How do you approach your initial travel plans?
I am not happy with how I've approached this current trip; I've made so many mistakes. And yet, when I think about what I would have done different to start, there's so many considerations, I'm not sure what I should have started with!
I'd love your approach on your first steps (for my next trip, better planned I hope).
Do you first figure out flights and then fill in?
Do you first figure out a budget and then see what fits?
Do you first figure out your must sees and then work around them?
Or do you have another approach?
It's kind of embarrassing, but our current trip started like this:
Teen said - I want to see Paris and Amsterdam;
Other Teen said - I'll see anything;
Husband said I'd love to see Scandinavia, but if we're in Iceland, I'd love to see Iceland too.
Mom said - I want to see Barcelona
Mom asked Teens how long is too long to be traveling?
Teen said 5 weeks;
Other Teen was silent
Mom worried about heat in Spain, wants to go as early in summer as possible
Mom wants to fly direct to Europe (Iceland is the only option!) to mitigate jet lag and Iceland airfare a good price
Austrian friends say their vacation is not until July 5th
Mom freaks out about rising cost of airfare - buys tickets to and from Iceland, without any itinerary set at all