Seriously. A cruise packing list doesn’t have to be hard. FUN CRUISE FACTLast year, 26 million people set sail on a cruise ship, or roughly the population of Georgia — plus North and South Carolina. They floated the deep waters of the Caribbean, the luxurious rivers of Europe, or the icy brilliance of Alaska.They travelled as […]
Tips & Checklists
Travel Tips For Women Over 50 Years Traveling Alone
You have to have patience. Even if you are an experienced solo traveler, every time you go on a new trip it is normal to take your time to adjust to the solo travel and get rid of those initial nerves, that you are out in the world alone and you have to handle everything […]
The 30 Essential Travel Items Checklist
One’s traveling style has a lot to do with one’s personality, if you ask me. However, no matter if you like to travel light, or to make sure you have all the comfort you need at your disposal, there are certain items you should always remember to pack and take along. If you’re an avid […]
International Travel Tips Packing: Unusual Tricks for Traveling Light
The point of traveling isn’t about carrying as much useless stuff around you as you can, but about having just enough items to feel comfortable and have fun. The importance of packing light cannot be overemphasized, and there’s nothing worse than dragging an oversized baggage around with you all day. The best international travel site […]
Tips for Traveling Alone in Europe – For All Types of Travelers
So you’re finally making your life-long dream of seeing Europe come true. Only you’re going it alone. That may put a damper on how excited you are about the trip, but it really shouldn’t. In order to make sure that you have the best possible trip across the Old World, we’ve scoured the Internet high […]
The Ultimate List of Traveling Alone Tips
There used to be quite the massive stigma attached to solo travel. However, as socially accepted coupling patterns and other social norms change, so is people’s attitude toward traveling alone. According to the U.S. Travel Association, 2009 alone saw 22.2 million Americans (out of a total of 170 million) take a trip by themselves for […]
Packing Your Bags
Packing for Trips/Cruises/Overseas Journeys/Local Trips Magazines routinely run articles on how to pack. I’ve read quite a few of them and each time I encounter one I wonder if the writer has actually traveled, or just excerpted all the previous articles. Here are my packing tips. Whether you are going overseas or vacationing in the […]
Checklist for Traveling Overseas
The list below is arranged in categories, with some description of the issues for each category. This is a generic list, that is, it tries to cover the required ground, and should give you ideas for what you want to add, but is not comprehensive. Planning: Is this your first trip overseas? Planning to travel […]