How To Choose The Fishing Trip Destination That's Right For Your Group

Written by Dave Cushion


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What is your realistic budget? Let’s face it; money is a deciding factor for all of us. You need to be honest about what you’re prepared to spend, and also how you want to spend it. If you have $1,000 to blow on a trip, do you want a week at Lodge A, or three days at Lodge B which might offer more upscale accommodations or a better shot at a trophy fish?

Once you have decided exactly what kinds of fish you want to catch and how you want to catch them, you need to discussrepparttar accommodations.

In order to getrepparttar 115974 kind of fishing your group wants, are you willing to rough it in a tent camp where you have to prepare your own food, or is a certain amount of creature comfort also a priority?

How important is a hot shower atrepparttar 115975 end ofrepparttar 115976 day, or having someone else deal withrepparttar 115977 cooking and cleaning up? Can you live without a flush toilet? Would you rather bring your own boat?

Again, it’s important to be honest and realistic right up front.

Once you’ve established clear priorities forrepparttar 115978 fishing andrepparttar 115979 accommodations and set a rough budget, it’s time to start looking at what different lodges have to offer.

The species of fish you want to catch,repparttar 115980 amount of time you want to be away andrepparttar 115981 amount of cash you have to spend should help focus your search to a general geographic area, whilerepparttar 115982 priorities your group collectively identified should allow you to narrow your search within that geographic area fairly quickly. It's everyone's fishing trip ... so plan it well.

Now, it’s a matter of contacting fishing lodge operators within that region, and seeing what they have to offer.

Call The Government State or provincial tourism departments arerepparttar 115983 best way to find fishing lodges within specific areas. If you’ve decided your group wants to go to Alaska to fish for salmon and steelhead, then start with a call torepparttar 115984 Alaska department of tourism. They can send you all sorts of information on outfitters, general fishing information, plus stuff on license requirements, fishing regulations and such.

Selectingrepparttar 115985 right fishing trip destination is probablyrepparttar 115986 single most important aspect of planning your fishing trip. Well, choosingrepparttar 115987 right fishing buddies is pretty important, also.

Dave Cushion is the author of the comprehensive manual "The Ultimate Fishing Trip Guidebook!" For more tips on planning your dream fishing trip, or to just learn how the experts catch more fish, go to http://www.fishing-trip-advisor.com and check out our other articles.


I'm terrible at choosing gifts!

Written by The Gift Wizard


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Notice we said "important to your recipient", not "important to you". Gift giving is not about you. It's about them. Some people tend to forget that and end up giving a gift that they would like themselves.

Another tip: If you are an important person inrepparttar recipient's life, a gift that involves giving of your time is usually appreciated. For example, if you've been working a lot and haven't had much time to spend with your spouse, for your anniversary, consider giving a weekend getaway together.

That in itself is a good example of examining a person's life or situation and turning it into a great gift idea. The situation is: your spouse hasn't hadrepparttar 115973 quality time with you that he/she deserves. The gift is: a weekend getaway together.

It's a simple concept really. Create your own help with gifts: take a look at who you are giving to and try to understandrepparttar 115974 circumstances of their life. Then find a gift that fits! Put that brain of yours to work to findrepparttar 115975 perfect gift! And don't forget to use your heart, too. That's whererepparttar 115976 ALL ofrepparttar 115977 really good gifts come from. :)

We hope this help with gifts and gift giving has been... well... helpful!

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