If you’re the kind of traveller who spends hours buried underneath guide books and maps planning every step of your trip, it might be time to put down those highlighters and tear up the schedule! While good preparation is essential and all part of the pre-departure excitement, it’s also important to embrace a little travel spontaneity and look on the bright side of last minute changes.

Our team of expert explorers owe some of their best memories and travel experiences to the routes that didn’t quite go to plan and the unexpected encounters they had along the way! Here are a few examples to help you get the hang of seeing ‘the glass half full’ no matter what the travel scenario...

• You end up travelling alone BUT you’ll be able to go wherever you want whenever you want to go there and there will be plenty of opportunities to make new friends too!

• You don’t speak the local language BUT this can be a great chance to learn, there’s no better way to test out a new skill than by using it all the time!

• You wander off your travel path and get a little lost BUT you’ll discover a new area and maybe even a hidden gem!

• You don’t have access to the internet for a few days BUT you’ll finally have a legitimate reason to dig out your old school journal and feel like Indiana Jones, until you type it up later anyway...

Got a few more scenarios? Post them below or email them to campfire@i-to-i.com and we’ll add them to the list!

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