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What You Did Not Know About Your Passport
You should renew your Passport before getting close to 6 months pre expiration. Most countries require you to have 6 months left or immigration can deny your entrance.
Visa pages are just that: pages where foreign officials can stamp your passport, giving you entree to their country. This stamp is your visa to enter so make sure you get the actual stamp. This means you will have to concentrate after a long flight, but do it. On the way out, officials might look for your entry stamp!…
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How Boomer Women Travel
This post is reprinted from Boomer Travel Patrol a fun site for all of you out there.
Boomer Women Want More from Travel
We are the first generation women who studied abroad, joined the Peace Corps, traveled internationally for work and, like myself, lived abroad. These experiences made us different travelers. Our mothers would be both scared for us and proud.
Boomers expect to see icons: Ponte Vecchio, Eiffel Tower, Vatican. But we welcome insights even prickly or dark ones.… -
Best Global Shopping
India is the irresistible bargain basement: a $1 pen with rhinestones? $4 embroidered umbrella? 50c hand made paper? Cotton clothes for as little as $3? Herbal soaps and creams? Gems and pearls?
Morocco is a close second with fringed tribal rugs, silver, ceramics, leather and metal lamps. Bargaining is critical but if you love it buy it. If you purchase a carpet, get the vendor to pack it so you can put it on the plane. if leather goods, smell them for proper tanning. …
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Tips for the Scaredy Cat Eating Solo on the Road
Here are simple tips from The Women’s Travel Group. Practice these to get out of your scaredy-cat zones. (PS, on our trips we have group dining)
They are ranked by EASY and HARD tips
1-EASY Choose a communal table or bar in a casual restaurant.
2-EASY Opt for the 3 course set meal, that way you will stay for the whole experience. Hopefully, there is an indulgent dessert involved.
3-EASY Smartphones make solo dining easier… if you need a diversion toy.…
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Chocolate Around the World
Chocolate you must try, buy and keep a supply, tips from The Women’s Travel Group.
Chocolate ginger pieces or cookies: a common combo in Great Britain including Scotland. Ginger was imported from India to ancient Rome, then to Britain and ultimately became a colonial favorite. Chocolate ginger cookies can be supermarket level or gourmet from an upmarket store like Fortnum and Mason.
Chocolate with chili: The first time I ate a chocolate/chili bar was in Mexico City Airport. Chocolate with chili is made in Mexico by artisanal candy makers. …
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How To Travel and Not be a Wreck
One of our Sicily Groups overlooking Mt. Etna Rest up two weeks before your trip. Do not leave a wreck.
Pack only essentials. Leave home any item you love. Not worrying about losing or leaving possessions is a relief.
Get to the airport extra early; find a quiet seat even if not at your gate. Regroup with a book or game.
On the plane, do some stretching. What better an airline than Qantas to recommend: https://www.qantas.com/us/en/travel-info/travel-advice/your-health-inflight.html
At the hotel, again do simple stretches and walk around the hotel area to wake yourself up.…
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The Best Places to Lose Your Luggage
The Best Places to Lose Your Luggage from The Women’s Travel Group.
Clothes? Definitely India where cotton is king and where most women’s clothes are full and blousy. Fabindia will make you wish your stuff will never arrive. https://www.fabindia.com/ The stores are nationwide in India and staff usually speaks English. The only help you might need is choosing from the colors and wools, silks and of course: jewelry. In fact, almost everything you see in Indian markets and shops will tempt you and will be affordable.…
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Bad Mistakes women make when traveling in a heat wave
The Mistakes Women Make in Hot Travel Weather from The Women’s Travel Group, small group tours for women.
Bushmen art in Africa from one of our Africa trips. We want to look good so we don’t pull back our hair.
We wear off drippy makeup.
We don the wrong clothes, 100% cotton rather than the newer quick dry, super thin fabrics.
We don’t drink enough water worrying that we will not find suitable bathroom.
We eat salty snacks for in-between hunger or because they are given on the plane.…
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Be aware of older women you meet while traveling
In fact be aware of anyone you meet while traveling.
I just attended a women’s networking lunch and heard this story. A woman at the lunch recently traveled to Manila alone. She met up with 3 friendly older women, who invited her to join them to a street market. All sounds like fun, huh? Well at lunch they drugged her food, stole her ATM card with pin. Fortunately they took her back to her hotel where she was out for 14 hours.…
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Spills and Spots on Your Travel Wardrobe. What to leave home.
Spills and Spots
In India in Nov. you want spills on your clothes so you can have fun buying your new batik wardrobe Most women prefer their own personal products even when they travel. Allergies? Perfumes we are used to? Most women also experience spills of liquids and or spots when we pack poorly.
A few items to leave home suggested by The Women’s Travel Group:
Lip gloss: when the plane ascends, air inside the gloss tube changes. When you open the gloss, it oozes out surprisingly fast.…
