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Travel Advice When You’re at Your Destination
Posted by admin in Travel Advice on December 24, 2011
First and foremost, consider jet lag like an annoying, but persistent door to door salesman. If you ignore him, he’ll eventually go away. But if you open the door and let him in, your whole day will be ruined. Fight it. Keep moving, drink some coffee, do some jumping jacks, whatever it takes. Just don’t go to bed until the locals do (even if it’s just to take a “little nap”.). You’ve spent too much time, too much effort, and too much money to waste it away sleeping in a hotel room! After a couple of days, he’ll quit knocking, you’ll be adjusted, and you won’t have to worry about him anymore.
Paying for stuff: Withdraw money from a bank or ATM, and pay cash instead of using your debit card everywhere you go. Why, you might ask. It’s because most transactions paid with foreign credit or debit cards, a small percentage fee is tacked on EVERY time you use it, and that can add up. My bank does charge for ATM withdrawals not made at any of its locations, so I usually try and withdraw $300 or $400 a time to minimize the number of times I am charged. I carry the majority of it in my travel wallet, and spending money for the day in my front pocket so that I can get at it easy. Try and use ATMs at reputable big banks, so that you can be assured you’re not charged another fee, or given a shady exchange rate that some less reputable places tend to apply as well. Read the rest of this entry »
Great Family Holiday Travel Advice
Posted by admin in Travel Advice on November 29, 2011
Once you decide on a family holiday, you need to find some great travel advice to help you pack exactly what you need and nothing more. First, you need to consider all the ages of your family members so you can pack everything accordingly. Its important that you do not stress yourself out while trying to pack for holiday travel. Start as soon as you find out that you are going somewhere and avoid the rush.
Everything that is fun today requires a power cord. Pack a charging pad or separate cords for everything your family will need; MP3 players, iPods, handheld game systems, and cell phones.
Start a family journal on holiday travel advice. Your family can write in the journal while sitting in the hotel or while waiting for their flight. In the journal they can document some important tips they have learned along the way and you can reflect back on it later on in the years or even on your next flight. You also need to bring some reading material for everyone in the family to read during these times that you are sitting; books, magazines, coloring books, and activity books. Read the rest of this entry »
The Best Travel Advice Is to Act Like a Child
Posted by admin in Travel Advice on October 27, 2011
It’s human nature to categorize and judge every experience as “this is X,” and “this is Y.” “This is how you do that,” and “That is how you do this.” By categorizing things this way is how we can get through life easier, how you can drive a stick shift, without thinking every single time “push in clutch. Change gear. Ease off clutch. Press the accelerator.” This way of thinking works against you when you travel! Throw all of the this’s and that’s out of the window.
Look at it like this: Have you ever payed attention to the way a child reacts to the most mundane things?? The way a baby is intrigued by examining their own foot, or the way a toddler is fascinated by a balloon? Why… Because it’s new. Because it’s something they’ve never experienced or noticed before. My best piece of advice is to be like that! Treat every day, every experience, every person like it’s the first time you’ve experienced it. Because it IS! You’ve never been in an Italian train station. You’ve never driven on the left hand side of the road. You’ve never eaten a meat pie? Do you like meat?… Do you like pie?… Then who knows, you might like meat pie.. After all, what have you got to lose? Answer is: Nothing. Read the rest of this entry »