Do you imagine yourself as an avid travel with a bad case of wanderlust in your heart? 

Here are seven (7) tips on how to turn your travel dreams into reality. 

A huge trap to not traveling comes from the fact that most people do not consider travel as a priority. If visual goals aren’t in front of us, we interpret that as an abstract and unattainable concept.  

One way to prioritize traveling is to remind yourself of all the destinations you want to visit. This is something that can be done through visuals.

One way to fuel your wanderlust is to subscribe to travel magazines and make vision boards. Looking at Pinterest can also help. You can dedicate one Pinterest board completely to your travel pursuits. 

You can create vision boards of different destinations. By looking at different destinations, travel ideas, or clever know-hows, you’ll be reminded why you want to travel, and it will encourage you to save money for travel.  

You will begin to view travel as a priority rather than a "someday" dream. By visualizing travel, it will build anticipation, which studies show can make you crave the travel experience even more than making tempting and guilt-inducing impulse buys.

Do you frequently say “someday” I will travel the world? 

Well someday your bills will be paid, someday you will have more time, someday you will have more money, someday you will find people to travel with. If you keep thinking that way, your travel dream will remain just a dream.  

What you must do is replace “someday” with now and begin taking steps toward turning your dream into a reality. 

If you want to make this trip happen sooner, start working on finding travel partners. Or you can join one of Colesville Travel’s group trips. Visit our website or contact us for the latest offerings. 

It’s a wonderful experience to travel with friends, family, or like-minded persons. Your travel companions can help transform your trip into the experience of a lifetime. It is a joy and a pleasure to go on a trip with people you know because nothing makes you truly know a person better than experiencing a different part of the world with friends and loved ones.  

Once you decide to take a trip together and you make plans, it makes everything a little more concrete because you have other travelers counting on you to travel. Travel with others is also advantageous and cost effective because you will be sharing the room and other travel related expenses.

Now comes the fun part, you have your travel partners ready and it’s time to decide where to go. Go through your vision boards, browse a travel brochure, talk with your friends, and decide on a date and destination. Is this something you want to do six months from now? Next year? Once you pick the dates, choose the destinations that works best.

Consider what destinations are best for that time of year. For example, during “high season” the rates are more expensive. If you travel “off-season” the rates will be better. Planning your trip in advance gives you time to consider all these factors. 

If you are serious about traveling, consider setting up an account dedicated exclusively for vacations. Before you even see your paycheck, consider putting 15% of it aside. If you cannot put away 15%, put away whatever you can afford.  

Another tangible way to save is to swap out other luxuries that you indulge in. Do you frequently go shopping for clothes, eat at restaurants, get manicures and pedicures, or simply purchase unnecessary things?  

What extras can you do without? Is your weakness coffee? Do you frequent Starbucks? Why not make your coffee in a French press and skip Starbucks?

Do you have a side gig? If so, you can take that money and dedicate it all towards your travel goals. The goal here is to make travel top of mind and a priority. Cut out excessive spending and start saving. 

Studies show that spending money on experiences, not things, is what makes life worth living. It’s better to collect memories and not things. It is easy to get caught up in everyday spending. And when it comes down to it, the expenses that come with traveling can make us cringe. After all, it’s a large chunk of money going to something that’s not exactly of physical use—for example, like a new pair of shoes, clothes, or a car. 

Keep in mind that our experiences are a bigger part of ourselves than our material goods. You may even be connected to your material things, and you may even think of your materials things as part of your identity. In contrast, our experiences are really part of us. We are the total of our experiences.  

If you like experiencing new places, and enjoy learning about history and culture through travel and travel is important to you, you will accept that it is worth the sacrifice of saying no to material things.

Is your bucket list just a vague, ever-changing set of ideas in your head, or have you written down your bucket list?  

As you anticipate and look forward to traveling you may want to write down a list of places you would like to travel to. By doing this you will have a much higher probability that you will achieve some or all your travel dreams.  

With the vaccine rolled out and signs of the pandemic finally being controlled, it is time to focus on what we’ve all been waiting for — putting together our travel plans. Traveling is just so exciting, it offers us something to plan for, look forward to, and make every day at the job just a little easier. 

So, what are you waiting for? Call Colesville Travel today  at 301-989-1654 so we can make your travel dreams come true.