Just a couple of weeks, my wife casually mentioned to me that we have not gone for a vacation for quite some time. Reflecting back, I started feeling guilty as I have promised her a vacation every year ever since we got married. However, family commitments and the demands of our jobs have kept us so busy that I was not able to fulfill my promise to her for the last few years.
We started discussing on the various countries that we would like to go to. I have always want to go to England to visit my favorite soccer club but it seems my wife seem to have other ideas. She was looking for something more exotic and eastern, we shortlist our vacation destination to three countries, namely Hong Kong, Japan and Taiwan.
We then start visiting sites and forums on travelling to get feedbacks and ideas from fellow travelers. One of the few sites that we useful for information on our travel destination are Wikipedia and Travel Channel and as for booking of air tickets Zuji is the site to go to.
I’m actually surprised that I can find a wealth of information on travel locations over at Wikipedia. In the past, I always viewed Wikipedia as some sort of online encyclopedia on general stuff, not the sort of useful and user edited information. Now, I see Wikipedia in a different light as compared in the past.
Another site worthy of mentioned is HotelsCombined. Over at HotelsCombined, I can compare and find the best the rates of different hotels from over 30 sites at once. HotelsCombined is incredibly time saving for people like me who cannot afford the time to check out 30 over sites for the best hotel rates.
And just yesterday, my wife told me she has decided on Hong Kong and she is now pulling ahead with the planning and preparation for the trip. Guess I just have to sit back and enjoy the vacation.
But before that, what I need to do is just to find someone to look after my pet fishes and dog when we are enjoying ourselves over at Hong Kong in about a month’s time.









