31 Travel Tips & Reflection Questions
Once you’ve been abroad, what’s the number one thing you want to do? Travel!![]() All month I’ve been posting travel tips and reflection questions on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn, so I thought I’d post all of them in once place in case you missed a few. Or you can search #SPS on Twitter. (Click here if you’re looking for last month’s tips on relaunching yourself into your ideal global career path after being abroad.) 31 Travel Tips & Reflection Questions |
Q1: What are your top 3 must-see-before-I-die travel destinations? Q2: How has travel helped you determine what you want in life? |
Q3: How has travel helped you determine *who* you are? |
Q4: How has travel helped you figure out what you’re passionate about? |
Q5: How has travel helped you determine what’s most important to you? |
Q6: How has travel helped you determine WHO is important to you? |
Q7: How has travel helped you learn about the world? |
Q8: How can you use travel to develop new habits? |
Q9: What have you learned about people as a result of #travel? |
Q10: How has travel helped you build bridges? |
Q11: How has travel helped you improve how you react to difficult situations? |
Q12: How has travel helped you be comfortable with ambiguity? |
Q13: How has travel been a mentor to you? |
Q14: How has travel helped you develop relationships? |
Q15: Has travel been a window or a mirror? |
Q16: How has travel uncovered the simplicity and complexity in the world? |
Q17: What would you include in your personal travel manifesto? |
Q18: If you could anywhere in the world today, where would you go? |
Q19: What’s your biggest travel accomplishment? |
Q20: What’s your biggest travel regret? |
Tip 21: Travel off season to get closer to everyday life. |
Tip 22: Don’t expect travel to solve your life problems. |
Tip 23: Travel doesn’t automatically translate into cross-cultural skills |
Tip 24: Travel with a knife, fork & spoon so you don’t end up eating your salad & yogurt with your hands. |
Tip 25: If things look similar when you travel, look deeper. |
Tip 26: If things look different when you travel, look deeper. |
Tip 27: Bring reusable sandwich bags. Great for taking snacks on planes, day trips, sight-seeing, etc. |
Tip 28: Do something on your next trip that you haven’t done before. |
Tip 29: It really is true that you should take half of what you pack and bring twice as much money! |
Tip 30: Give yourself time and space to experience re-entry. Don’t shy away from this powerful growth opportunity. |
Tip 31: Always bring your passport. You never know when you’ll have an opportunity to leave the country! |