The Basics Of Travel

Once you have World Adventures all set up, your Sims can leave on their first vacation.

It only takes one phone call or a click on the computer to get the Sim in a cab, whisked off to the airport, and on their way to your choice of the three possible locations—Egypt, China, or France.

However, before boarding, you need to know some essentials about travel.

Not only do you need to understand what’s involved with travel on the departure end of the trip, but also the basics of an adventure at the destination.

Before You Go...

As mentioned, all you need to do to travel to a new location is dial it up on the phone in your Sim’s inventory or choose the Travel interaction from a computer. It is as easy as ordering a pizza or arranging babysitting.

However, travel is not cheap. Each trip costs Simoleons and the price of travel goes up with each consecutive trip that lasts longer than the previous. These costs only cover getting there and getting back.

Once you are at your destination, you need additional Simoleons to purchase goods at merchants such as foodstuffs and other essentials.

(You have to take care of Hunger, Sleep, and Hygiene on your travels, you know.) Here are the opening prices of each three-day trip:

China: §1,300

Egypt: §1,600

France: §1,900

The Trip Planner pops up after the Sim has arranged to travel.

Use the Trip Planner to select your destination, the length of the stay (within the boundaries of your current visa level), and which members of a multi-Sim household are going on the vacation.

The Visa

Why is your Sim limited to only three days? Well, that’s because your Sim’s visa is only good for three days of travel when you take your first trip. Your Sim has one visa for each location.

Each visa has four levels to it if you count the zero level when you first receive the visa. To stay longer at a destination, you need to raise the level of the visa.

To raise your visa level, you must undertake adventures at each destination. When you complete an adventure, the Sim who offered it to you adds points to your visa.

The more points you accumulate, the higher your visa level.

Points on a visa are not transferable. They are unique to the location where they are earned.

Just because your Sim completed an adventure in China and earned a new visa level allowing them to stay five days does not mean they can now start staying five days in Egypt.

The visa level for Egypt must also be bumped up to enjoy a similar benefit.

Here are the visa levels and the required number of points for each level:

Visa Levels

The Special Merchant will not sell you some goods unless you have a certain visa level. It’s one of the many reasons to increase your visa level as soon as possible.

Higher visa levels do more for your Sim than just allow for an extended stay. Certain objects and perks cannot be bought unless your Sim has a specific visa level.

Some adventures at each location are not offered to Sims until they reach a suitable visa level.

Base camp’s great, but why not vacation in luxury?

When your Sim reaches the highest visa level at a location, they can buy a vacation home. (Or vacation homes, if your Sim is loaded.) Now, the Sim does not have to use the general facilities at base camp any more.

They can stay at their vacation home instead. Plus, the vacation home is a great place to store all of the cool relics and treasures found on travels.

At the end of your vacation, your Sim is automatically returned home. Now, even if you want to head right back out on another adventure, the travel option on your Sim’s phone is grayed out.

You must wait two full days before going on another trip. Don’t be bummed. Use that time to practice some useful skills, go to work, and catch up with your household.