Tag: Travel tips
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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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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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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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More About Door to Door Luggage Services
It looks like I’m not the only one who thinks that schlepping heavy luggage isn’t that much fun. I wrote a little while back about how my daughter and I used Luggage Forward to ship her two 50 pound suitcases from Florence, Italy back to our home in New York so that we could more…
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Travel Tips From AFAR’s Julia Cosgrove
As you can probably figure out by now, I love learning about all forms of travel, especially tips and preferences from fellow enthusiasts. So I was naturally excited to interview Julia Cosgrove, Editor in Chief of AFAR, a leading media company dedicated to experiential travel. Along with its popular magazine, AFAR also organizes fascinating immersive travel experiences around the world. Click HERE to learn more…
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Summer Travel Tips for Europe
Because of better deals created by the falling Euro,this has been a banner year for travel to Europe. My family and I are headed to Italy later this summer. So I enjoyed reading Stephanie Rosenbloom’s interesting piece that tries to answer some common questions about visiting this and other European destinations: Charges in Euro or U.S. dollars? Ms. Rosenbloom…
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Getting a Visa Faster
We’re moving into the busy Spring/Summer travel season and,with the better weather,comes even more dreams of trips to far off lands. But most countries have restrictive requirements that need to be fulfilled in order to cross their borders. I’ve already written about passport concerns, but what about the visa which is required in countries such…
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I’ll be on WAMC Radio Again on March 19th!
Hey everyone: I’ll be appearing on WAMC’s Vox Pop again on March 19th at 2:00 pm where I’ll be discussing, of course, my favorite subject-Travel. Thanks so much to all of you who called in the last time that I appeared. You had so many great tips and interesting suggestions. I’d love to hear from you…
Travel Gal Kim Swidler 