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Traveling is hard.

When you’re on the road you miss weddings, parties, birthdays, and watching your bank account shrink with each plane ticket purchase doesn’t help much. Sure you get to see exotic locations, experience incredible, diverse, people, and blah blah blah. None of that matters to your friends back home, because they weren’t there.

What’s worse, talking about your trip and sharing your experiences makes you sound like a complete ass-bag.

No, the hardest part of traveling is coming back and feeling alone. Because without an outlet for sharing your travel experience, the transition back to “normal” life can be jarring. It’s unavoidable.

So, how do you share your latest exploits without a hacky sack falling out of your mouth every time you talk about it? Simple. Don’t talk about your travel. Show people how awesome it was by making a great travel video.

Everyone, and I mean, e.ver.eeee.one likes to watch videos. Even your jaded hipster friend, “Blueberry.” So, read on for a few tips on how to capture, edit, and create better video of your next vacation that will even impress Jaden. But first…some technical video nerd stuff!