Your first solo trip: Weather is same all year around atIxtapan Spa, Fitness and Yoga Resort, sunny with temperatures in the 70’s. Lush vegetation, birds, flowers. Grab a last minute room at a discount of $1765 7 nights.
All rooms are suites, with a work station, couch and double bathrooms.
Some 122 million Americans are expected to travel this Christmas. Headlines make this wonderful time sound terrifying. Ignore headlines, they sell ads. Go with this simple list of travel hints.
Spend time on the seating chart. It is in your airline app. Recently there are complaints from people who thought they had window seats and they had an airplane wall instead. Note: closer to the flight, seats can open up.…
Who isn’t nervous when going on a first trip that includes fitness? spa? yoga? Who doesn’t feel heavy after the Holidays? Tempted by Ozempic? Try a week at Ixtapan Spa.
I was nervous booking my first spa/fitness trip. Were others mountain climbers or marathoners? Did guests count steps at meals? Were they all thin? Were my son’s high school sweat pants too shabby? Basically was I going to fit in and benefit?
The Women’s Travel Group was in Central America, and checking into our lovely hotel. Shock of all shocks !! To complete check in, we needed all the passports. One was gone along with the entire back pack. Misplaced no? Stolen passport, yes. In front of security and our full group, someone walked off with a bag. It contained what we describe as herlife.
What do you do at this point with a stolen passport? Let’s make it simple. Start with a check list and go from there.…
A headline that got me thinking about women who travel with The Women’s Travel Group. Today’s paper announces an innovative air pod which automatically translates foreign languages via AI. For those of you who travel a lot, you know that cultures use the same words differently. So how will this AI get the nuances? Time will tell.
When the US Dollar was volatile years ago, overseas vendors began asking for cash in Euros. We travelers were unaware of th loss of confidence in our currency. For incidentals, we carried what we deemed hard ‘greenbacks’. Today, the Dollar is sinking vis a vis many currencies. So how should you shop overseas with a rusty Dollar ? Travel Tips from The Women’s Travel Group.
Travel tips from The Women’s Travel Group Are you a TC or FF? The TC’s or Travel Conspiracists are active. Hopefully you’ll be a FF or Fact Finder once you read this article. Below are some common travel conspiracies and the facts that debunk them.
Today a woman on our Umbria trip asked if I recommend a carry on or checked suitcase. For myself: I check bags to the destination, but sometimes carry on, returning home. Here are the pros of carrying on:
1—You never lose sight of your belongings. That is,until you fall asleep on the plane. Common times for theft are during meal service, sleep periods and during boarding and disembarking.…
About a week ago, I flew Los Angeles to New York. I am a frequent flier for The Women’s Travel Group. The plane was new, I booked a great seat and the entertainment system worked so I could watch The Accountant2 ( former bankers love financial films). I sat down in the window seat. A young man secured his seat in front of mine. Then he placed his carry on meal and 20 oz drink down. Unbeknownst to me, he had placed the drink on the middle armrest of his row.…
Just back from a miserably humid and hot New York sidewalk power walk. I re-started walking during my first visit to Ixtapan. A former runner, walking was boring, so gradually I stopped altogether. At Ixtapan, the daily walk is 7AM during cool sunrise-August is cool. No hot pavement, minimum humidity and wide open mountainous vistas. What is sublime, is someone else has coffee and a recently picked banana ready at 6:30AM. Some guests do not walk, but if you enjoy it, read here. …
