Tips on how to make the most of your travel experiences
• Wear comfortable clothes that are not tight. Take a lightweight sweater, fleece or sweatshirt – it is usually cool in the cabin. Wear compression hose during a long flight.
• Take a neck pillow.
• Take reading materials and things to keep you occupied during the trip.
• Buy a bottle of water before you board. Drink [...]
• Use a digital camera.
• Take extra batteries and a memory card.
• Take many pictures and delete as you go along.
• Take pictures of tourist attractions and the unusual.
• Put people in your pictures. Take a second shot of a person immediately after the first.
• Look for unusual angles and use a foreground.
• Make a [...]
Make copies of your ATM and credit cards, passport or ID and keep them with you but not with the originals or put them in in the safe at the hotel.
Carry a copy of your health record with emergency contact information.
Keep cash in 2 places on you - in a pocket and in a money [...]
Put your name and address in the inside of your checked bag as well as on the outside
Always put your important items in the same place.
Hang crumpled clothes in the bathroom where the steam will help release wrinkles.
Start tipping the cleaning staff on the first day of your stay at the hotel or on the [...]
See your primary care physician before the trip.
Write out a concise health record with emergency contact listed and keep it with you.
Fill your prescription medications and make sure you have an adequate supply.
Pack copies of pharmaceutical prescriptions, eyeglass or contacts prescriptions, health insurance cards.
If you have a hearing aid, take extra batteries.
Take an emergency kit: [...]
• 3-1-1 for carry-ons = 3 ounce bottle or less (by volume); 1 quart-sized, clear, plastic, zip-top bag; 1 bag per passenger placed in screening bin. One-quart bag per person limits the total liquid volume each traveler can bring. 3 oz. container size is a security measure.
• Declare larger liquids. Medications, baby formula and food, [...]
Reclosable Bags
Use different sizes to pack different items. Use for the layering method of packing, to keep small items together and for liquids.
Folders
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Cubes
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• Pack light! Do not pack anything that you will not use.
• Lay out everything that needs to be packed. Check off your list.
• If you are spending several days in one destination, place shoes and odd shaped items on the bottom of your suitcase. Fill in with socks and underwear.
• Roll knits. They will [...]
Choose your carry-on carefully! It should be lightweight and durable.
The carry-on allowance for airlines in the United States is one bag whose total dimensions (length +width + height) may not exceed 45 inches/ 114 cm with a maximum weight of 40lbs. It must fit under the seat or in the overhead bin. Customers may also [...]
Many people decide to travel with a group, on a tour arranged by a tour operator. If you have never traveled with a group, here are some points to think about:
Group travel is a great value - tour operators get special rates and discounts not available to individual travelers.
Tour operators have access to exclusive insider tours and sites [...]