{"id":256,"date":"2009-01-07T13:45:23","date_gmt":"2009-01-07T18:45:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/?p=256"},"modified":"2012-10-05T11:09:52","modified_gmt":"2012-10-05T15:09:52","slug":"travel-tip-of-the-week-dont-be-shy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/travel-tip-of-the-week-dont-be-shy","title":{"rendered":"Travel Tip of the Week: Don’t Be Shy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Every week, Explorations<\/strong><\/em> <\/strong>will offer all you inveterate travelers a travel tip from one of our expert Program Consultants.<\/p>\n

This week’s travel tip is from our Client Services Manager, Sarah Vessenes<\/strong>, and it’s a good one for the extroverted traveler…<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

When I travel, I like to go for the authentic experience–to move beyond being a tourist.\u00a0 I like to eat, shop, and live the rhythms of the city, country or region I’m visiting.<\/p>\n

And here’s the best way to get to this authentic experience: Don’t be shy<\/strong>!\u00a0 As a naturally outgoing person, this comes naturally to me, but for those who are not as garrulous–trust me, it’s worth it.<\/p>\n

Get to know the people who know your location like the backs of their hands.\u00a0 Some of my best travel advice has come from the mouths of taxi drivers<\/strong>, bartenders<\/strong> and waitstaff<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

At a restaurant in Holland, my friend who I was traveling with and myself made such good friends with our waiter that he ended up offering to show us a place only locals would know the next day.\u00a0 He and his friends took us to see amazing views of the North Sea<\/a>,\u00a0 miles of tulip fields<\/a>, and to have dinner at the family home<\/a>!<\/p>\n

Remember, most locals want to make international connections as much as you want to learn about their native lands, so again I say “Don’t be shy!”\u00a0 Get to know your travel destination the best way possible–from someone who lives every day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Every week, Explorations will offer all you inveterate travelers a travel tip from one of our expert Program Consultants. This week’s travel tip is from our Client Services Manager, Sarah Vessenes, and it’s a good one for the extroverted traveler… When I travel, I like to go for the authentic experience–to move beyond being a Read More …<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"aside","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[173,63,172],"tags":[30,31,12],"class_list":["post-256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-aside","hentry","category-parents","category-students","category-teachers","tag-holland","tag-north-sea","tag-travel-tips","post_format-post-format-aside"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=256"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1660,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256\/revisions\/1660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}