How far do you find yourself planning a new trip?

Last year when I went to California to visit my family due to my niece graduation and 18^th birthday my mom and I spent so many days with our close friends who we always see every time we are in town.

One of group of friends who are much older than me recommended places for my mom and I to visit. My mom began naming places she has never been too and would like in the future.

1.    Greece– Athens

2.    Portugal

3.    Spain

4.    New Mexico

5.    Hawaii

6.    Arizona – Grand Canyon

Aunt Lily said, hey I want to travel with you and your mom. I will bring my daughter with me.

I realize it would be great not only always meeting to eat out with our friends we can travel with each other. We can experience more things together and still be able to bond.

As her daughter I am my mom’s personal assistance. My mom doesn’t know how to communicate in Facebook Messenger.

I was able to chat with Aunt Lily online and arrange for our upcoming trip for next year 2021 it gives us enough time to look for promotional rates and save money for our upcoming trip. This way we have a set a date and month together.

I have other friends who always tell me why you even bother planning a trip so far ahead. Why do you bother thinking ahead of yourself?

I guess there are some people who don’t like to travel so much. There are people like my mom and I who do.

We like to plan ahead because we feel the need to want to see the whole world something we could look forward too.

Sometimes we build ourselves to a certain point for us to feel excited and look forward. We may have a boring life that consistence doing the same thing every day. In a time in your life you want to experience more than just what you do on a daily basis.

I started informing my close friends that I would be visiting them next year and we started planning places we can visit while I was in town.

My close friends got excited and we started planning places to see while I would be in town.

I realize it wasn’t only my mom and I planning ahead of ourselves when you look forward spending time with someone you look more into what you can do when your close friends is in town even if it is years ahead of time.

Sometimes traveling gives us a push to work harder and give us a challenge to think out of the box.

Of, course you have other close friends who doesn't even see the point in planning ahead. I guess we have friends who don't want to look forward and want to plan when the time is closer to meet their calendar.

My friends laugh at me when they see my calendar filled up with so many activties in one whole month visit.

My calendar has agenda that I have already planned ahead with my family and close friends. 

People in the States have busy schedule they have work, family and appointments to go too and when you plan ahead to give them at least a day to see each other it means a lot to them that they get the chance to spend time with you while you are in town.

My family and friends have a different life when we need to inform them ahead of time when you have children of your own they have a lot of school activities that you have to also be active as a parent.

Sometimes I have friends who have booked and schedule a date with me, but something unexpected happens to their family and the only thing you can do is just understand them and rebook on another day that will work for both of you.

I always give my family and friends priority to choose their dates first before I ask someone else to plan ahead this way they are VIP.