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How far in advance do you usually make travel plans?


by @hannahvictorius 9yr  | 17 comments

Iโ€™m starting to make plans for September, and was just wondering how far in advance people tend to book things (flight/accomm), or does it depend on the situation.

I know Iโ€™d like to be in Croatia and return to the UK around a certain time, so I guess Iโ€™m not being that flexible. However, I am curious to see how others travel.

Do you end up booking flights only days in advance? How have you found this in terms of value and booking earlier?

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@dhamm 9yr

@Don_Lee This exact reason (fear of boredom) has me indecisively scanning between different AirBNB places until a few days before leaving, but I like to book monthly as itโ€™s usually easier on the budget.

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I usually stay in a place for a few months and arrange my accommodations via Airbnb. Because I book via Airbnb, I usually need to make arrangements 3-6 months in advance. This gives me time to negotiate the price with the host and to find an apartment that is vacant for my whole trip.

Airbnb isnโ€™t really feasible for longer stays if you donโ€™t book at least a few months in advance.

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@don_lee 9yr

I made a mistake before that I booked an apartment on AirBnB for 1 month, the apartment was great but staying there 1 month bored the hell out of me, as I realized there were better places I could have stayed instead. So I learnt and book only weekly now, still find good deals, more than that it helps me stay in and know more places.

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Weโ€™ve been lucky since weโ€™ve tried to avoid high seasons, but I think itโ€™s important to remember that plenty of owners will happily cancel someoneโ€™s 3-night stay if it means theyโ€™ll have someone there for 3 months, so I try and check once without my specific dates to make sure Iโ€™m not overlooking a canโ€™t-miss flat.

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Weโ€™ve been booking flights/accommodation about 2-to-4 weeks in advance. Iโ€™ve had more success negotiating monthly rates (AirBnB) as our arrival time gets closer and the transportation costs donโ€™t fluctuate enough to sacrifice the flexibility you get from waiting a bit longer.

What Iโ€™ve done so far is narrow down our next city to about 3 cities one month in advance and start contacting owners to negotiate and have a test Skype call (I teach English on Skype so I like to connection speeds above 10Mbps).

Once we find a place and deal that we like more than the rest, we book our first month stay and then book our flights/trains/boats/etc.

It worked well in Barcelona, Zagreb and Split, specifically the first two as we were staying longer and were able to view other apartments in person before booking our remaining 2 months stay.

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I usually stay in a place for 3+ months, and I have a lot of places that I want to stay in for this amount of time. A lot of the moves are based on visa expiry so the moving date is very predictable, meaning that I can decide where Iโ€™ll go after and know already when I will go. These flights tend to be long haul so Iโ€™ll just set up alerts maybe 6 months before itโ€™s due, watch the prices and buy when it seems good.

And when Iโ€™m in a place then thatโ€™s my home for those months, but itโ€™s also a base that I can use to explore. Those trips I usually will semi-plan, they will be short haul flights or buses, staying in hostels, etc, and I will book these things 0-3 days before I go. Iโ€™m usually not working when I do these (weekends, taking time off) so that I can pack more into what is usually a short amount of time. When I get back home to my base then Iโ€™ll resume all of that.

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@harrivain 9yr

This makes a really interesting read. Iโ€™m definitely the bad planner, spontaneous type. Iโ€™m still not really nomadic, but this applies to my life already. I tend to book my trips very late. I lose some money, but it makes me flexible. For me that matters more.

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These answers are really interesting. Thanks :slight_smile:

Itโ€™s cool to see how everyone has a slightly different approach. Iโ€™m excited to try and book something spontaneous next time, once Iโ€™ve eased into this lifestyle a bit more. Thereโ€™s something incredibly freeing and empowering about rolling the dice and seeing where it lands.

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@don_lee 9yr

When I have to go, I check around to to look for a cheap flight ticket to anywhere thatโ€™s listed on NomadList, then I book it and go few days after. I hate making and sticking to plans, it gives me stress and I donโ€™t feel flexible and comfortable with that.

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@kathrynoh 9yr

I plan way, way ahead. Not to get cheaper airfares (but it does work for getting cheap as train travel in Europe) but because I like to know what Iโ€™m doing. Also, for the rest of this year I have to be in certain places at certain time - Iโ€™m housesitting for a friend next month and there are a few things on Tokyo at the end of the year so Iโ€™ve planned around that.

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@miles 9yr

My wife and I plan somewhere between 1 and 3 months before, usuallyโ€ฆ But we generally only plan a place for the first couple weeks/month and try to stay as long as visas let us, whether that is 60 days, 90 days or 180โ€ฆ

We arrive with some plans and a place to stay at first, but lots of open time to adapt/check out other parts of the country and to look for a locals deal on a medium term place.

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I love the few days approach. Has it ever screwed you over in terms of accommodation pricing, or do you tend to travel to places out of season/shoulder season?

My boyfriend works from home full-time, so Iโ€™ll be flitting back and forth. Handy being a European with a British passport though.

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itโ€™s bitten me on the ass a couple times. like recently I ended up in Dubrovnik on Easter weekend so paid a TON for lodging. but most of that has to do with me not paying attention to holidays and days of the week. :smile:

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usually a few days. maybe a few weeks. I find usually flights arenโ€™t significantly more expensive and the benefit of the flexibility is worth occasionally paying a little more. i used to plan in advance but after one trip where i planned everything and used 0/5 flights I booked I donโ€™t do that any longer.

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@levelsio 9yr

Usually a week or day before, I know itโ€™s a bit short. But I like just going wherever I want whenever I want. Itโ€™s harder know Iโ€™m dating somebody though :slight_smile:

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Does she travel with you @levelsio? Or you need to travel back to her when your visa allows entry again?

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@levelsio 9yr

Yes! We travel together. Sheโ€™s Korean so she can stay in EU for 3 months, so best way is just to keep moving around together.

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by @larsheather 5yr 5 years ago  | 8 comments

Weโ€™re Americans planning to be in Europe for all of 2020 - approx. 90 days in each country, and alternating Schengen and non-Schengen. Our destinations will likely include four of these: Italy, Croatia, Bulgaria, Estonia, Ireland, Romania, and Spain.
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Could you give me advise on my travel plans?


by @louieb 9yr 9 years ago  | 2 comments

Hey everyone! Love the site!

Iโ€™m from Amman, Jordan, Iโ€™m currently a senior university student (one semester left!), and I also work as a part-time software developer at a Jordanian based semi-distributed company. My plan is to stay as a full-time remote employee after I graduate.

Iโ€™ve been researching the Digital Nomad/Location Independent lifestyle for about a year now and was thinking about becoming a full DN after I graduate in the summer.

I was thinking about going to Europe for about 90 days (visa limit) and making Germany my first destination. The benefit of this is that Iโ€™ll visit a dear friend of mine whoโ€™s studying there, and explore parts of Europe that I havenโ€™t been to before. After Europe I plan to go back to my country and then leave for Turkey for about 90 days (visa on arrival).

I know that a major reason for becoming a DN is that you get to have a first world country salary and live in a low-cost country, and obviously to explore new places youโ€™ve never been to before.

After thinking a lot about this plan, I have come to a conclusion that I wonโ€™t benefit as much from the salary difference, Iโ€™ll be paying most of my salary on living expenses rather than on travel and savings.

My question is (sorry for taking too long), should I keep living in Jordan and take a long trip to Europe once a year, or do you advise on doing something else?

Thanks for you help :smiley:

Update: Jordan is very cheap in terms of living-cost.

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