Tip #6 – Travel on Your Own – Do not hesitate to design and execute your own trip. Sure, tours can be very informative and tend to be less stressful, but your time is not your own. When you create your own itinerary, you can spend more time with the sights you truly like, and you are in charge of the schedule. Also, your travel is more authentic since you will be interacting with different people all the time, and more natives of the country.