Most frequent and even semi-regular travelers know the basic drill — don’t put anything really important in your checked baggage. Most columns and posts are jewelry, keys, prescription medicines, computers and anything exceptionally valuable. But there other important items that we can’t live without.
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For travelers to the Caribbean, fall is a time for fewer crowds and, often, great bargains. Part of the bargain factor is children going back to school. But to be honest, it’s also hurricane season.
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Karen Fawcett is currently traveling with a friend who has difficulty walking. Airports are so huge these days, that it’s better to be prepared than to suffer — or even miss a flight because you don’t make it to the gate on time.
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Here are some tips as to how to travel long distances and not arrive at your destination feeling like a dish rag. Please add your suggestions and know they’ll be appreciated by long-distance travelers. For that matter, people who are flying from one coast to the U.S. to the other will find any and all tips useful. How many changes can you make in the not-so-friendly skies?
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Our country is vast and what happens in one place probably won’t be repeated in another part of the country. We are diverse and come in every size, shape and color. Please don’t make snap judgments that we’re one and the same.
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What do foreigners traveling to the U.S. need to know? If it’s a maiden voyage, there’s a learning curve of dos and don’ts and changing rules and regulations.
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It’s summer and if you live in a place where tourists gravitate, you can’t help but encounter some people who ask some very dumb questions. If they’re from a different country, they may not even speak your language. Nor will you speak theirs.
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Alaska operates 737-700 RNP, unconventional travel tips, optimism grows over use of biofuel in aviation
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A hot off the press add-on fee pertains to Americans, Canadians and Australians who are flying into the Buenos Aires airport. Effective December 28, 2009, the Argentine Immigration Office implemented a reciprocity fee.
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Having written extensively about vacation rentals, I’ve learned quite a lot since I took the plunge and rented an apartment in Beunos Aires, Argentina. After years of advising Bonjour Paris readers to stay in apartments rather than hotels, in order to experience a place as a quasi-local, it was my turn.
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