We get it. The idea of traveling in India can be daunting.
The country is a constant assault on your senses and many long-term travelers have had to cut their travels in this country short because they just couldn’t handle the never-ending sensory overload that is India.
While I hope our previous articles about India have encouraged otherwise, we now have a foolproof alternative to propose if you are still nervous about visiting this amazing country.
Go to Sri Lanka first.
In all of my travels, I never carried a phone. I’m going to repeat that to let it sink in. Out of the 66 international countries I’ve visited, totaling well over 700 days of travel, I never once used a cell phone. In fact, even when I was at home I never even owned a smart phone. Crazy, right?
Call it a mix of wanting to save money and not getting hit with roaming charges when abroad, but the truth of it was that I never had any desire to be that connected. When I was out exploring I didn’t want any distractions, and I loved every second of it.
But now that I use a phone when traveling, I wanted to have data on the go. Naturally, I purchased my first smart phone with a Simple Choice plan- a T Mobile international data plan with data and text included in 200+ countries.
If I’m going to do it, it will be done right, and with a starting price of $50/month I was sold.
There are many destinations we have visited around the world where we have found that renting a car made for a better experience. In many others we realized we probably would have had a better time had we splurged for our own transportation for a few days. But there are a few select destinations where we did not rent a car and realized that it was a critical mistake that greatly altered our experience.
Oman was one of those destinations.
While it is hard for anyone to fully justify the costs of a rental car, especially when you will need to spend even more for a full SUV with 4-wheel drive, we have a few reasons as to why you should consider it when traveling in Oman.
Before leaving for our long-term trip, we opened up two Hilton Citi and two Hilton American Express credit cards in order to have an upgrade in accommodations for several nights during our travels.
We spent several months using the cards to meet the minimum spending limits to get the sign-up bonuses, and even used the Citi affiliated cards as our primary card during the trip to rack up a substantial amount of points.
But does opening four Hilton reward credit cards, two with a $95/year annual fee, really save you money on a long-term trip?
Let’s find out.