How to plan a trip to Iceland: where to start
Planning an Iceland trip and don't know where to start?
Maybe a work window opened up and a trip to Iceland suddenly feels possible. Or you saw a photo, booked the flights, and now the tabs are multiplying. That overwhelm is normal. Most people start with too much information and no clear order.
If you do not know where to begin
Six decisions, in order
Answer six short questions and you will know where you are staying, whether you drive or take tours, how far is too far in one day, and what your car and the season allow. No day three schedule, just the decisions everything else rests on.
Nothing is saved to us, nothing is emailed. Each answer only decides which of our pages you actually need next.
- 1
Define the trip
When, how long, who is coming, and have you been before?
- 2
Decide how you will move
This changes almost everything else.
This step opens once you answer, above: when you are coming, how long you are staying, who is coming, whether you have been before.
- 3
Choose where you will base yourself
Not a hotel list. A trade off between packing and driving.
This step opens once you answer, above: when you are coming, how long you are staying, who is coming, whether you have been before.
- 4
Choose the important experiences
What are the one to three things you would be genuinely disappointed to miss? Everything else gets built around these.
This step opens once you answer, above: when you are coming, how long you are staying, who is coming, whether you have been before.
- 5
Find the constraints
This is where information becomes a plan.
This step opens once you answer, above: when you are coming, how long you are staying, who is coming, whether you have been before.
- 6
Prepare the actual trip
Only now: packing, weather, money, arrival, food, emergencies, leaving.
This step opens once you answer, above: when you are coming, how long you are staying, who is coming, whether you have been before.
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The full map, in trip order
- 1
Deciding to come
Is this the right time, and how long do I need?
- 2
Getting in
Am I allowed in, and what do I need to sort first?
- 3
- 4
Packing right
What do I bring so the weather doesn't ruin it?
- 5
Getting around
How do I move around the country safely?
- 6
If something goes wrong
What happens if I need help?
- 7
Actually enjoying it
How do I make the most of being here?
- 8
While you're here
Settling into daily life, and the special days.
- 9
Leaving well
How do I close things off and get to my flight calmly?
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