Travel planning and navigation

The next vacation is just around the corner, hopefully, and you've decided to finally enjoy your free time and your freedom again and do something really special. That's just a plan and those are your thoughts. BUT you haven't really made a decision yet, or rather, you haven't been able to decide yet. Too many thoughts and ideas are buzzing around in your head, like "what", "how", "with whom" and above all "where"? 

The only decision you've been able to make up to now is that you know you want to do something. 
Don't worry, I know it all too well myself. If you're faced with exactly these questions, then this blog article is just right for you.

Well, how do I, for example, implement my ideas for a trip and its planning?

I make it easy for myself and take the time to look at travel reports from other travellers. You don't have to reinvent the wheel every time. On YouTube, for example, there are countless travel reports about the most beautiful places on earth.

So, I watch these reports virtually. For me, a video or film is still more meaningful than just pictures or stories from friends and acquaintances.
These different travel reports are of course about the areas or countries that interest me and that I want to visit. If I don't have an idea of my actual destination at this point, it is precisely this approach that inspires me to get an idea for my next destination.

I have simply put together a few links to interesting travel or country information at the end of this article. The links lead to YouTube and show reports from Top Travel, a channel that actually does provide interesting information.

I then take notes while looking at these reports, write down all the places named in the report, the sights, national parks, names of mountain passes, mountain ranges, lakes, national parks, specific sections of the route and all other interesting information. It sounds like a lot of work, but it isn't and it's actually a lot of fun.

I then enter the information I have collected one by one into Google Maps and have the coordinates displayed on Google Maps. I then enter these coordinates into my route program. I only use BaseCamp for this.
The coordinates entered in BaseCamp are of course also given the corresponding name so that I know later what is behind the respective point or coordinate on the BaseCamp map.
Once this is done, I connect the points together and thus create the route.

However, it is important that this planning actually creates my route exactly as I wanted it to be, i.e. that it follows very specific streets and paths. To do this, it is often necessary for me to set additional waypoints and then incorporate them into the route. 

This route can then be covered by motorbike, car, camper van or even by bike or on foot. In short - to each his own. 

When I then look at the individual stages (daily stages), I can set the departure time and the length of stay at the various intermediate stations and see exactly when I arrive at the respective end point. Now, if everything fits together, I look for a place to stay overnight at this end point. Then I delete this route again and connect the points again from the starting point, via the respective intermediate destinations and waypoints, to the end point. The end point of the daily stage is then usually the overnight accommodation. If everything then fits together in terms of the schedule and framework of a day, I have already planned the first day. Then the next day comes to planning and so on and so forth. 

If this is a route in another country, then logically it will be a round trip, because I must go back to my starting point.
It's quite simple.

If you have any questions about route planning or specifically about BaseCamp, please feel free to contact me and I will try to help you in some way.

At the end, when all this is done, I then simply transfer the created route as "gpx" data with associated track data to my navigation device. To do this, I use the BMW navigation device, the Garmin Navigator VI, the Garmin XT or even just the BMW Motorrad Connected app on my cell phone. The route transfer works perfectly on all of these devices. Because it makes no sense if I have invested a lot of time in planning a route, then transfer it to the navigation device and then find that the transferred route with all the information has nothing to do with the route I created with BaseCamp, or is completely different. Because it often happens that the navigation devices calculate their own routes from it after the transfer and that is exactly what needs to be avoided.

As I said, I am happy to help.

If you are now even more interested in getting to know the Balkan countries in more depth, then this article is even more suitable for you.

Perhaps you have always wondered what countries like Croatia, Romania, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Albania have to offer?
You may not want to believe it or perhaps you weren't even interested until now! BUT these countries are not just any countries in Southeastern Europe or the Balkans. These countries have countless sights and unknowns to explore.

These countries offer incomparable mysticism, breathtaking landscapes, rivers and lakes, rugged mountain ranges and valleys, fabulous roads and always these great views. And finally this beautiful blue sea, the Adriatic, with its crystal clear water. It is not for nothing that the Adriatic coast is said to be one of the most beautiful seas in the world.

Here in the Balkans you have the opportunity to get to know a rich cultural history and incredible architecture. You can explore and get to know areas where people still believe in witches and wizards today.

Of course, you can visit or travel to these countries in many different ways. For example, by car or you can use a camper van, or whatever. But if you want to experience something special and extraordinary, then you should do it on 2 wheels. That's right, you should go on a motorcycle tour. You won't experience these unique experiences with any other vehicle than a motorcycle.

So your path inevitably leads you to a motorcycle rental. A local motorcycle rental in the Balkans or Croatia, not far from Split Airport (SPU). Perfectly located to start any tour of any distance and duration from there. Depending on your route choice and destinations, you can travel to these countries from mid-February to even the end of November.

The airport in Split, located directly on the Adriatic, is easy to reach from many international airports.

No matter how you decide to travel, rent your motorcycle from MotoGS Rental - Motorcycle Rental Croatia and follow your own planned tour. Or you can let us give you pre-arranged 3 to 22-day tours.
You can also make it even easier for yourself by taking part in a guided motorcycle tour. It's entirely up to you.
Perfect for solo riders or with a pillion passenger and, above all, perfect in small groups.

Here are the previously announced links:

Take your time and enjoy this virtual tour.

Croatia

Montenegro

Albania

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Romania

Italy, Sicily, and Amalfi Coast

France