A travel itinerary is a document that summarizes the travel bookings made for a trip (say flights to Caribbean from UK).
Typically it will include the booking code, seating, carrier, airport or station as a start and end point of the major part of the journey with service details such as flight number and departure and arrival times of flights to Chicago from UK, (for example). It is not a receipt or ticket, but may be used in support of check-in and border controls or immigration controls.
It also includes hotel/accommodation details, or details of reserved local transportation/car-rental details other than bookings of flights to Los Angeles from UK.
It may be provided by a travel booking site or travel agent such as White Magic Travels, or a travel aggregator application.
You can be more flexible, if you are traveling to many cities. If you don’t want to waste time and energy, an itinerary is crucial. With everyday pre-planned and probably paid for, you are free to do what you want to do.
A well-chalked itinerary will accommodate some free time for you to do anything spontaneous or unplanned or some surprise options come up. After-all everything decided/planned beforehand is sometimes boring.A good one gives you the flexibility to just relax and soak in the culture around you is; which is most important about traveling!
Is it necessary to plan an itinerary before going out on a trip?
Of course, travel itinerary is a very important. Actually it can make or break your trip.
So there are some points that shows how important a travel itinerary is:-
1. It ensures that you manage your travel time to your preferred attractions.
2. An itinerary helps to plan your budget by giving you a fair estimate of the expenses of your travel, beforehand.
3. Easier and faster travel from one point to another. Although the internet makes it look- very easy to go from one place to another on flights to New Zealand from London; in reality it’s different. A well-drawn out itinerary makes it easy- definitely.
4. Also, you cannot visit all the attractions in just a few days especially in countries where there are too many attractions. An itinerary will help you prioritize the attractions, so you don’t miss on what you really want to see.
5. A travel itinerary also ensures what youhave to pack& what not. It includes what to bring, which clothes to wear, medicines& first aids that will be handy, and emergency numbers of hospitals, embassy, and police station.
6. A travel itinerary must include your travel time to numerous attractions with a consideration for circumstances like local holidays, festivals, weather conditions, traffic, a car break-down, missed flight or if something is closed.
With an itinerary, you save the amount of time you spend planning instead on the road, reading up on what to do and see.
All these considerations are made only in personalized itinerary; created by your agents as White Magic Travels well in advance, for a fuss free trip. It’s overwhelming to plan so much by yourself.