11 Travel Tips from a World Traveler

Editor’s Note: The following guest post is by Tanya Yaufi, author of All Over the Map: Two Lovers, Six Continents, and a Date with Destiny.

Do Your Research

Do some research on the country you are going to explore before you arrive. This way, you can maximize your time while you are there.

Be familiar with what interests you in that particular country.

You might want to buy a travel guide book or Google the country or cities before traveling to see the different possibilities and attractions.

I would also recommend having a little pocketbook to document the information you have researched before your arrival, so you do not forget anything.

Try Local Cuisine

Be open to trying the local cuisine.

You might surprise yourself and find your new favorite food or even delicacies that you can introduce to your friends and family back home, whether it is just describing the delicious flavors to them or replicating the experience yourself for them to sample.

Either way, it brings that country into…