I will soon be in-between jobs and am taking 2 months to decompress by doing some heavy duty traveling. Well... heavy duty for me I have 4 trips that I plan to take.

As I plan these trips, I find myself becoming a bit anxious when considering the details. There are so many details to hammer out - where to sleep each night, how to get from point A to point B, etc.

I've traveled extensively for work. That seemed comparatively easy. I had a list of pre-approved hotels to stay in and a single place to rent my car - end of story. However, I'm surprised to find that these planned personal trips seem like a different beast.

What's the best way to plan a "big" trip without being overwhelmed by the details of the trip? Do you use travel coordinators or purchase travel packages? How do you know when you are trying to pack too much into a trip? When the trip details seem to be too much, do you end up scaling back?

I'm also afraid that I'll never have 2 consecutive months of unemployment for a while (knock on wood), so my desire is to pack *everything* into these 2 months.

Finally, I think I'm also afraid of being bored on some of the bigger trips. So I end up planning to do more things on the trip.