{"id":322,"date":"2013-07-10T14:15:41","date_gmt":"2013-07-10T18:15:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wetrocksdiving.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=322"},"modified":"2017-02-08T20:03:41","modified_gmt":"2017-02-09T01:03:41","slug":"training-at-home-vs-travel","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wetrocksdiving.com\/?page_id=322","title":{"rendered":"Training at Home vs Travel"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Training at Home versus Traveling to Train<\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Where to take your GUE class? You have the choice of using a local GUE Instructor (if you have one), bringing in a GUE Instructor to your local area, or traveling to another destination to train. Here are some of the advantages to where you decide to train.<\/p>\n<h3>Benefits of Training at home<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 15px;\">Sleep in your own bed, drive your own car, use your own tanks.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Train at dive sites and in conditions with which you are familiar and will commonly dive.<\/li>\n<li>Using a local instructor or bringing in an instructor may be more affordable than all students traveling to a destination.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>benefits of traveling to train<\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_1090\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wetrocksdiving.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/2005-bonaire-dive-311-hilma-041-minimalist.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1090\" class=\" wp-image-1090 \" src=\"https:\/\/wetrocksdiving.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/2005-bonaire-dive-311-hilma-041-minimalist-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"Tarpon\" width=\"240\" height=\"192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wetrocksdiving.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/2005-bonaire-dive-311-hilma-041-minimalist-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wetrocksdiving.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/2005-bonaire-dive-311-hilma-041-minimalist-1024x819.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wetrocksdiving.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/2005-bonaire-dive-311-hilma-041-minimalist-375x300.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.wetrocksdiving.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/2005-bonaire-dive-311-hilma-041-minimalist.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1090\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tarpon in Bonaire<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 15px;\">Time blocked to travel may have fewer distractions than home.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>It might be winter at home and prime diving season at a destination.<\/li>\n<li>Logistics may be better for a class at a destination.<\/li>\n<li>Travel times between shop, site, classroom, and lodging may be shorter at a destination.<\/li>\n<li>Another location may have better resilience to bad weather. When &#8220;diving another day&#8221; would complicate or detract from your class, resiliency to bad weather is key!<\/li>\n<li>You want to train in certain dive conditions (either more or less challenging) than what you have at home.<\/li>\n<li>Destinations may offer site features or attractions you&#8217;ve been wanting to see either during class experience dives or before\/after your course.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Also see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wetrocksdiving.com\/?page_id=184\">Benefits to Training in Kona<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wetrocksdiving.com\/?page_id=186\">Benefits to Training in North Florida<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Weigh the pros and cons of training at home versus traveling to train and decide which environment gives you the greatest opportunity to learn AND have a ton of fun doing so. Either way, contact your GUE Instructor and sign up for a Fundamentals class today!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Training at Home versus Traveling to Train Where to take your GUE class? 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