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Travel Agents Rarely Sell Women's Tours: Why?
It is perplexing that so few travel agents cater to the executive women’s leisure market. Here is what we think about this enigma.
There are few tours available, that fit agents’ need for licensed and professionally organized trips. Scan the net and how many women’s tour companies are IATAN licensed? Are part of industry recognized travel leaders? Or even offer agent commissions?
Women like myself, and you who read this blog, may call your agent for a solo trip, but will likely be told that they do not have answers for you. …
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India Love it or Scared of It?
Here are some books and films to help you decide. Our next trip was called A Trip of a Lifetime for Women by Fox TV! Nov. 7-21 2013 including The Pushkar Camel Market and Dowry Negotiation.
Join us and ask for a share to save some on the single costs. www.thewomenstravelgroup.com
FILMS
Water
Gandhi
The Raj Quarter
Eat Pray Love
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
A Passage to India
Slumdog Millionaire
Monsoon Wedding
BOOKS
White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
May Yu-Be the Mother of a Hundred Sons by Elisabeth Bumiller
The Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo
Heat and Dust by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
(and the related movies by Merchant and Ivory).…
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Eat, Drink, and Be Merry—and Safe—When Traveling | HealthyWomen
Eat, Drink, and Be Merry—and Safe—When Traveling | HealthyWomen.…
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Free E-Guidebooks for E-Idiots
I think I finally ‘got’ the NY Public Library e-system. The system is hard to decipher; worse, when you think you have the book and download it, it goes into cyberspace whatever that means. In regular language, here is How to Download a Guidebook (or any book) from the New York Public Library to your IPad and iPhone.
a-Make sure you have an active Amazon account.
b-Download Kindle Cloud Reader Application onto your Ipad and iPhone directly from Amazon. Don’t worry about what an application is, just download it and your device will be able to accept e-books.… -
Falls with Water not Bruises
I am about to see my fourth major waterfall in August with our tour to Argentina.
Here is the list so far:Victoria Falls and make sure you have time,as there is also game viewing in that area.
Angel Falls in a remote area of Venezuela,but this magnificent territory is no longer easy to visit. We did a group tour there years ago–a million acres of rain forest.
Blue Nile Falls is in Ethiopia and our group visited in March of this year.…
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Eat, Drink, and Be Merry—and Safe—When Traveling | HealthyWomen
Eat, Drink, and Be Merry—and Safe—When Traveling | HealthyWomen.
FOLLOW THIS TIPS WHEN YOU JOIN OUR ADVENTURE TO INDIA IN NOV 7-21 2013…
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Yogurt on the Road
If you are a yogurt lover, you will- what my dad called ‘kvell’ at yogurt overseas. Different from our products, yogurt overseas is creamier, less sugary and comes in smaller containers ( better for calorie control). Flavors might be different. (the UK, for instance, has rhubarb and hazelnut yogurts).
When you travel, bring along a plastic spoon or two. Go to the local supermarket for a hunt ( the word is pretty much the same in every language). You will find Danon and other recognizable brands even in India.…
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Telephone Roaming: A Dangerous Way to Break the Bank Overseas
After hours on the phone with AT&T discussing costs overseas and getting complicated answers…. I moved on to the web to find clearer instructions. The goal was to be able to get emails overseas by turning on and off the roaming function a few times a day to glance at important emails.
As hard as AT&T operators tried, their answers seemed vague and mega bites are hard to quantify for the nonengineering brain. How many megabytes in our plan cover how many emails?…
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Earplugs not Earrings: Travel Tips for Women
In a British hospital having my first son, Nick, a nurse told me to buy earplugs to block noise, when he was in the nursery. In Britain in those days, mothers recovered from childbirth in a room with 5 others and all 6 babies. One or two nights the babies stayed in the nursery to give us rest before going home.
Earplugs have been my best friend ever since. If you are a light sleeper or just want extra guarantees while traveling, invest in earplugs.…
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Women's Jeans for Traveling: what do you think?
A number of women responded to the comment that Jeans make American women targets overseas.
Here is why I don’t wear jeans anymore on trips:
They are heavy. Switch them out of your travel wardrobe, and switch in lightweight conservative colored walking/hiking pants. These can look like street clothes if you choose the ones without leg pockets. I wear Royal Robbins, LL Bean, Columbia, but there are many. I look for those that have hidden pockets and deep ones. (Great places to tuck some money for incidentals).…
