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Fear of Flying: Alone that is
You do not have to be afraid of flying to meet up with a Women’s Travel Group trip. We are happy to coordinate you with others. If you live in the West and we are going to Europe or you live in the East and are going to Asia, you might want this service even more. We have several alternatives:
Meet up in the city of departure. On our Cuba trip, we meet up in Miami the night before and have our orientation at an airport hotel.…
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National Association of Female Executives Features The Women's Travel Group
We are proud to tell you about our honor as a major Influence in Women’s Travel….In the most recent newsletter of prestigious NAFE, The Women’s Travel Group was featured along with 5 Tips for Summer Travel. Here is the article link:http://eblasts.workingmothermediainc.com/NAFE/eblast_278/eblast_278.htm
The Women’s Travel Group provides smart tours for smart women and their associations. If you belong to a group of 10+ and most of us do, contact us for a private trip to your dream destination. Here are some ideas of trips we have done for groups:
Executive women spa retreats
Artists’ trip to Europe for gardens/botanical art.… -
Airline Fees: Yikes
Shortly The Transportation Dept will be requiring airlines and travel agents to list all fees on your ticket. These fees include the usual like security, agriculture etc but now the list is growing longer and longer. Services like checked bags, preferred seating. extra luggage (mainly on discount airlines in Europe) and other fees are involved. Spirit Airlines even charges for carry on bags!
Approximately 18% of the entire ticket is today only fees….. Airlines of course say that this new listing requirement would be expensive.…
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Trouble in Africa: Kenya Tourists Evacuated
For some time now, Kenya has been experiencing an uptick in crime. The UK government today evacuated tourists from the popular beach resort, Mombasa. At The Women’s Travel Group we monitor our destinations carefully and when you look at our list, you will not see Kenya this year. We follow potential areas using several tools:
US State Dept. website of course is our first go to, but the US is sometimes delayed in updating serious information. An example is the warning on the Ukraine which was updated after days of unrest.…
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Souvenirs Tips: Trash Them or Treasure Them
With our 22 years of women’s trips from The Women’s Travel Club and Group, all of us have loads of souvenirs brought back with love and memories from our travels. Some have true artistic value, some are true horrors. Here are some clean out/ hang up tips for your detritus.
Make piles of small cheap items, arrange by color/shape or materials. If you cannot see an evolving collection, toss.
Move flat items onto a sheet of paper and see if they might look better hanging on the wall.…
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Phyllis Stoller Honored: Top Influential Women in Group Travel
Phyllis Stoller, the founder of The Women’s Travel Group, was honored as one of the 14 most influential women in Group Travel by Group Travel Magazine. For those solo women travelers who do not know her, Phyllis founded The Women’s Travel Club and The Women’s Travel Group, both catering to women travelers and especially those solo on tours and cruises.
Phyllis’ site is www.thewomenstravelgroup.com and she will personally escort trips to Sicily and India this year. Yes, she will be coming solo!…
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Five Essential Hotel Must Haves for Women 55+
Women Staff Behind the Desk.
Who wants to discuss concerns with male staff who are ‘5’ years old and look through you?
Shower Caps.
Most of us are not in that daily hair washing routine and want to preserve whatever color we pay fortunes for.
Lots of extra toilet paper and not so rough please.
No comment here
Easy to operate alarm clocks.
Even the PHD’s amongst us cannot set many hotel alarm clocks. That also means they sometimes go off at 4AM because the last guest was on Tokyo time.…
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Cash + Will: Don't be a Travel Virgin
Maybe India is not for you, but it was for these women who met a Holy Man while we drove to Agra with The Women’s Travel Group. Our next trip to India is almost full.There are many newish articles about boomer women traveling, a trend we see but you are probably afraid of. Look at a travel brochure and you will still see the handsome couple on the deck, hair blowing gently. Look at the reality of who is traveling and you will see us women: more windblown, more casual yet more friendly in appearance.…
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India Tourism Award: Women's Trip to India
The Women’s Travel Group is thrilled to tell you that our strategic partners, SITA World Tours have won the prestigious National Tourism Award for Best Incoming Tour Operator to India from The United States and Canada.
In order to bring your country expertise, we partnered with SITA some 18 months ago for India, West and South Africa and certain areas of South America. This par
tnership has created wonderful experiences for us, to be repeated in our annual India Trip with Pushkar Camel Market extension: October 26-November 4/6 2014.… -
Festival Trips: What Never to Do!
This article was written for The Three Tomatoes site with interesting info and events for women in the NY and LA areas. Subscribe for great fun and good information.
If you choose to go on a tour that includes a festival, there are positives and negatives. Positives are you will see local people in their most colorful and joyous. In Pushkar in India, you witness weddings, dances, tribal clothes and jewelry, camel and other races. In Sicily in December, you will join a procession with lighted candles, brass bands and clergy to walk to the Basilica in Palermo.…
