Category: Travel tips
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Top 10 hostel rules: the don’ts of staying in a dorm room
Kiki Deere of Lonely Planet provides some interesting tips on improving your hostelling experience. They are: Don’t treat shared bathrooms like a spa Don’t be the late-night rustler Don’t be the late-night rustler Leave romance at the dorm room door Leave romance at the dorm room door Keep your clothes on Don’t be the guy…
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Travel Health: Tips On Traveling While Pregnant
Traveling during this busy holiday season can be a bit stressful. But what about the added component of being pregnant? For some of us this may add another complication such as the more urgent need to use a bathroom on the plane. Do you have any tips? Dr. Jan Rydfor provides a few suggestions to…
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Travel Security: How to Safeguard Your Privacy While Using Free Wi-Fi
Many of us love to use free Wi-Fi while we’re traveling. But, as Stephanie Rosenbloom notes, this may put our public information at risk. Ms. Rosenbloom offers four rules for staying reasonably safe while connected on the road: 1) Make sure that any site you visit has ‘HTTPS’ in front of the URL which means…
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Google Maps vs. Apple Maps: Which is Better?
Using a smartphone as your own personal GPS has made traveling so much easier. But of the two major competitors, Google Maps and Apple Maps, which one do you like better? I’ve been told by a rep from AT&T that Apple’s navigation system uses up less data, but Molly Wood of the New York Times…
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Foodie Alert: Chef of the Century Joel Robuchon Scouting for New Restaurant at Four Locations in NYC
Earlier this month I had the honor of speaking with “Chef of the Century” Joel Robuchon for an hour at his namesake restaurant, Joel Robuchon, in Las Vegas. During this interview at his sumptuous three Michelin starred establishment located in the MGM Grand, Chef Robuchon told me through an interpreter that he was scouting…
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How to Maximize the Spa Experience
Check out Tracey Lee’s tips on better enjoying a spa experience. Ms Lee advises that SpaFinder.com is a very credible authority in the industry and that they often advertise special offers. If you’re on a budget or you don’t have the time to go away, she suggests seeing if day or hotel spas have day…
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Travel + Leisure Do’s and Don’ts
Click here for some great travel advice from Travel + Leisure. These tips include: How to deal with noisy hotel neighbors, How to haggle, What do with when you order wine you don’t like, and How to cope to with a reckless taxi driver.
Travel Gal Kim Swidler 