First, hit the books

I’ve been organizing my own trips for 50 years! Here’s how I plan my travels.

First, after I decide where I’m going, I go to my local library and pore over all the books there on my destination of choice, collecting pages of ideas regarding tours and places to see and to stay. I don’t have a computer at home, so I have the librarian pull up information on different tours on their computer.

It usually takes about a year from that first visit to the library before I’m actually getting on a plane and going. It helps to have been to many places in the past.

SAMANTHA SARTAIN
Colorado Springs, CO