The Right Clothes and the Right Gear Make all the Difference We’ve been doing a lot of traveling for around forty years and for the past couple of decades many of our trips can be as long as 30 days. Even on long trips people are amazed at how little luggage we have. Traveling lightContinue reading “Clothes & Packing Ideas For Travel”
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A Few Money Saving Cruise Tips
Cruising is a great value for travel and more and more people are taking advantage of the cruising. There are however a few areas of unusual costs along with some opportunities to save… Carry A Bottle Of Wine Onboard Even with drink packages and those “drinks included” fares, this is still something that shouldn’t beContinue reading “A Few Money Saving Cruise Tips”
Emergency Travel Kits
We’re now getting back to traveling and we’re heading to Europe in just a few days, so it’s time to pull out our travel packs and take inventory. Our trips are usually from about two weeks to over a month and we always carry an emergency kit. Often the contents can seem trivial but experienceContinue reading “Emergency Travel Kits”
A Travel Medicine Cabinet
“Plan for the worst, hope for the best.” If you travel there is always going to come a time when you catch something. If you travel much internationally you are going to encounter times when buying over the counter meds in a foreign country can be a challenge and there are occasions when they’re justContinue reading “A Travel Medicine Cabinet”
Some Flying Health Advice
Keeping Safe While Flying Note: In the times of the Covid pandemic there is actually a bit of good news for air travelers. First, people are much more aware of the risks of contagion when flying and the airlines are taking more precautions. Also with all the emphasis on mask wearing you will no longerContinue reading “Some Flying Health Advice”
Useful Apps For International Travel
Ten Great Travel Apps You Should Consider Where would we be without our phones? Every day we use them to navigate, take photos, send and receive email, play music, surf the web and who knows what else. They’re cluttered with dozens and dozens of apps and often we cringe when some store, restaurant or bankContinue reading “Useful Apps For International Travel”
