Backpacking Travel Tips

When we are planning on travelling, most of us are possible considering this two popular choices to go solo or b grouping.


If your are planning to travel solo you might want to consider of going via backpacking or via guided tour.


If you have such a limited financial support, it seems like you do not have any choice except to go via backpacking.


Now, wht is a backpacking tour?

Backpacking is a form of travel

Most of us would be considering two choices when we want to travel, either to backpack or guided tour.

Backpack is the form of travel that you decide and arrange for yourself, what places to visit, when to go to those places, where is that place,why you want to go to the places and most important, how to get to that places.

Guided tour would be the form of travel, where you just purchase a tour package, and the tour company would plan and arrange everything for you. You have no choice over the itinerary of the travel. You only have to pay, and you travel is done.

Now, What to consider when choosing between the two.

1) Do you want control over the places of visit during your travel?

Backpackers normally wants to be free from others. We decide how long we want to be at certain places and just skip those that we don't have interest. For guided tour, they cater to the interest of the whole group and not individually, thus you might be going to places you have no interest at all or not visiting places of your interest at all.

2) Do you want control over the itinerary?

Backpackers would have to arrange for themselves, when to visit a site and how to go to the site. This requires some research before they go travel. For guided tour, the tour company would arrange and decide everything for you. You just follow the group.

The above is the basic of choosing between the two type of travel. Please visit my blog for more backpacking tips Backpacking Tips

Yeong Chow is a backpacker. I only travel by backpacking. I have visited Hong Kong, Macau and other places. Would be backpacking in Europe in 2010 and South East-Asia in 2011. As I learn more on backpacking, I would also write them into articles for others to view. My blog on backpacking tips is at Backpacking tips.