YOU’LL CHALLENGE YOURSELF

Forget the bucket list or travel to do list, this should be a trip that will change you. Whether you complete a skydive or multi-day hike, taking on a challenge that has you on the edge of your seat on your next trip will make it one you’ll remember for all time.

YOU’LL LEARN NEW SKILLS

We all know that sometimes the easiest way to develop is to be thrown in at the deep end. Whether you want to pick up surfing, learn to speak French or become PADI qualified, planning a trip that focuses on something new and different will have you becoming an expert in no time at all.

YOU’LL TEST YOUR LIMITS

Be warned, once you’ve taken on one challenge, you’ll want to complete bigger and better adventures. Climbed Mount Toubkal? It will only set your sites on Mount Kilimanjaro or Everest Base Camp. Personally, we don’t see this as such a bad thing…

YOU’LL MEET SERIOUSLY INTERESTING NEW PEOPLE

Trying a new type of trip, whether it’s volunteering overseas or going solo, will put you into new, different and exciting situations. Rather than having to take on these challenges on your own, you’ll find yourself alongside travel companions you may not have socialised with before

YOU’ll DISCOVER YOU’RE MADE OF STRONG STUFF

When you take on a new challenge, you’ll regularly find yourself outside of your comfort zone. Don’t fret! This is the place where you’ll really test your limits, whether physical or psychological, and discover new depths to your abilities. And, once you’ve completed your trip, you’ll be all the more confident in yourself.

THAT BEER WILL TOTALLY BE WORTH IT

Whether you’ve had a long slog hiking all day or taken on your first stand-up paddle-boarding lesson, by the end of it you’ll feel spent. And that beer watching the sunset will be all the more well earned.

AND DON’T FRET – YOU ARE 100 PER CENT READY

Trust us, when you’re taking on a new challenge, you’ll very rarely ever feel ready for it. Call it last-minute nerves or a bit of apprehension, wherever you’re travelling to this year and whatever you plan to do when you get there, we know you’ll ace it.

Daisy Cropper has summited North Africa’s highest mountain, hiked and camped solo around Wales, and learnt to surf this year. When she’s not planning her next adventure she’s based in Oxford, hunting out the latest and greatest places to see in the city.

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