WEBVTT - Plan your travel portfolio

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning,

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<v Speaker 1>This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's

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<v Speaker 1>tip is to plan your year's travel all at once.

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<v Speaker 1>That way, you can say yes to including lots of

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<v Speaker 1>different things in your travel portfolio, rather than having all

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<v Speaker 1>your priorities compete against each other for every trip. If

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<v Speaker 1>you're trying to plan a vacation with a group of

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<v Speaker 1>people for a particular time, say you're planning your Christmas vacation,

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<v Speaker 1>you may be dealing with a lot of competing desires.

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<v Speaker 1>One kid is dying to go to Disney World. Another

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<v Speaker 1>wants to go to New York to see a Broadway show.

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<v Speaker 1>Another wants to stay home. You may want to have

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<v Speaker 1>a meal you'll remember for the rest of your life.

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<v Speaker 1>Your partner wants to go somewhere with kids club so

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<v Speaker 1>you can get through a meal without cutting up someone's meat.

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<v Speaker 1>It is going to be hard to satisfy all of

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<v Speaker 1>those wants on any particular trip. That's why I think

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<v Speaker 1>it's wise to take a different approach. Better to plan

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<v Speaker 1>an entire year's travel all at once. If you are

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<v Speaker 1>thinking now about any summer trips, go ahead and think

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<v Speaker 1>about Thanksgiving, Christmas, spring Break, and so forth. When you

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<v Speaker 1>think about all of it, you can include all of

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<v Speaker 1>it in your travel portfolio. After all, if you take

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<v Speaker 1>a couple of trips per year, you can visit grandparents

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<v Speaker 1>and taking nuclear family trip to a national park. You

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<v Speaker 1>could go skiing and go to the beach. When you

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<v Speaker 1>plan the year's travel all at once, you are not

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<v Speaker 1>choosing between experiences for a particular vacation. You are simply

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<v Speaker 1>figuring out when during the year you will do all,

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<v Speaker 1>or at least most, of the things you want to do.

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<v Speaker 1>When you plan each trip as a one off thing,

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<v Speaker 1>on the other hand, you will always be asking, well,

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<v Speaker 1>should we be visiting family instead? Or why are we

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<v Speaker 1>going skiing? You know I don't like skiing. Person A

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<v Speaker 1>may argue against going to the beach because they're not

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<v Speaker 1>a beach person and would prefer to go to Europe,

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<v Speaker 1>rather than seeing that the year as a whole can

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<v Speaker 1>contain both those things. There is also a practical reason

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<v Speaker 1>for thinking about the year as a whole. You can

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<v Speaker 1>manage your travel budget and your vacation days. Perhaps person

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<v Speaker 1>A won't resent taking three days of PTO around Thanksgiving

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<v Speaker 1>for a big family trip, or at least won't resent

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<v Speaker 1>it as much if she knows that another four days

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<v Speaker 1>are reserved for her preferred trip around President's Day in February.

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<v Speaker 1>Planning a portfolio as a whole helps ensure balance and

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<v Speaker 1>that everyone is happy, or at least reasonably happy. There

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<v Speaker 1>is probably no trip that is fun for the whole

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<v Speaker 1>family for the whole time, but planning a year's travel

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<v Speaker 1>portfolio at once at least gets you pretty close. In

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<v Speaker 1>the meantime, this is Laura. Thanks for listening, and here's

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<v Speaker 1>to making the most of our time. Thanks for listening

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<v Speaker 1>to Before Breakfast. If you've got questions, ideas, or feedback,

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<v Speaker 1>you can reach me at Laura at Laura vandercam dot com.

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