E huli i ka luna pono

Inā ʻoe e hoʻopaʻa nei i kahi tiketi ea maʻalahi a i ʻole kahi lumi ma kahi hōkele āu i ʻike maikaʻi ai, ʻaʻole pono ʻoe i kahi luna. Akā no nā huakaʻi paʻakikī, nā mākaʻikaʻi, nā huakaʻi a me nā huakaʻi pipiʻi, hiki i kahi ʻelele ke mālama i ka manawa, ʻeha puʻuwai - a ʻae, ʻo ke kālā.

ʻO ka maʻalahi ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi mea kūpono i kāu pono.

ʻO ka mea mua, pehea e uku ʻia ai nā ʻelele i kēia mau lā?

Ua nānā mākou i kekahi, ma ka ʻāina a ma ka ʻāina. No nā ʻāpana huakaʻi kahi e uku ʻia ai nā komisina - e like me nā moku holo moku a me kekahi mau huakaʻi - ʻo ka hapa nui o nā ʻelele e aʻo iā ʻoe a kākau i kāu huakaʻi no ka manuahi.

Akā inā koi ʻia kahi huakaʻi maʻamau, a inā ʻaʻole e uku ʻia ke kōmike e nā mea hoʻolako, nui nā ʻelele i kēia manawa e hoʻolimalima i kahi kūkākūkā a i ʻole ka uku hoʻopaʻa ʻana e hiki ke loaʻa mai $25 a i $250 (ʻoiai ʻo ka hapa nui he $100 a i ʻole). Inā kākau ʻoe i ka huakaʻi, hoʻohana pinepine ʻia nā uku kūkākūkā i ke kumukūʻai o kāu huakaʻi.

ʻAʻole pono ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i nā tiketi ea maʻalahi ma o kahi luna; uku kekahi ma kahi o $50 no ka tikiki. Akā ʻo ka piʻi nui ʻana, makemake ka poʻe huakaʻi e uku i $50 a i $100 no ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi ʻelele e hoʻonohonoho i kahi tiketi lele pinepine manuahi e hiki ke komo i kekahi mau hola ma ke kelepona, wahi a Nina Meyer, luna hoʻokele huakaʻi ma TraveLeaders ma Coral Gables, Fla.

ʻO kāna ʻōlelo aʻo: E nīnau e pili ana i ka papa hana uku - ma mua o kou hoʻonohonoho ʻana i ka hana.

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ʻO ka hapa nui o nā ʻelele i kēia manawa i kahi ʻano huakaʻi a i ʻole kekahi mau wahi, no laila hiki iā lākou ke hāʻawi i nā ʻōlelo aʻo ʻike maoli a me ka lawelawe pilikino.

A no laila, loaʻa iā lākou nā pilina. Hiki i kēlā mau pilina ke hoʻokomo iā ʻoe i kahi hōkele "kūʻai ʻia", kahi hoʻomaikaʻi hōkele, kahi hoʻemi. A hiki iā lākou ke loaʻa iā ʻoe ke kumukūʻai hōkele ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi ma mua o kāu e ʻike ai ma ka Pūnaewele.

"ʻO kekahi mau ʻāina e like me Italia, Sepania, Pelekane - ua hoʻohaʻahaʻa maoli lākou i kā lākou uku i nā māka huakaʻi e hoʻolaha i ka huakaʻi. Ua ʻike mākou i nā kumukūʻai pūnaewele wale nō i ʻoi aku ma mua o $40 ma mua o ka mea hiki iaʻu ke loaʻa ma ke ʻano he ʻelele, "wahi a Gabrielle Conea o Corporate Leisure Specialists ma North Miami Beach.

Pehea e loaʻa ai kahi Agena

E nīnau a puni. ʻO kāu manaʻo maikaʻi loa mai kahi hoaaloha a i ʻole hoa huakaʻi e hoʻokokoke ana i ka hoʻomaha e like me kāu e hana ai.

Inā hele kāu huakaʻi i kahi kiʻekiʻe, e hoʻāʻo i nā lālā o Virtuoso (www.virtuoso.com) a me Ensemble (www.ensembletravel.com). ʻO kēia nā consortia nona nā lālā ʻelele i loea i ka huakaʻi huakaʻi a hoʻolilo i ka hoʻonaʻauao hoʻomau e hoʻomau iā lākou iho.

"He huakaʻi maikaʻi loa kā mākou mau ʻelele," wahi a ka waha ʻōlelo Virtuoso ʻo Misty Ewing.

Akā, pehea ke kanaka e hele ana ma ke kumu kūʻai haʻahaʻa? ʻAe, e lawe nā ʻelele iā ʻoe - akā hou, pono ʻoe e uku i kahi uku.

Pehea e ʻike ai iā lākou? Hāʻawi ka American Society of Travel Agents i ʻelua mau pūnaewele. Ma www.astanet.com, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻimi i kahi ʻelele kokoke iā ʻoe. Ma www.travelsense.org, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻimi i kahi ʻelele ma kahi o ka ʻike.

ʻO ka Travel Institute, ka mea e hāʻawi ana i nā papa hana kūikawā no nā ʻelele, e papa inoa pū i nā poʻe loea i kūpono me ia. E hele i www.thetravelinstitute.com; kaomi ma ka "Info for Travelers" ma ka piko o ka ʻaoʻao.

Hoʻopaʻa inoa pū ʻia ka Hui ʻOihana ʻOihana ʻo Cruise Lines i nā ʻelele loea i ka holo ʻana. E hele i www.clia.org; kaomi ma ka "Take a Cruise" ma lalo o ka ʻaoʻao.

(E hoʻomanaʻo, i ka makahiki o ka leka uila a me nā kelepona, ʻaʻole pono kahi luna maikaʻi e noho kokoke.)

A mai poina iā AAA. Hoʻokahi wale nō lawelawe nā palapala ʻāina TripTiks pilikino. Loaʻa i nā keʻena AAA nā palapala ʻāina maʻamau, kūʻai aku i nā puke alakaʻi (a me nā ukana pinepine), hiki ke kiʻi i kāu kiʻi passport (noa i nā lālā) a hoʻopuka i kahi laikini kaʻa honua. No ka uku, hiki iā lākou ke wikiwiki i kāu palapala passport a i ʻole palapala noi visa, wahi a Mike Pina.

Hoʻolaha pinepine nā luna AAA i nā moku holo moana. A hāʻawi lākou i nā pūʻolo Disney lālā AAA wale nō me kahi ʻike haʻi moʻolelo manuahi, nā wahi e nānā ana i nā ahi ahi, nā kaʻa kaʻa i makemake ʻia a me nā uku ʻai a me nā hale noho.

A ʻo ka lālā AAA e loaʻa nā uku ma nā hōkele a me nā mea hoihoi.

ʻIke ʻana i ka Mea Pono

ʻO ka loaʻa ʻana o ka luna kūpono e like me ka ʻimi ʻana i ke kauka a i ʻole ka mea lapaʻau: He mea weliweli paha ʻo ia no kekahi, akā ʻaʻole no ʻoe.

Mai manaʻo e hāʻawi ka luna i kona manawa me ka manuahi. E hoʻomaopopo inā ʻaʻole ʻo ia e uku ʻia e nā mea hoʻolako, pono ʻo ia e uku iā ʻoe. A inā loaʻa iā ia kahi komisina, makemake ʻoe e hōʻoluʻolu ʻo ka ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo ka mea maikaʻi loa iā ʻoe - ʻaʻole ka mea ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi loa nona. Kōkua ka uku i ka pae ʻana i kēlā kahua.

Ma kahi ʻoihana nui, e hui mua me ka luna hoʻomaha, ʻōlelo ʻo Nina Meyer o TraveLeaders ma Coral Gables. Hiki iā ia ke kamaʻilio pōkole me ʻoe, a laila e alakaʻi iā ʻoe i kahi luna kūpono.

Eia nā nīnau āu e nīnau ai:

• Ua hele anei ka ʻelele i kahi āu e makemake ai e hele?

• He aha kāna ʻike kūikawā e pili ana i ia wahi? (No ka laʻana, ua lawe ʻo ia i kahi papa kūikawā e pili ana iā ia?)

• Ua hele anei ʻo ia ma ke ala āu e makemake ai e huakaʻi (ma ka holo moku, ka huakaʻi alakaʻi, ma ka pūʻolo a i ʻole ma kāu iho)?

• He aha nā hui ʻoihana a me nā pilina i loaʻa i ke keʻena, a aia ponoʻī ka luna?

• Pehea ka lōʻihi o kona noho ʻana ma ka ʻoihana huakaʻi? Pehea ka lōʻihi o ka ʻoihana i ka ʻoihana?

• ʻO ka hapa nui o kāna mau mea kūʻai aku he huakaʻi hele wale? Nā ʻohana? ʻO ka poʻe hele mākaʻikaʻi?

• Ua kamaʻāina ʻo ia i ke kumukūʻai āu e makemake ai e hele?

• He aha nā lawelawe āna e hāʻawi ai, a he aha nā uku āna e kau ai no ia mau lawelawe?

• Aia nā hui ʻaʻole ʻo ia e hana ʻoihana ma ke ʻano he kulekele?

• Loaʻa iā ia ka uku mai ka mea hoʻolako lawelawe, a inā pēlā, loaʻa iā ia ka uku hou aku e ʻōlelo, mai kahi laina holo moku ma mua o kekahi? (Inā he "mea hoʻolako makemake" ʻo ia me kahi hui a ʻaʻole kekahi, e nīnau i ke ʻano o ia mea.)

• Hiki i ka pilina o ka ʻelele me ka mea hoʻolako ke loaʻa iā ʻoe nā pōmaikaʻi, e like me ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana a i ʻole nā ​​hōʻaiʻē ʻoihana?

• Hiki i ka ʻelele ke kōkua iā ʻoe ma hope o nā hola inā kū mai kahi pilikia, a pehea ʻoe e hoʻopili ai iā lākou? (Mai hoʻomāinoino i kēlā pilina, akā. E mālama iā ia no nā pilikia maoli.)

ʻO ke kamaʻilio ke kī. Pono ka ʻelele e nīnau iā ʻoe i nā nīnau he nui, e ʻike pono aia ʻoe ma ka ʻaoʻao hoʻokahi. Ma ia kamaʻilio ʻana, pono ʻoe e kaʻana like i kēia ʻike:

• Nā makahiki a me nā makemake o kāu pāʻina. E like me ka mea hiki. (Inā he poʻe ʻōpio ikaika loa kāu mau keiki, mai manaʻo ʻoe e hoʻopiʻi ana nā papahana o nā keiki maʻamau.)

• Hoʻopaʻa kālā no ka huakaʻi.

• Ka wikiwiki o kāu huakaʻi. Ke inaina nei ʻoe i ka wā hoʻomaha, a i ʻole makemake ʻoe e lawe mālie i nā mea?

• Pahuhopu mua. (Hoʻopaʻa me ka ʻohana? Ke kipa ʻana i kēlā me kēia kapikala ʻEulopa? Hoʻomaha a hoʻomaha?)

• Kaila huakaʻi āu e makemake ai. E like me kou hiki.

• kumu pilikia. ʻO ʻoe ke ʻano o ka huakaʻi e hele ana i ʻelua lā e hiki ai i kahi huakaʻi mamao? A i ʻole makemake ʻoe e pili me nā mokulele pololei wale nō? E hoʻomaopopo pono i ka ʻelele i kou pae hōʻoluʻolu.

Ma hope o kāu kamaʻilio ʻana, inā ʻaʻole ʻoe e ʻoluʻolu me ka luna, mai pili pū me ia. E hoʻi i ka luna hoʻomaha a wehewehe i ke kumu i hōʻoluʻolu ʻole ai ke kūlana. E haʻi aku i ka ʻelele ʻaʻole ia he kūpono kūpono. A i ʻole inā hilahila ʻoe, e ʻōlelo ua loli kāu mau hoʻolālā.

ʻAʻohe luna makemake i ka mea kūʻai ʻoluʻolu ʻole. A ʻaʻohe mea huakaʻi e loaʻa kahi hoʻomaha maikaʻi ʻole no ka mea ʻaʻole makemake ʻo ia e ʻōlelo, "ʻaʻole mahalo."

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