Category: Tips
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Travel Tip: Keeping Your Wallet Safe on Vacation
Safety concerns are always a big priority when traveling, and losing everything in your wallet could definitely mess up your trip. Shivani Vora of The New York Times reports about the many ways that we can minimize the damage from a missing wallet. This advice includes: Know Your Wallets Contents– Before traveling, I always make sure…
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How to Make College Visits More Fun
Like many of us, we’ve been touring colleges with our son. Elaine Glusac of The New York Times suggests how we can try to make these trips into fun vacations. Her advice includes: Use your vacation budget Make a two-year plan and start the tours earlier Don’t cram Go off the campus tour itinerary Consider the journey whatever the destination. …
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Travel Tips: Planning a Happier Trip with Friends
Traveling with your closest friends may seem ideal but, as travel expert Melissa Biggs Bradley notes, it could result in disaster if not planned correctly. Ms. Bradley provides a series of tips on planning a happy vacation with friends: Establish Expectations First, Have an Itinerary, Build in Some Space, Figure out Money Matters First, and Be Aware of Parenting…
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Fun Fall Travel Reading
It’s the end of summer, but luckily our weather is still nice enough to lounge outside with a good travel book: I’ve come across some interesting reads: Epic Bike Rides of the World: Lonely Planet’s new hardcover book show cases 200 of what this travel publisher says are the best places to ride a bicycle around…
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8 Travel Safety Tips
Airefarewatchdog.com has listed 8 travel safety tips not to ignore while traveling: Register with the State Department Leave an Itinerary at Home Make a Copy of Your Passport Don’t Have Your Phone Out Buckle Up / Choose Your Transportation Wisely Learn the Local 911 equivalent Keep Your Seatbelt on While Flying Check State Department Warnings…
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Pet Friendly Hotel Chains
Travel + Leisure lists the following hotel chains as pet friendly: Hilton Hotels W Hotels Hotel Indigo Kimpton Hotels Loewes Hotels Mandarin Oriental Hotels Ritz-Carlton Hotels Click HERE to read the whole article, and let us know if you have any tips or comments.
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New Travel Study: Biggest Pet Travel Peeves and Ways to Destress
The Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Council has just launched a report and survey called, “The Adept Traveler: How to Care Less about Travel Stress.” The study is said too be based on responses from more than 2,100 American, European, and other global travelers and looks at the global travel experience – including pet peeves and what travelers…
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How do You Tip When Traveling?
Knowing how much to tip while traveling can be a confusing dilemma. The New York Times notes that Josh Alexander of Protravel has provided several guidelines for tipping: At Hotels Tip Directly: Tip the employee directly with $5.00 per day for housekeeping. Use a Worldwide Standard for Guides and Drivers: Mr. Alexander suggests that you tip an English…
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Turning Souvenir T-shirts into Quilts
Whether it’s magnets, menus, or sea shells, many of us have a favorite memento that we like to collect on our trips. Let us know what your favorite collectables are! My son Alex likes to collect souvenir t-shirts. Unfortunately last week something red fell into a wash and some of his treasured shirts are now dotted in that…
Travel Gal Kim Swidler 