23 things no one tells you before book a trip abroad.
The guide we would have liked to have had when we started traveling. No motivational padding. No obvious advice. Only what is really useful when you are planning a trip.
- Flights, documentation, visas, vaccinations, insurance, etc.
- Commission-free cards, cash, cash according to destination
- Smart suitcase and apps that matter
- The exact day on which flight prices drop
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28 pages. 23 learning. Zero filler.
Each tip takes up a page. You read it, apply it, move on to the next. Organized in the exact order it will appear when you start planning your trip.
Before booking
Destiny is not what you think it is. The best time is relative. The question no one asks. Your real body vs the one on Instagram.
Flights
The myth of the last minute bargain. The exact day when prices drop. The trap of the cheap ticket. The stopovers that save (and the ones that destroy).
Documentation
Passport: the 6-month rule. Visas: what they don't tell you online. Certificates that are requested and nobody knows they exist.
Money and cards
Invisible commissions that eat up your trip. How much cash to really carry. The fatal mistake of changing currency at the airport.
Health and suitcase
Vaccines: what is false and what is mandatory. The first aid kit that works. Insurance that pays off. The 70% rule. What you always forget.
Before, during and after
The 3 essential calls. The apps that matter. How not to look like a tourist in 10 seconds. The first 48 hours back home.
What this guide is not.
There are many free travel guides. This one is different because of what it discards, not what it promises.
It is not motivational.
You won't find «visualize your journey until it appears» or «believe in yourself and the universe will provide». Just practical information that works.
It is not generic.
This is not a list copied from other websites. Each tip comes from a real experience - our own or from people we have helped to prepare their trip.
It is not an undercover catalog.
You're not going to open the PDF and find our travel deals on every page. It's an honest guide. If you end up booking something with us, it's because you want to.
It is not infinite.
28 pages. Reads in 30 minutes. Consult it when you need it. Zero filler to look like «a lot of content».
This guide is for you if...
It's not for everyone, and that's fine. It is designed for specific travelers with specific situations.
You are planning your first trip outside Europe.
And you don't know where to start: visas, vaccinations, insurance, suitcase, money. This guide is the map you were missing.
You have already traveled but you make the same mistakes.
Expensive tickets, commissions you never knew existed, overflowing suitcases. Here's a shortcut to the learning that usually pays for itself in screw-ups.
You want to save money without lowering the quality of the trip.
You're not someone looking for the cheapest at any cost. You want to spend well - not less. This guide shows you where money is wasted.
You are traveling with little prior information and want to avoid it.
You know the feeling of arriving at your destination and realizing that something was missing. Here's the check-list so it won't happen again.
A PDF you want open.
Clean design, elegant typography, one idea per page. Looks good on mobile, tablet and computer. And on paper too, if you feel like printing it.
- 28 pages in A4 vertical format
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- One tip per page for easy reference
- «SunZen tricks» highlighted in each tip
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It is written by Rakel and Toni.
«Every tip in this guide comes from something we did wrong, something we were told too late, or something we learned from watching someone else stumble.»
We are the founders of SunZen Travel, boutique travel agency in Valencia. We don't come from the agency world - we come from the real world. That's why we do things differently.
This guide is not written by an expert with 20 years of experience. It is written by two people who have traveled, have made mistakes, have read, have asked questions, and have been compiling what works and what doesn't work.
If today you can avoid the mistakes we made, the guide has done its job.
- Rakel and Toni - SunZen Travel
3 things that do you will learn.
Because a free guide with no concrete value is spam in disguise. Here are 3 specific things you're going to know by the time you finish reading it.
When to buy the ticket to pay less.
Neither 6 months before nor 2 weeks before. There is an optimal window - and a specific day of the week - where prices are lower. We tell it to you straight.
Which card to use so as not to lose money.
Invisible fees from traditional banks can eat up €100 on an average trip. We tell you which cards real travelers use and why.
How to prepare documents without forgetting them.
Passport with the 6 months rule, which visa to ask for according to destination, which health certificates are required and where to get them. Everything in order and clear.
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