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Airline Taxes and More
Today Joe Sharkey of The Times discusses the rise in airline taxes. He mentions the cost of jet fuel, almost 50% up since January 2010. Another contributor is the lower dollar: as the dollar drops, taxes in foreign currencies rise. For instance, lets assume that your ticket to London includes a British airport security or construction tax in Pounds. If the dollar falls, and the Pound rises, your taxes will rise and so will the cost of your all in ticket.…
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Carnival Cruise Apology
When your trip goes awry like it did with Carnival’s cruise, you lose more than money. You lose your allotted vacation time for this year. Admittedly I have no marine experience, but here are the things I would have been wondering had I been a passenger:
The map shows they were nearer Cozumel than Mobile. And the drift was away from Mobile and towards Cozumel. Could Carnival have dug deeply into financial pockets and leased 15 planes at 200+ passengers each, flown them out of Cozumel and cut 2 days off this miserable experience?…
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Wake Up at Midnight and Forgot to Buy Insurance
You can buy our insurance 24/7 with the link we provided. If you do need to call the company for more info, you need to wait for office hours at Travel Guard. But for those sleepless nights: here it is again.
Just click here and off you go.A few more facts: you can buy insurance in installments, say you decide to upgrade your flight, just call Travel Guard, quote our reference: 33585786 (ECPS Consulting, our formal name). and increase your coverage.…
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Travel Tips for Women for a Snowy Vacation
Whether or not you have bought Travel Insurance from us, here are five reminders before you travel during snowy weather.
1. Shower cap to wear under your knitted hat.
2. Clip Chip to hang wet socks up, hopefully above the hotel heater.
3. Plastic bags to hold wet shoes and sturdy shoes are a must.
4. Big (not wool) scarf to lend a second cover over your shoulders and coat. Wool dries slowly and smells too sheepy.
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Airport Security Line Annoyances
For those of you who paid $99 per year to whisk through security at 22 airports with Global Entry…. guess what: your whisking is not guaranteed. The press has been covering travelers who were denied quick GE lines despite their status. And the same goes for you FF Fliers. I flew to Los Angeles last week as a Gold AA member. Special treatment? No way, there was no line at all for upgraded passengers, even First Class (I was not) queued with us serfs.…
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Come Visit Us At The New York Times Travel Show
At the SITA World Tours Booth. Just back with 22 women from Ixtapan Spa, lots of interest in our new trips and in reunions with fellow travelers from our Club days. Here is me with a mouth full of guacamole at our farewell party and a necklace from a China trip with Women’s Travel Club, our first incarnation.
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A checklist for brochure vocabulary from The Women's Travel Group
The Women’s Travel Group, a specialty tour operator for women, offers this vocabulary checklist to all women travelers who want a smart trip!
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1. How many days are ‘drive by or city tours‘? Try for the minimum but do not miss city highlights.
2. Do the tours contain the words: ‘ceremony, lesson, museum and private visit‘? It is a good sign if they do.
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Phyllis with the CEO of The Red Hat Society
Lunch in London together, always good to see old friends over a great meal. Maybe we can do some travel with Red Hat?…
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Today We Launched The WomensTravelGroup
Several of you asked about our new name. We were unable to secure back our original name so we are now here….Spread the word to nonwhiners, to no one under size 10 and certainly no women who look good after overnight flights.
Check our Yunnan on our site, especially if you have already done the basic tour of China and want to see the exotic
side of the country.…
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Women's Travel Resolutions for 2013
Booking Now for Yunnan Province and Shanghai May 2013
1–Eat better on trips and on the plane.
2–Read 2 good books about the destination, not just think about it.
3–Avoid all shopping until the very end of the day when acquisition energy kicks in, after cultural energy has waned.
4–Only pack what I need and budget for some laundry en route.
5–Scan my passport photo into my email account.
6–Plan ahead and get guidebooks from the e-library on line.
7–Leave the camera home, just bring a phone camera
8–Pay on line for all upcoming bills even if I pay early.…
