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<h4><strong>How to take your holiday from ordinary to travel blog worthy...</strong></h4>Many people get to travel for work, but only a lucky few get paid to travel the world. The travel blogging field is highly competitive and few travel bloggers make enough money to sustain their globe-trotting lifestyle. The best travel blogs serve as great inspiration and offer not only important insight but also loads of drool-worthy travel photos. When those are shared across social media it makes it even harder to resist their phenomenal adventures.With a rise in professional travel bloggers who are becoming the pseudo-celebrities of the wanderlust generation, how can the average person keep up? When you don’t get paid to travel and stay in the finest hotels, what are some key travel resources that the rest of us can use to make our annual holiday feel ultra special?Well, here are five travel trends to keep in mind the next time you plan your holiday. Anyone of these will make you feel like a travel pro and make you the envy of your fellow wanderlusting friends.<blockquote><h4>1. Make technology work for you</h4><a class='img' href='https://www.hoppa.com/resource/blog/uploads/2015/12/travel.jpg'><img class='aligncenter wp-image-976 size-full' src='https://www.hoppa.com/resource/blog/uploads/2015/12/travel.jpg' alt='travel' width='1000' height='664' /></a></blockquote>Travel Apps, websites and industry advances make it faster and easier than ever before to materialise the holiday of your dreams.Here are some of our favourites:<ul><li>Plan, book and find fun stuff with <strong>Trip Advisor</strong></li><li>Stay organised with <strong>TripIt</strong></li><li>Last minute changes? No problem with <strong>HotelTonight</strong></li><li>Find things to do wherever you are with <strong>Gogobot</strong></li><li>Data-less maps with <strong>Maps.me</strong>, <strong>Tripomatic</strong> and <b>Trips</b></li></ul><blockquote><h4>2. Timing is everything</h4><a class='img' href='https://www.hoppa.com/resource/blog/uploads/2015/12/LanternceremonyThailand.jpg'><img class='aligncenter size-full wp-image-975' src='https://www.hoppa.com/resource/blog/uploads/2015/12/LanternceremonyThailand.jpg' alt='LanternceremonyThailand' width='1000' height='667' /></a></blockquote>Many people are starting to tie in events, shows and activities into their travel plans to maximize their holiday experience. Visiting Rio? Why not align your trip with the over-the-top festivities of Carnival?If you want to find out the dates for the globes biggest celebrations, check out our <strong><a href='http://www.hoppablog.co.uk/celebrations-worth-travelling-for/' target='_blank'>“Celebrations worth travelling for”</a></strong> blog<blockquote><h4>3. Localize it</h4><a class='img' href='https://www.hoppa.com/resource/blog/uploads/2015/12/amsterdam-2.jpg'><img class='aligncenter size-full wp-image-974' src='https://www.hoppa.com/resource/blog/uploads/2015/12/amsterdam-2.jpg' alt='amsterdam 2' width='1000' height='667' /></a></blockquote>Other trends according to ABTA are showing that people are stepping outside of their comfort zone to explore new destinations as well as ‘living like a local’ for a truly authentic experience once they arrive. With the huge number of professional travel bloggers and social media travel guides, more and more previously hidden hotspots are being uncovered for everyone’s enjoyment.<p style='text-align: center;'><strong><em>Here are some great companies that make you feel right at home no matter where you are.</em></strong></p><ul><li><strong>AirBnB </strong>- Stay in the home of local residents either while they are away or there to host you. A wonderful way to save money on a hotel and meet interesting people.</li><li>com-A chance to book a seat at a community table at your next holiday destination at a hot local pop-ups with rising chefs. Gourmet food and great company!</li><li><strong>Black Tomato </strong>- A luxury travel company that creates luxury tailor-made holidays and honeymoons.</li><li><strong>OneFineStay </strong>- Allows you to book a stay in someone’s beautiful city home while their away and enjoy their city as your own.</li></ul><blockquote><h4> 4. Travel the path less taken</h4><a class='img' href='https://www.hoppa.com/resource/blog/uploads/2015/12/travelfeet.jpg'><img class='aligncenter size-full wp-image-973' src='https://www.hoppa.com/resource/blog/uploads/2015/12/travelfeet.jpg' alt='travelfeet' width='1000' height='667' /></a></blockquote>Why go with the flow when the most savvy travellers are staying ahead of the travel curve and venturing off to exciting and remote destinations like Antarctica or Rangali Island or places less travelled like Myanmar and Lebanon. Whether it’s riding a reindeer in Mongolia, trekking through Namibia’s Fish River Canyon or being a beach bum in Honduras, travelling to destinations that are under the radar make for over-the-top experiences and lasting memories.If remote holidays rock your boat, check out our “<a href='http://www.hoppablog.co.uk/your-top-5-african-bucketlist/' target='_blank'><strong>5 African destinations that need to be on your bucket list</strong></a>” blog here.<blockquote><h4> 5. Lux it up</h4><a class='img' href='https://www.hoppa.com/resource/blog/uploads/2015/12/bungalow-beach-evening.jpg'><img class='aligncenter size-full wp-image-972' src='https://www.hoppa.com/resource/blog/uploads/2015/12/bungalow-beach-evening.jpg' alt='bungalow beach evening' width='1000' height='657' /></a></blockquote>More and more hotels are offering guests once in a life time and deluxe experiences they can add on to their stay. We’re not talking about paying a little extra for breakfast in bed or a boat cruise. Those fun add-ons don’t compare to the extravagance hotels are willing to dish out for guests paying top dollar. In the highly anticipated underwater <strong>Nautilus Hotel</strong>, guests will be able to sip martinis while cruising by coral reefs in a 16-seat submersible. Talk about a happy hour special. Other hotels like The <strong>Lanesborough in London</strong> and the <strong>Viceroy Riviera Maya</strong> offer tea concierges and soap concierges respectively, to their posh guests. And for those who enjoy being the envy of all their friends; there is the over-the-top excursion offered by <strong>Montage Deer Valley</strong> that jets up to eight people in a privately chartered plane to Southern Utah for the day with a private chef in tow, making for a very pricey picnic.

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From Wanderlust To Reality In 5 Exciting Trends