How to plan a good holiday...

1. While starting to plan do make sure what you want to do on the holiday. 

• Is it a honeymoon, city break, lazy holiday or business and pleasure holiday

2. While paying and deciding how you want to spend your money, do ask the travel agent or check the website where you have booked if 

• It is an all inclusive holiday or breakfast only holiday.
• Do the resort / hotel provide pick up and drop to the airport?
• Does the resort have activities going on? Are they free or you have to pay for them?
• There is no shame in asking what's complimentary? We went to a holiday where a bottle of wine was complimentary with dinner.

3. Do plan on where you want to go in advance

• If you are going on a beach holiday then it would be nice to know how to swim
• If it's a skiing holiday then learn skiing before you hit the slopes
• Planning in advance allows you to sort out any visas you need to worry about

4. Packing

• I believe that take enough clothes, but don't take 10 sets of clothes for a 5 day holiday

5. What kind of clothes should one take on a holiday? It depends: 

• Cottons for the hot weather
• Warm Jackets & woolens for the cold
• Always keep an extra pair of socks & undies
• Always good to have a nice shirt for dinner in the suitcase.  you never know the hotel might request its guests to not wear t-shirts at the dinner table
• If going to the Caribbean do not take army shirts or jackets, its illegal to wear them outside. 

6. Last minute checks

• Passport
• Not the expired passport but the valid passport
• Visa
• Yellow fever vaccination card if travelling   to south America or Africa
• Currencies & monies
• Keys, books
• Phone chargers, iPad chargers
• Converter plugs

7. Things to buy from the airport

• While coming back, buy souvenirs for friends and family.
• Chocolates while coming back
• I try and buy some gum at the airport when going out, because I have a tendency to get my ears blocked during take off. Wife has that problem too.

8. To tip or not to tip

• They tip a lot in America but not much in Europe.
• So tip in America. They tip the taxi drivers too.
• If in Europe, the normal tip in a nice restaurant is around 10%. Some restaurants add 12.5% as service charge if there are more than 5 in the party.
• Always check the bill, have they added service charge or not.

I may have missed so many other things. Please do add them on the comments section :-)