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The Best $9.99 Christmas Gift
For some of you out there, please go buy yourself a world MAP. Why do we say this as we end our 25th year at The Women’s Travel Group? Besides enthusiastic and upbeat travelers who join us, there are women who are shockingly and narrowly informed about our world.
A woman called who did not book Russia because of “the wars”. We asked her what wars? She said, “my family says there are wars there”. Unless she is related to John Kerry, our US Secretary of State, I don’t think her family is privy to secret information about ‘wars’.…
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Mexico City: Our Tour's Top Restaurants
The Women’s Travel Group is known for unusual hand crafted itineraries. We also hand pick restaurants. This past year, we toured Iran, Tuscany, Amalfi Coast, Mexico City, including The Yucatan, Ethiopia, and more. Each trip includes special meals (Ethiopia is different). So how do we choose?
Safety and cleanliness are number one.
Quality of cuisine
A connection with local customs and ingredients. In The Yucatan we ate fresh jumbo shrimp and fish from the Gulf of Mexico. In Tuscany we ate what we cooked under the supervision of our professional chef.…
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Save $$ Guaranteed Share Mexico City special ends on Dec 31 2016
If you book by Dec 31, you get a free single supplement if we cannot find you a share. In Mexico City, we stay at a wonderful hotel and the rooms are plenty big for two. Here is our hotel as rated 4 1/2 stars on Tripadvisor: Hampton Inn, Mexico City, in a restored historic building on the main street. The above photos are from Tripadvisor and they show the interior courtyard and the wonder early 20th century street we stay on.…
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Mexico City: Top NYTimes 2016 Destination Solo deal until 1/1/2017
The New York Times Travel Staff solicit pitches from travel writers in the US and overseas, to get to its short list of Top Destinations each year. In 2016 they chose Mexico City as the TOP DESTINATION for the following reasons:
A metropolis that has it all. Colorful culture with futuristic art and traditional murals side by side, Aztec history everywhere, unique architecture, great food, and bargains via a Peso that collapsed along with oil prices. Moreover, Mexico City has more and cheaper flights from North America than ever before including discounters SWAir, Jet Blue and Interjet.…
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What the 20 to $1 peso means to Women
Here is most of the group in Uxmal, UNESCO heritage site, Yucatan MexicoOur group of 15 returned from The Yucatan last night, full of chocolate, taco chips, fine food, and memories. Besides visiting Mayan sites, villages, Merida and Campeche, we did some shopping here and there.
Here is what you can buy in Mexico these days with such a low Peso:
Turquoise heart necklace: $16
Blouses embroidered by the woman selling them to you: $5-6
Artisanal chocolate, large bars with chili?…
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Last Minute Checklist Before Any Trip
Here is the absolutely crucial last minute To Do List from The Women’s Travel Group
1-Check weather in your home town, any connecting area and your destination. If bad weather is coming call the travel insurance company for advice on changing your ticket.
2-Photocopy your passport photo page and any visa page you need for this trip. Leave one copy in your email, another in your images file on your phone and more at home or with family or friends.…
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Is Naples Scary or Scrumptious
Safety and Mafia are Naples brand to many. But act smart as you would anywhere and enjoy these surprises on our Thanksgiving trip: Rome-Naples-Amalfi Coast.
Naples is the Holy Grail of pizza. Did you know the Margarita Pizza was designed as the first pizza presented to the Queen of Italy in 1889. Red, white and green are the national colors.
Naples’ pizza restaurants have a certificate of authenticity approved by an official committee.
Many carved nativity scenes come from Naples which has been called Christmas all year around.…
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Saving Seats in Airports for Mystery People?
Accept temporary TSA delays. Here is what really has to change: the behavior of fellow passengers. And your reaction…
Stop saving seats for mystery people. Tell the saver, you will sit there until the mystery person comes back.
Don’t talk on the phone in bathroom stalls. Knock on the stall door and alert them.
Don’t leave a 100% charged device in the shared electrical plug. Find the owner and tell them you are replacing it with yours.
Drop trash in the bin, not on the adjacent table.…
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Last Minute Travel Worries for Women
Last minute is when the worries swell and ruin your sleep. But women have different and surprising concerns. The Women’s Travel Group is sharing these with you so you do not feel you are crazy!
The clothes conundrum: did I bring enough? The right kind? Should I buy hiking shoes: answer not really. Even how many times do you wear each pair of socks? Wear what is comfortable and light, what you can wash in a sink ( use shampoo), or what does not show dirt like dark colors.…
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Tips for Winter Spa/Fitness Getaways
Tips for choosing a winter wellness week.
Ixtapan Spa will be your 2016 gift.
- Make sure your hotel includes fitness and/or spa treatments in prices. Do not be fooled by discounted room prices. Service charges on spa treatments are usually 20% on top of the price.
- Ask what is walkable from the hotel. Everyone wants to leave the confines of a resort, no matter how lovely, and many destination resorts are remotely situated.
- Shopping? Is there shopping near. Most hotels have ridiculously overpriced shops.
