My Article on Planning Your Next Big Adventure at Brave New Traveler

After the talk about the trip at Northern Voice, I met Ian Mackenzie who founded an online travel magazine called Brave New Traveler and a travel blog community called TravelBlogger.net.

Ian was interested in hearing more about 3 tips that we often give people who are planning their next big adventure and asked if I would write a short article about the tips. The article I wrote is now posted at Brave New Traveler and is called: 3 Secrets to Planning Your Next Big Adventure.

Here's an excerpt:

I remember the first time the trip became real to me. My wife Sachi and I were at our friend’s house and, as we planned before the visit, we let it fly…

“So, we have some big news for you guys. Starting in December of 2005, we’re going on a trip around the world for a year, coming back home in December of 2006.” I remember this moment for a few reasons.

First, I remember their reaction, which was something like “you’re gonna WHAT?” Second, this was the first time we told anyone about our big plans. For the first time, we were officially on the hook – to change plans now would be tantamount to failure.

The tips can also be found on our last entry on the TwinF site.