Taking a break for your tight schedule of works is necessary. You can’t keep working with tired body as well as mind. That’s why, spend your time for traveling is not such a bad idea. Besides, traveling today is fun and easy. Of course traveling means you need to spend your hard-earned money. But if it is worth it then why not?

Traveling isn’t always about spending money to expensive hotels, foods, and tour program. You can have a fun and simple trip without unnecessarily robbing your wallet. There are plenty of budget-friendly accommodation you can find almost everywhere. Therefore, money is not an excuse to skip a chance to have a well-deserve getaway now.

Looking for cheap accommodation

Before starting your quest on searching for cheap accommodation, you need to know that you should consider it based on some important factors such as your travel destination, the number of people you bring, budget, travel style, the length of your trip, as well as interests. Thus, you can’t just looking for a low-price room and book it immediately. What if the amenities are not what you need?

What if the location of the accommodation is not safe? Thus, finding budget-friendly accommodation is important but it doesn’t mean you should rely solely on ‘cheap’ things.

Location, location, and location

Of course location plays important role in searching accommodation. To save your money, find accommodation located in strategic location and grants you access to various tourist attraction, diners, ATM center, shopping center, etc.

This way, you don’t have to take a cab to reach your destination since every place is within walking distance. It saves your money as well as time.

Say no to weekend

Weekend is leisure time and lots of people sue it to have a short trip. It means, the price rate is rising on weekend. Thus, it is more recommended to have a trip during weekdays (Monday-Friday). It is even worse if your destination is a touristy location. Weekend is a no for you if what you are looking for is budget-friendly accommodation.

Split rooms

If you are traveling with your friends or families, it is more recommended to rent a villa or apartment consists of several rooms which you can share with other families or renters. This is less expensive than booking several rooms in the hotel.

Besides, a private villa is more comfortable for your stay. Besides, a villa has functional kitchen where you can make your own meals instead of eating out. More ways to save your money from unnecessary expense, right?

Hostels, and why not?

If you are solo traveler, consider staying at hostel. You see, hostels today are not that sketchy or messy. There are plenty of decent hostels with clean room and satisfying services and amenities. And of course, the rent is much cheaper than booking a room in a hotel.

Even if you are traveling with families, there are some hostels providing family rooms and kids-friendly amenities. So who says hostels are for backpackers only?

Lots of people say that traveling is primary not luxury anymore. Taking a break from the hustle and bustle on daily basis is important to keep you sane. However, it is not as simple as taking leave and have a trip to a place in your bucket list.

Sometimes, it is hard to ignore all responsibilities you hold from work and daily mundane activities. It makes you forget to take a break. As the result you no longer feel motivated to travel because you think you are too tired to do it anyway.

Traveling is like the process of recharging a battery. You need to do it once in a while to stay recharged.

How to build motivation to travel

Losing motivation is not something uncommon. Everyone must have experienced it in their life. Losing motivation to exercise, to eat, and to travel they deserve. It is humane after all.

However, as mentioned above that traveling is as important as recharging a battery.

Even though you are not people person or don’t really like going out regularly, traveling can bring you positivity one way or another. Here are tips to rebuild motivation to travel:

• Take a few minutes to relax and forget about every work you need to handle for the day. You don’t need to spend an hour. Just spend ten or fifteen minute to empty your mind from all hustle and bustle around you. You can do it in the morning after waking up or before sleeping in. During those times, try to think what you really want to do when you have spare time between your busy lives. Traveling must be one of them because sometimes it feels good to be in a place far from where your responsibilities lie.
• During your spare time like lunch break, read some articles about traveling. You can research of some places to go even if you don’t have plan to travel anytime soon. While you researching, you will find some places you really want to go someday and it will motivate you to travel. You will find interesting points of the place that you want to visit eagerly.
• For those who have tight schedule, it is hard to devote time for things like traveling. However, it is not as hard as you think either. You can always spare time to do the things that make you happy like traveling. Thus, try to pick a day and time you are not busy to plan a trip. For example, you can sue your time on social media to plan a trip instead.
• Another thing to help you building motivation to travel, read travel books or blogs. Reading the other’s experiences of how they travel can build your motivation to the same. It will become easier for you to think that traveling is what you deserve as a break. You will find it easier as well to travel because bloggers usually put some tips and advices. Therefore, traveling doesn’t sound so bad anymore but tempting instead.

You may have never been thinking about this before, not many of us are considering that we will need the proper and right accommodation when traveling in Bali that is contributing for our health. And to ensure you that I am serious about this, I won’t talk about how the accommodation is designed and how clean it is to be stayed. Not really.

One of my main focus for this topic is that; the accommodation’s facility where you are possible for not only stay in comfort and luxury, but the facility will also encourages you to get healthy while getting some exercises.

Now, have you been known about what exactly I am talking about? If you are wondering too much about it, let me introduce you with the fitness gym at the accommodation.

Fitness gym as the health support facility for accommodation in Bali

Now, how many of accommodations in Bali that you have been checked before and got their own fitness gym? Be it the villas, hotels, beachfront condos, etc. There will only some of accommodations that are providing you such facility.

I think, it is important to think about this fitness gym since you may are traveling while in a diet program. You can also get benefits of it by giving yourself some exercises that can make your sweat out and keep you in shape ever since there are so many tasteful and delicious foods in Bali that are tempting your appetite.

Staying in such a healthy accommodation in Bali is also recommended when you are traveling with your friends where you can remind each other about the importance of keep healthy while traveling. And if you are agree with that, there is a healthy 3 bedroom villa Seminyak you can rent with your friends with its own fitness gym along with the facilities you can use for exercising.

If you will looking for the healthy accommodation in Bali for a group of people, many accommodations may are saying that what they have got are the healthier one because of the building design. And I think that most of the accommodations are actually have been well designed. But when you will ask them about the fitness gym or at least the facility along with the available room for exercising, I bet that there will only small amount of the stays among hundreds or even thousands that will show you what they have been prepared for you.

It is not an obligation for you to think about the healthy accommodation in Bali as what I have recommended. But if you could get one without even paying for a penny, don’t you think that will be the an advantage you can get while any other accommodations aren’t afford to have it?

While you are traveling, since you are moving here and there in almost every hour of your holidays in Bali, you may are thinking that you won’t need a fitness gym and you are not in Bali for exercising. But I am sure that when your accommodation can provides you that, you may find yourself in the fitness gym every single morning.

Travelling is the moment craved by everyone because everybody deserves a break in their hectic life. You see, people today are so busy catching up with the world. They work hard to achieve their goal in life. However, they forgot to take a break. It is important because it is like recharging your energy to live. If you are planning to travel to your dream destination, you should start looking for the perfect accommodation. Where you will stay during your trip needs to be planned ahead so that you don’t have to do it at the time you arrive at your travel destination. It is such a hassle and not efficient. Booking in advance will put you on ease during your trip.

How to find perfect accommodation

It is obvious that there is no such thing as perfect. Besides, every individual has different preferences that one place couldn’t match everyone’s wishes of perfect accommodation. However, perfect here means a place offering reasonable price for great service and amenities at the best location. There are also other things that makes a place a perfect accommodation.

• First thing first, decide the location. You must have decided where you want to stay at for your trip. Thus, look for accommodation around your destination. It is important to find accommodation located in the location granting easy access to important places such as ATM center, shopping center, restaurant, etc. in addition, it is also important to choose accommodation located in safe neighborhood. You can research about the neighborhood before booking a room in one of the hotels there.
• You should consider the rating. Of course it doesn’t guarantee that the place is perfect. At least, it gives you the insight of the place from the customer’s experience. Aside from the ratings, you also need to consider the price. It usually depends on the service and amenities. If you are budget traveler, the price might be the priority since you need to spend your money wisely for other expenses. If there are services amenities you don’t really need, you can choose another place that offers reasonable prices with features you really need for comfortable stay.
• If you are travelling with families, you should consider family-friendly accommodation. For example, find a place that offers kids room, hypoallergenic beddings, baby kids, babysitting, playroom, or other amenities to make sure your families are safe during your stay.
• If you are travelling solo, it may not necessary to book a place with so many amenities and services you won’t even use especially if your travel schedule is tight and requires you to move a lot. If you are travelling in group of friends, you need to find a place that can accommodate your group perfectly based on the number of the room available, the service, etc.
• Find an accommodation where you are free from hidden fees. To avoid paying for extra (hidden) fees, you need to do some research before booking. You can directly ask the staffs via phone calling about the specific information of the room rates.

For travelers, having a photo of the underwater scenery is a proud thing. Because not all can do dives and take the best pictures under the sea. No wonder the recent package of scuba diving for beginners is so popular and popular.

Scuba diving lessons for beginners will be more perfect with the right training from the best instructors. After training and certification, it’s time for beginners to explore the underwater and do not forget to take the best photos. There is a lot to watch out for when shooting in water.

Scuba Diving Lessons For Beginners To Take Underwater Photo

This is the main and most important. Reefs and fish are in deep waters. At least your depth limit is 18 meters. If you are not certified, not only can you not take amazing underwater pictures, but it can also endanger your life. While doing scuba diving lessons for beginners, you must understand the ethics of diving. Understand what is and cannot be done during diving.

Sensitive With Underwater Life

Treat all underwater animals like humans. Photographing underwater species is the same as photographing humans. Then you will see an amazing work. Each underwater species has its own characteristics. For that, you must be sensitive to all types of underwater species when going to take pictures.

Preserve the Environment

This is important and must be done by everyone, especially if you are a diver. The underwater habitat has been heavily polluted and needs the help of everyone to preserve it. Not touching coral reefs It takes a long time for coral to form. Touching coral reefs, means you contribute to the natural beauty of the underwater.

Scuba Diving Lessons For Beginners, Take A Photo With the Right Camera

Shooting on land does not necessarily get good results. Imagine if you have to take photos under the sea. This is not an easy thing! Need concentration where you have to take pictures and balance the body. Pocket cameras are enough for the scuba diving for beginners. If you are a beginner and bring a professional camera, your burden will increase by 6-7 kg.

Don’t dive beyond 18 meters 

This must be considered after you are certified. Certificates allow you to dive anywhere in the world. Guides from professional dive centers guarantee security for your diving as a beginner. Do not use a local guide where you may be taken to a depth of more than 18 meters and endanger you.

This must be considered after you are certified. Certificates allow you to dive anywhere in the world. Guides from professional dive centers guarantee security for your diving as a beginner. Do not use a local guide where you may be taken to a depth of more than 18 meters and endanger you.

When it comes to Flores, you will be reminded of beautiful paradise with stunning view. There are many things to discover when you travel in Flores, the exotic island. If you are planning to have peaceful and relaxing getaway, Flores is the right place to go. However, it is also perfect for those who are craving from adrenaline and thrill. There are hidden gems in Flores you need to find through fun adventure and thrill. Of course, you cannot miss beautiful beaches as well when it comes to Flores since water is surrounded the place in general. Everywhere you go, you will be able to see stunning view of the ocean.

Stunning beaches to enjoy in Flores

Flores is one of the most distinctive places in Indonesia with undeniable charm and beauty. This is perfect place where you can find something different than most of travel destination. One of the best aspect in Flores you should enjoy to the max is the beaches. If you only know beautiful beaches in Bali, you should plan your trip to Flores immediately. There are beaches with stunning view and unique profile in Flores you cannot miss.

• Blue Stone Beach has particularly unique characteristic and different from most beaches.  You may have heard about beaches with pink sand or black sandy beaches. Of course, it is quite common to see white sandy beaches. However, it is hard to find beaches with various shades of blue. This Blue Stone beach has the most stunning view in the world. You will feel like in a movie or something because there are stones in different color started from blue, green, and red. Those come from the similar-colored cliffs near the beach. The color of blue ocean and blue stones is striking during noon. This beach has mountains of Bejawa as a background which makes it looks more stunning.
• In Komodo Island, you will not only meet the monstrous creatures, Komodo, but also find the beach with stunning view due to the pink color of the sand. Even though people all around the world has heard about pink beaches. The number of pink beach is still rare. There are less than ten in the world. When you visit Komodo Island, you can stop by pink beach. There you can snorkel or do anything to enjoy the beach. Red coral mixed with white sandy caused the sand to have beautiful pink color.
• 17 Islands Marine Park is actually a coral garden national park. It actually consists of 20 islands. However, the 17 islands is named after the day of Independence in Indonesia (17th August). To enjoy this island the most, you should try a boat trip. That way, you can explore as much as you can. Throughout your boat trip, you will see stunning view of the beaches. You can also stop by Pulau Bukit Tiga and near Pulau Mborong to snorkel. Those are best locations to find stunning view of the marine life. You will find 27 different coral species along with colorful fish.

There are popular places for tourists in Bali such as Seminyak, Ubud, and Canggu. However, there is also Denpasar, the capital of Bali that also offers many great things for your holiday. There are historical and cultural sites you can visit. This is a perfect place for you to venture for your holiday. In this place, urbane features and rustic touches lend perfectly. You can still enjoy the finest of Bali in the middle of urbane retreat. You can venture from the center of Denpasar to its outer fringes. You will find bustling scene as well as laidback natural vibe of Bali.

Things to do when travelling in Denpasar Bali

The island of Gods is what people call Bali for. This is where you can find distinctive culture blends together with raw beauty of nature. However, you can still find bustling scene here and there which shows how lively and lovely the place is. So here are recommended places to visit while you are in Denpasar Bali for great holiday:

• Sakenan Temple – In this capital city, you can still trace Balinese’s historical points through Sakenan Temple. It is situated in Serangan Island. It consists of two main temple complexes featuring old coral stones. Those coral stones were used in place of bricks in history. There is also Sakenan’s anniversary that you can witness if you are lucky. It is held a week after Galungan. Check out Indonesia calendar to find out the exact schedule.
• TCEC – It stands for Turtle Conservation and Education Centre. This is situated in Serangan Island, south Denpasar. In the past, it was only a breeding ground for turtles. Today, it has become education and conservation site to breed and protect turtle species. The site provides sanctuary, nursery and hatchery for turtles. This conservation is open for public so you can visit and bring your kids along to know more about turtles.
• Denpasar Art Centre – It is also known as Taman Werdhi Budaya. This is where annual Bali Festival held. It is usually held from July to August. During festivals, there are a week-long exhibitions and live art performances. The festivals are held both in indoor and outdoor auditoriums. However, this is still great place to visit during normal day outside festival season.  There are interesting points of this place you will enjoy started from the architecture to the magnificent sculptures. Its location is next to Denpasar Institute of Arts. You can also visit the campus and take a peak of students rehearsing their routines.
• Cultural Village of Kertalangu – This villa offers recreational sites include beautiful green paddies, restaurants, shops, spas, and fishing arena. In this cultural village, you will find many interesting things such as straw huts, traditional wooden house, and world peace monument. There are outdoor activities you can participate in during your visit to this village such as horse riding, woodcarving, Balinese dancing lessons, as well as painting. You can also buy authentic local souvenir at the shops located near the entrance of the village.

As Komodo’s popularity getting increasingly popular among travelers, many couples has already put Komodo boat trip in their honeymoon destination lists. How can you deny a romantic sailing trip in Komodo? The brilliant blue water, rich marine life, bright white line of beaches, and, most importantly, the idyllic mood hanging in this completely remote piece of earth is absolutely irresistible. While Komodo can be a relaxing experience after the wedding, it comes with both pros and cons that you’d likely to know before deciding to embark. 

The Plus Side

Komodo Boat Trip is Very Practical

Think about what you need to prepare when you are planning for a honeymoon trip. You need to plan destinations, transportation (do you need to rent a car or use public transportation? what are the route?), hotel and other accommodation (do you need to move hotels to get closer with the destinations?), and down to restaurant lists you wish to try with your beloved. Komodo boat trip is probably the simplest choice of all. It’s one kind of trip where you get everything on one package. On a Komodo liveaboard are all the basics—cabins where you sleep, ship to carry you to all Komodo destinations, and meals for every meal time. All you need to do is just booking the liveaboard trip and let the tour company do the rest.

Unpack Once and For All

Since there’s no need to move on one hotels to another for the sake of staying closer to trip destination, you just need to unpack once for the whole honeymoon trip. And we are know the hassle that comes with two unloaded suitcases.

A Trip within Budget

Do you know how much unpredictable prices and impulsive shopping can cost you? In Komodo boat trip holiday, you’ll know the price of your trip and the airplanes beforehand. Since you won’t go anywhere for meals or pay extra hotel service, you can pretty much stay in budget.

Best Place to Chill

The liveaboard wont only be your vessel. During the trip, you can just chill and relax with your other half in the deck, lounging and enjoying the panoramic landscape while waiting for the next destination. That’s what we call as meaningful quality time!

The Minus Side

Limited Dining Choice

While you are given the privilege of not thinking about what to eat or spending extra money for an overpriced restaurant, dining choices in the liveaboard can be somewhat limited. Basically it’s up to the crew to serve any menu available, unless you give them any food concerns beforehand. Rest assured—most of their cooking are tasty and even incorporate delicious seafoods fresh from the sea!

No Time to Soak Up on Local Culture

Most Komodo boat trip only docks for few hours in an island, so there’s probably  not enough time to soak up on Flores’ local culture. On the other side of the coin, however, most islands in the National Park are arid from civilisation—so there’s not really much things to miss.

The Probability of Getting Seasick

Oh, the party pooper of sailing trip! It’s really a downer to get seasickness attack you or your partner, when everything you want to do is just chill and absorb the wonderful scenery. Be sure to pack up seasickness bands or medicine to counter the nausea.