This document is the first issue of a travel magazine called The Travel Post aimed at millennials. It includes sections on an editor's letter, tips for buying flights, an upcoming travel blogger workshop, an article about crossing streets in Vietnam, and trends in 2018 travel. The magazine was created for educational purposes by Phuong Le, who serves as both editor-in-chief and writer-at-large. It provides travel advice, stories, and photos for young adventurous travelers.
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CONTENT
ISSUE 01
Editorâs Letter
Doâs & Donât of Buying Flights
Workshop Event with Travel Bloggers
The WalkâTravelerâs Approach
Travel Trends of 2018
Editor-in-chief | PHUONG LE
Writer-at-large | PHUONG LE
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3. THE NEW TRAVEL WAVE
Travel post relates to the new age of gen-
eration. The idea of creating new experi-
ences is taking new heights. I came up
with the concept to mimic the idea of
what a trendy travel blog would look like
on print.
To be able to make dreams
come true and see the won-
ders of the world does not al-
ways require a fortune.
Millennials do not want to travel Mexico
to stay at a 5-stars resort. We want to
learn the culture in its raw forms. From
staying at a localsâ home to riding in a
scooter down unbeaten path, it is all
about creating a daring adventure. This is
something I have set out to do two and
half years ago and now I want to share all
the tips, tricks and experiences with you
through images you want to see and sto-
ries you want to read. I hope this maga-
zine would be helpful and will serve as a
guidebook to add to your life adven-
EDITORâS NOTE
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8. STOP
PAYING
FULL PRICE
DONâT FEEL OBILIGATED TO BUY
ROUND TRIP FLIGHTS
Often times, many tripgoers feel the need to
buy a roundtrip flight from the same airline so
that they can feel secure. However, what you
do not know is that prices could be much
more expensive when the hub you are trying
to buy from has to do the extra work to com-
bine the right time and schedule of the same
airline you are requesting.
DO LOOK AT ONE WAY FLIGHT
Looking for one way flight is the best way to
approach when you are not only flexible with
dates but also with locations. Imagine flying
to Amsterdam on Delta, then leaving later out
of Venice on American Airlines, you get to
kill two birds with one stone.
DONâT BE A STICKLER WITH DATES
AND TIMES
Mary wants to leave on a Friday evening after
work and come back on Sunday night so she
can make it to office for Monday morning.
This is ideal. Well airlines are aware of that.
To travel on the time and date that every-
one
Paying for full priced flight tickets is a
thing in the past. There are endless
ways of getting around with less than
what you usually expect to pay. How-
ever, to cut the cost, some effort defi-
nitely has to be put in.
These tips will help you book your
flight to your next favorite destination
without paying that extra bucks. Next
time you are planning for a trip, keep
these in mind.
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9. DOâS AND DONâTS OF BUYING FLIGHTS
desires will peak the costs of the flight. Un-
less you have money to spend, getting your
perfect time/date while getting a cheap ticket
will only happen >10% of the time.
DO HAVE FLEXIBILITY
Travel around midweek is usually cheaper
than before or after the weekend or holidays.
When booking on app like AirScanner and
Google Flights, the services offer options
where booker can look at a bar graph or cal-
endar dates where it displays and compares
costs of flights if traveling at a different date.
DO LOOK AT ALTERNATE AIR-
PORTS
Even though JFK is a big and well-known air-
port, please do consider airports like LGA,
EWR, and Stewart International. Recently, I
have booked a flight from New York to Paris
for $150 one way from Stewart International,
a small airport outside of New York. The
reason this is because many of the big airlines
bought out spaces at the popular airports that
the small airlines use other airports as alter-
nate hubs. This idea applies to almost all ma-
jor cities in the U.S.
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10. DONâT GET DIS-
COURAGED BY STOPS
OR LAYOVERS.
Layover is a chance for
traveler to add an extra des-
tination to the trip. Non-
stop flights are nice but do
not rule out long stops. I
see my extended 8-hours layover in Hong
Kong is an opportunity for myself to leave
the airport to visit big Buddha statue that is
20 minutes away and eat at the Michelin star
Tim Ho Fun for dim sum.
DONâT GO THROUGH TRAVEL
AGENCIES
We live in the world of rapid and easily acces-
sible technology. For millennials, if we can
find all information possible about our cur-
rent crush on social media platforms, then we
can look at flight prices, accommodations,
and activities ourselves. Often times, travel
agencies may make things seem cheap and
easy but if you communicate to them long
enough, they will be able to convince you to
spend much more than you expected.
DO CURATE YOUR OWN EXPERI-
ENCE
Millennials do love to share. That is where we
can use that to our advantage. From Insta-
gram photos, blog and google posts to maga-
zine articles, you should always jot down all
the places you do want to check out near your
destination. From there, print out or down-
load an area map, then you can pin down all
the places you want to see and just connect
the dot. With site like Rome2Rio.com, you
will be able to look up how to travel from one
site to another. They generate not only a
range of different options of transportation
but also the costs of them.
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15. hen talking about trending industries, the
travel world tends to not be the first thing that pops into
anyoneâs mind. Trends usually equal fashion. One
season pink is in while in another season, peplums are
out. Travel industry does not bring as rapid changes
but it does evolved significantly. With a constant state
of evolution. People are seeking to go places and expe-
rience in new and exciting ways. Here are some of the
trends to watch this year when it comes to traveling.
W
ENDS
out for in 2018
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16. Trend #1: Solo Travel will be on eve-
ryoneâs bucket list
Although it is always wonderful to go on
an adventure or trip with a companion,
the world today makes it okay to travel
alone as well. The experiences will be a
bit different but traveling solo gives the
adventurer the freedom to do as he/she
wants. It is a way to travel smart and to
gain knowledge and cultural understand-
ing than all else. Many tour and travel
companies started to curate packages
to individualize oneâs experiences. Over
the last few years, there is an increasing
number of solo travelers leaving their
comfort zone to explore places in the far
horizon. This will be soon a whole new
era for the world of travel.
Trend #2: Sharing is caring
Thinking about the next travel destination
includes a list of where to go, what to eat,
where to stay, what to do, and how to get
there can cause serious head pains. In
fact, some of these factors into if a person
even want to commit to a trip or not. That
is where Airbnb and Uber came in. They
single handedly revolutionized the world of
traveling through the idea of âsharingâ.
The idea of a hotel or resort seems quite
boring because after all, as the world be-
comes globalized, these facilities started to
look the same.
What is a better way to experience a cul-
ture than living in a home of a local?
Airbnb makes person to person accommo-
dation easily accessible. It is less expen-
sive, provides more local experience, and
on top of that one gets the ability to com-
municate with somebody who knows
where one can get the best local
âpaellaâ.
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17. Trend #3: Millennials will be
hitting the National Parks.
National Parks no longer are about
parents and grandparents in their
khaki shorts, dadâs shoes, and bin-
oculars. With more and more hip
and trendy traveling photogra-
phers hitting popularity bar on In-
stagram, the U.S. National Parks
are put on the map. Millennials
are discovering the parks due to
many reasons. They want to ex-
perience it in a different way that
their parents did. They want dis-
covery and adventure and the 59
national parks definitely could of-
fer that. Not only do Millennials
hope to show off the breathtak-
ing point of view of the Narrows
but also want to give the exact
location of where to walk and
gaze the ever-changing colors of
âStaying in your comfort
zone is a thing in the pastâ
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24. THE WALK
January in Hochiminh City
or popularly also known as
Saigon is quite pleasant.
The heat is bearable yet
somehow the humidity
still has the ability to
creep in. Vietnamese peo-
ple may seem like they are
too lazy to walk or they re-
ally hate to walk. The
ones that are constantly
moving in this bustling city
seem to be mostly foreign-
ers and tourists.
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25. Every morning, one could get an extraordinary cup
of condensed-milk coffee on the side of the street.
Nobody drinks or engulfs their coffee here like the
way Americans do. Vietnamese people sip. They
usually sip one cup of this decadent drink for hours.
These hours are the perfect time for people watch-
ing. Watching walkers walking across the street is
an entertainment within itself. One could spot out a
ânoobâ and a pro in seconds. What differentiate
them? The ability to cross the street with ease.
Look here, it is not easy crossing the street in the
city that holds approximately eight million people.
Every street and road are converging into a muddle
of trucks, buses, cars, bicycles and motorbikes.
Stop lights and most importantly following them is
not a must in this country. It is quite intimidating to
constantly check left and right then back and
around for these motorcycles that push its way
through the traffic. After touching down, first thing
first, observe the locals and see how they do it.
1. Wait for the traffic to thin out before attempting
to cross.
2. Keep your ears open for horns. Vietnamese
honks their horns constantly, not to be rude, but to
notify other vehicles or pedestrians that they are
coming.
3. Walk carefully and steadily. As much as a pedes-
trian avoids vehicles, they are also dodging pedes-
trians.
4. If all comes down and it is way too scary to com-
mit, simply walk next to a local and follow their eve-
ry footstep
Do not panic but also do not get too comfortable.
One will make it. Tourists often do say that they
rarely see accidents between pedestrians and other
vehicles when they are there.
After all the hustles and bustles, everyone will end
up crossing the street. Practice makes perfect.
However, no matter where one is from or how long
one has been traveling, crossing the street of Vi-
etnam always gives the stories to tell and thrills to
experience.
A Traveler's Approach in Cross-
ing the Street in Vietnam
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