Saturday, January 23, 2010

Holidays: Planning For Them

By Duke Ellsworth

It can be a pretty difficult for you to plan for the holidays, to ensure that you get the best relaxation during that time. This is true whether you are an adult ready for a two-day vacation or you are a student with months of school holidays ahead of you.

Tags: Holiday preparation, Holiday budgeting, holiday times, holiday treat, vacations

Difficulty: 3

Things you will need: A friend, A pen, a notebook, Money

Step 1: preparation There are one or two things that you can do during the holidays and which can make your holidays to be pretty exciting. To best benefit from the time that you will have, it is important that you prepare for the whole thing.

Step 2: Check out the available time Time is one of the most important resources when preparing for the holidays. Ask yourself: how much free time shall you have during the holiday? For example, if you are out with your spouse for the honeymoon, you may have set out like one week of relaxing and just being together. On the other hand, if you are a student with over three months to fill with fun and joy, then you can have a totally different experience from the one with a one week honeymoon. The amount of time that you have available in your hands will greatly determine the amount of activity that you will have.

Step 3: Check out those who will accompany you When preparing for the holidays, asses the people who will be with you. This is because traveling with different people will require that you prepare for different things.

Step 4: Assess the amount of money you have If you are planning for enjoyment during the holidays that are in question, it is obvious that you will need to spend some money, even if it will just be a very small amount. Therefore, it is important that when you are setting out to plan for the holidays, you make sure that the funds that are available are enough to cater for all the needs that you will have.

Step 5: assess the weather conditions The weather that you will face during the holidays will determine a great deal the type of activities that you will engage in. It will also determine whether the activities will be indoor or outdoor.

Step 6: Collect ideas Get ideas on what you want to do. The best holiday plans and vacations are those that are done in a group or with someone else, unless you are setting out for sometime where you just want to be alone. For this reason, When planning for a vacation or activity for the holidays, it is important that you consult another person, especially the ones that may be involved with you in the same activities that you will be doing.

Step 7: Prepare a good budget Develop a budget that will integrate the main steps above: the amount of money that you have and the amount of activities that you would like to carry out. As you prepare a budget, ensure that everything is extremely okay and that nothing is left out of the budgeting process. Do not forget to include other some money aside to carter for emergencies just in case some unfortunate event occurs.

Step 8: be firm, but flexible The essence of planning is so that you may follow the plans. However, you may sometimes have to be flexible so that there is some bit of spontaneity.

Tips * Always remember to get some activities that will require you to help the needy and the unfortunate.

* Pamper as much as you can so as to make yourself enjoy the session. Do not be misers to yourself as this will not do you any good.

Warning * Make sure that you do not get too optimistic and forget to set aside some money for emergencies.

Resources: www.holiday.com

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