseasI remember when I started planning my first trip. I had no idea what I was doing.

When I decided to quit my job and travel the world, I walked into a bookstore and bought Lonely Planet’s Southeast Asia on Shoestring. It made the trip seem more real, but it didn’t prepare me for planning a long world trip. Back then, there weren’t really blogs, guides, and apps like there are today. I was lost. I figured it out as I went, just hoping I didn’t miss anything.

Planning a long trip can be a daunting task. Where do you begin? What’s step one? What’s step two? What’s step three? It’s easy to get overwhelmed in the beginning, especially when you haven’t done something like this before.

I’ve planned countless trips for myself (and even some for friends), and over the years, I’ve developed an efficient little checklist that ensures I don’t miss anything important (I like lists). I don’t want to get to my next destination and then realize I forgot something.

There is a lot of information on this website (and even more information packed into my book), but one question that comes up frequently is “Matt, how do

Eating Healthy Snacks During International Travel

Like many people who follow a healthy diet, you probably don’t want your international travel plans to mean that you’ll have to resort to standard junk food or unsafe food choices. Some common sense and a little research and preparation ahead of time can help keep your diet varied and you safe and well while you’re abroad.

Finding Healthy Snacks and Meals

If you’re concerned about choosing healthy snacks and foods while traveling, following these tips can help:

  • Look for foods you eat at home. Stick to simple, fresh, and natural foods like fresh fruits, vegetables, and lean meats. Fresh fruits are still a great alternative to caloric junk food for healthy noshing; you just need to choose wisely and prepare them correctly. It’s a good idea, for instance, to wash all produce thoroughly in bottled water and, for added protection, remove any peel or skin.
  • Cook your own food. If you’re nervous about the way your food will be prepared, for either sanitary or dietary reasons, cooking it yourself is an easy way to take control of what you’re eating, even during international travel. By buying fresh products at a grocery store, you will have control over how your food is prepared and

Choosing the Best Hotel: Travel Done Right

Choosing the right hotel for your next business trip can be a frustrating and challenging part of your planning process.  Just this week I heard my colleague calling around to every hotel in the city, desperately trying to find an available room that met all of her criteria. After hours of searching with no success, she threw in the towel and cried foul, resigned to search another day.

Choosing the best hotel for your trip doesn’t need to be a painful process, though.  In fact, it can be very rewarding when you are able to marry location, services and price together in one convenient, welcoming package. Whether you are traveling to a nearby city for a night or across the world for a few weeks, here are my tried and true Top Five Tips for Choosing the Right Hotel:

1.  Location, location, location.  Just like when purchasing or leasing real estate, the location of your hotel means everything.  If you are meeting uptown and your hotel is downtown, you will end up wasting precious meeting time sitting in the back of a cab.  While researching your hotel, be sure to map out the day/week’s meetings and choose one that is accessible and

How to Save Money When Traveling to Any Destination

Spending a lot of money on vacation doesn’t mean you will have a better time than someone who spends less. I’ve been traveling the world for close to a decade on a budget and found that following a few simple tips makes it easy to travel on a budget and still have an amazing trip.

Saving money on the road requires us to break away from a conventional mindset that travel is expensive. This mindset, pushed by a travel industry built on people spending more money, that tells us that we need to stay in hotels, eat at world-class restaurants, or go on packaged tours to have a good time. Of course, that’s just not the case, and there are plenty of ways to have a good trip without spending a fortune.

Affordable Alternatives to Hotels

When you don’t need a luxury suite, there are a variety of options for finding housing that won’t cost you much. Whether you work in exchange for room and board or simply find a cheap hostel, here are a few alternatives to hotels.

Use a Hospitality Exchange

The best way to save on accommodation is not paying for it—and a hospitality exchange allows you to do exactly that.

How to Choose Your Travel Destinations

Although we are currently on an endless road trip around Australia, we still have to prioritize which places to visit.

Oz is a big country and it’s just not possible to see and do everything, so we have to think carefully about choosing our destinations.

What about you?

Do you have all your destinations for 2014 planned out, or do you need some suggestions on that? While we can’t decide for you, we can offer you some tips on how to decide and ask you some questions to help you get some clarity.

The short answer is there’s no single perfect answer, and it really depends on key factors like personal travel style, length of time you have available, and of course your finances.

Get all that figured out, and your options for where you can go on your travels are endless.

Where do you start?

With so much advertising shoved in our faces these days between print, TV and digital media all vying for our attention, deciding which travel destinations to visit can be overwhelming.

This can lead to procrastination and procrastination leads to you being the world’s best

Airline Baggage: Traveling with Special Items

Airlines have seen it all. They have seen passengers transport every type of item – from tubas to scuba gear, parachutes to perishables – and they have rules in place for each and every piece. Following those rules is critical if you want to board smoothly and arrive at your destination on time.

To help you travel better with the possessions you simply must have at your destination, here are some helpful guidelines from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) for transporting special items by airlines.

Please note that some airlines and other countries may have additional rules and restrictions on these particular items, so before you travel, check with your travel agent to obtain the most up-to-date information. Your travel agent can verify your airline’s policies before you arrive at the airport, so you don’t waste time trying to track down the info yourself.

Alcoholic Beverages
Travelers may now carry through security checkpoints travel-size toiletries (3 ounces or less) that fit comfortably in ONE, QUART-SIZE, clear plastic, zip-top bag. With the exception of medications, any amount of liquid including alcohol greater than three ounces must be packed in your checked baggage. However, you cannot take alcoholic beverages with more than 70 percent alcohol

Choosing Your Luggage

Gone are the days of one suitcase being pretty much like another. There is a huge variation nowadays so read on if you are having difficulty deciding what to buy. Most of us are now converts to the idea of having a suitcase that can be wheeled and the decision is now whether to go for a twowheeled or a fourwheeled case. If you do not intend wheeling your case over uneven ground then the fourwheeled style is your best bet. Fourwheelers carry the entire weight of the bag whereas twowheelers share the load between the wheels and the handle meaning that you will be bearing some of the weight yourself. Twowheelers, though, offer more stability over rough ground. The larger the wheels the easier the case will be to pull on rough ground and up and down kerbs. For the best of both worlds opt for the fourwheeler that can be tipped and wheeled like a twowheeler. If you want the best in manoeuvrability (e.g. down narrow aisles on aircraft) the fourwheeler that can be rotated 360 degrees is a good buy. Most wheeled suitcases have handles that retract to save them being broken by luggage handlers. If space

Top 10 Survival Tips for Holiday Travel

Wherever you’re heading, if you’re traveling during the holiday season, you need to realize that everyone else in the world is, too. But don’t let invasive security scanners, terrible drivers and long lines at airports get you down. We’re giving you tips to survive the holiday travel season without a Frosty the Snowman-size meltdown.

Do your research.

Plan alternative trips if traffic makes your way home too overwhelming. Is there a scenic drive that might be longer but have less traffic? Break up a long drive by finding a few places to stop that will get the kids more excited than a truck rest stop. When flying, make sure you check the airline’s restrictions ahead of time on carry-on luggage and fees for checked bags.

Stay connected.

Stock up on the latest travel apps before you leave home. Flight Status gives you real-time updates on delays, baggage numbers and more, and GateGuru gives you approximate times you’ll spend in security. Heading out on the road? Find the cheapest gas and cleanest bathrooms on the road with GasBuddy and SitOrSquat.

Packing Lists and Packing Tips

PACKING LIST – MAKE A PLAN AND STICK TO IT!

Like an architect planning a building, so must you plan the contents of your suitcase by creating a packing list. A packing list eliminates the panic of last-second packing, serves as a handy guide for repacking at the end of the trip, and can be beneficial in the unfortunate event of lost or stolen luggage.

When planning your wardrobe, consider the events you will participate in both day and night and write down a possible outfit for each activity. Crosscheck this packing list to determine if one piece can cover multiple occasions. Pick clothes that coordinate well together, based around complimentary colors.

Check the weather forecast of the destination and plan accordingly. Also, be sure to know the local traditions, where a t-shirt for dinner could be a serious blunder, or bare shoulders may bar your entrance into such places as St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City. For almost all outdoor activities, take pieces that can be layered.

Forget dress clothes for every occasion. The world at large has relaxed its dress code, showing almost universal leniency to tourists. Dark colors – a black dress or blue jacket – will get you through

Health & Safety Travel Tips

You’ve planned and packed – you’re all ready for your trip – but you may have overlooked one of the key ingredients for a great vacation: taking the necessary steps to make sure you and your family have a safe and healthy trip.

The healthier your body is, the easier it will be for you to adapt to the effects of jet lag. If you plan a few days ahead, however, even the most out-of-shape may be able to head off the misery of jet lag. Several days before you leave, try going to bed a little earlier or a little later (if you are flying east or west, respectively), and start a stretching regiment. Hydrate yourself and eat lightly the day you travel. The headache, light-headedness and nausea associated with jet lag should lessen significantly when such measures are taken.

COMMON TRAVEL AILMENTS
Motion Sickness
Motion sickness is an unpleasant problem for many travelers; however, there are some over-the-counter and prescription medications available. If you wish to combat motion sickness on your own, try the following:

When traveling by car, try to sit in the front seat and, if you can, avoid reading as it only heightens the feeling of motion sickness.

When