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Living Overseas: Fantasy or Possible
While on trips with The Women’s Travel Group, some ladies dream about living abroad. A glass of wine on a Florence balcony? A view of Mt. Blanc from your new Swiss apartment?
Moving and living overseas is not a piece of French cake. But if you are flexible and understand the compromises and limitations, living in another country is fabulous and life changing.
Be aware of the following warnings for US citizens moving abroad.
Visas? Only a 3 month stay is allowed in most countries.…
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Making a Coach Seat Comfy
The Women’s Travel Group, an award winning tour company, has top suggestions for upgrading your seat, when you cannot upgrade it. To make a coach seat more comfy, do the following.
Fiesta at Ixtapan Spa, August still booking. Book an aisle seat if you can.
Stress free yoga class at Ixtapan Resort Inflatable pillows are not that comfortable. Experiment with the seat head rest to incline your head in different directions.
Incline your seat. Even if the person behind you doesn’t want you to, wait until after a meal, then gently push back. …
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Are You Afraid of Immigration?
Has the press convinced you to be afraid of Border Crossings? The Women’s Travel Group received 2 calls about border worry. Should you be afraid of immigration personnel here or in
Europe or in Mexico or of TSA? USA Today reports that people are increasingly anxious crossing borders, especially if they have unusual visas or complicated paperwork issues. Since 911 border officials have been more vigilant and that continues to today. …
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First fitness/spa trip Packing List
You are probably concerned about clothes. Joining The Women’s Travel Group in August to Ixtapan Resort, below is what to pack. Ixtapan Resort is in magnificent mountain scenery at 6100 ft. August is cool. Daytime occasionally reaches 80 in full sun. Morning and night are 50ish. No fancy clothes needed.
Welcome Party for The Women’s Travel Group at Ixtapan Laundry is cheap.
Below are clothing suggestions for each activity.
6:30AM coffee 7AM walk: a fleece or sweatshirt, sweater, leggings or workout pants.…
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Perfect Cool Summer Trip
Who Joins Women’s Travel Group to Ixtapan?
What is Ixtapan? This is our favorite COOL SUMMER mountain getaway. 1/4 the cost of the Rockies. Ixtapan Resort is an all suite, all balcony resort rebuilt in 2019 to a high standard. A one week package in August includes spa treatments- literally head to toe. Hair treatments, facials, daily massages, body scrub, volcanic mud wrap, foot reflexology, mineral water baths. A full service salon is included, with mani, pedi, hair styling etc.…
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Guide to Dining Overseas
How not to be a Dining Dufus.
The most awkward meal ever. The dinner was in Munich Germany; I could not read German but did know the word for ‘dumpling’: knodel (with accent marks). Who doesn’t love dumplings? I ordered knodel. Time passed, the waiter brought 2 grapefruit sized beige balls. I started uncontrollably laughing; German diners looked at me with shock. Clearly I did not know German knodel.
We were 3 ladies on a Women’s Travel Group tour. In the Tokyo Airport, we noticed a couple enjoying what looked like delicious pasta.…
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Loss, Bereavement Travel and Women
Please share these experiences from The Women’s Travel Group, with bereavement groups and friends.
Meeting new people in Dubai who have totally different lives Making travel plans can be fantasy or misery. We have been contacted many times by women in bereavement groups. Our first was in 2004. We were asked to meet and talk with a group of New York City Firefighter widows at Ft. Totten NY. Studies had been done which showed that 3 years after 9/11, an important priority was travel.…
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Back from Italy France, England Travel was not complicated
I regret to inform you that travel is not that complicated. Can you make a grocery list? If so, you can complete a travel list.
- Passport valid for at least 6 months past return date. If you don’t know about passports, don’t read the rest of this email.
- Be fully vaccinated and keep your CDC card in a safe place. The original is what you need for most countries/airlines/trains/and inside activities.
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Change Your Life with Travel Thank You’s
Change your life with Travel and be even more Thankful.
…Day of the Dead, Mexico.
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Stuff from Women’s Travel Group Trips: video.
Video creation is new to most of us. In this post, Phyllis Stoller shares some treasures she brought back from The Women’s Travel Group trips. We are used to our phone cameras; but not to our video production. While at home and isolated, why not learn the art of video making. I am going to walk around my living room as a trial and talk about a few of the souvenirs brought home.
Each one has a memory I wish I had filmed.…
