How to Find Out Who is the Right Travel Buddy for You?

Looking for a great journey with a person you like?

So you have 10 prospects for potential travel buddy. GREAT! But it’s comparatively much easier to ‘locate’ a travel buddy as opposed to deciding if he or she is the right one. After all it’s a question about the something you have been looking forward to eagerly and have spent time and resources in – surely don’t want to spoil it.

So how to do you ensure who is the right one?

1. Start with email- IM chat, if cool then proceed to phone /web cam conversation. If that works out, see if it is possible to meet at least once.

2. Sounds snobbish, but it’s always preferable to ask for current pictures of the person and a profile (age, work, family, likes, dislikes etc etc) – You don’t want to feel all uncomfortable and startled (out of happiness or disappointment, whatever the case).

3. Do the ‘Search’ – Yes please, Googling would help. You might find out things you would never expect to otherwise. Will help tremendously in creating an image of the person and thus coming to a conclusion.

4. Invite him / her to connect on a social network – those status updates are not just for fun, they tell you a lot about the person plus you can find out the kind of people he/she hangs out with.

5. Talk about travel related stuff, your travel plans at length. If most of it sounds agreeable to both, you’ll have a much happier trip. This will also erase out the do’s and don’ts of the trip.

6. Gut feeling - listen to what your gut says. It’s often right.

Simple enough? what problems do you face?