EzineArticle

(This is an article I have submitted to EzineArticle)

How to Plan a Vacation in Minutes

By Brendaleen Balen

Do you feel like going on a vacation this weekend, but seems impossible because it's just a few days away? Planning a vacation can actually take you just less than an hour as long as you know what you want. Here are some tips that can help you plan in minutes:

1. Where do you want to go?

Set a place where you want to spend time with your family or friends and figure out what you want to do. Do you want to go to the beach and go swimming, surfing or diving? Or, do you want to go to the mountains and do mountain climbing, bungee jumping or rappelling? Here are the things that you need to know first, and make sure that you include your family or friends in the planning process.

2. How much is your budget?

This is one of the most important things that you should also take into consideration because this detail can tell where your money can take you. This will also be your basis for your accommodation. If you have a big budget, you can stay in hotels, but if your budget is tight, you can just stay in motels, inns or just find a great location where you can set up a tent.

3. Long distance or short distance trip?

Know if you will be riding on a plane or drive all the way to your destination. If the place where you decided to go is, let's say, five hours drive, consider the option of flying rather than driving so that you will get to spend more time with your loved ones and that you will get to do more activities together.

4. What is your itinerary?

Plan the activities that you wish to do. You may check the Internet for the activities that your destination usually have.

That is how you plan a vacation in a matter of minutes. There will be times when you and your family or friends will not agree on some things. What you need to do is to weigh things out and choose the best among all the gathered suggestions.

Online Writing Jobs: Be a Writer and Get Paid for Your Talent

Are you passionate about writing?  Then, why not make use of your talent and even get paid for it?  There are a lot of websites that offer online writing jobs and the rates basically depend on the length of the articles, on the employers, and sometimes on your experience.  Many people have already quit their office jobs and preferred to work from the comfort of their own homes.  


One of the major benefits of working from home and writing articles online is that you do not physically have an employer who will always be monitoring your every move.  Another benefit is that you get to work at your own time and bound by your own rules.  However, you must be fully aware that you have deadlines.  You must be able to deliver your finished products on time.  


Some of the qualifications of an online writer is that he or she must be able to produce well-written contents and that he or she must be articulate.  It is, likewise, required that writers must be able to come up with conversational articles.