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Airplane delays and cancellations
Today Joe Sharkey, my favorite airline journalist, announces the huge number of cancellations and delays caused earlier this month by weather. Here are some reasons you need insurance:
1-Plane severely delayed and you need a new transfer to Ixtapan Spa: $170 private transfer one way. (More than our group deal)
2- Weather prevents you from getting to your flight and you take another one.
3- You sprain your ankle (my husband did over Christmas on a trip), and you need to fly next day.…
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The cheapest gifts in Ixtapan De la Sal near Ixtapan Spa
Here are the ‘budget’ gifts usually bring back from Mexico, and they are sold in Ixtapan de la Sal
(home of Ixtapan Spa):
1- Vanilla. Vanilla is cheap in Mexico, not as sweet as the Asian one but rich and fantastic in things like rice pudding and other creamy foods. Cost: $3 ish
2- Tajin: a mix of sea salt, chili, and desiccated lime. Makes the dullest food taste amazing with a slight pop and a lime aftertaste. All-natural. Cost $1 more or less.… -
Five Steps to Get Through Delays and Cancellations
Five Steps to Get Through Delays and Cancellations
Some of us do not use travel agents or our agents are not available at the moment of crisis!
1. Immediately call your travel insurer and ask verbal permission to change flights. Often if a flight is cancelled or delayed, they will give you this verbal permission even if the price is high.
2. Know which number is the 24/7 number of your agent or tour company. Often when the glitch happens, we realize we have not jotted down this important number!… -
Tips for Mother-Daughter Travel
When You vacation with your Boomer Mom: It’s Travel in the Slower Lane, or is it?
The Women’s Travel Group has some Mother-Daughter Combos though most of our women travel solo. Here are suggestions for you if you are thinking of asking Mom to join you:
Budget an additional 10% expense to trip for taxis not just for walking but more for luggage weight.
You be the Treasurer and the easy way to do this is to both put money in a ziplock and pay each shared bill from it.…
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When Not to Take a River Cruise
I just returned from the most fabulous Christmas Markets Danube cruise on AMAWaterways. The trip was perfect. In some places, we suggest a land trip as the major sites are not on the river.
The Women’s Travel Group has chosen to visit Vietnam and Cambodia, not on a cruise. The places of greatest interest are on land. We are staying in fine luxury hotels, going to famous restaurants, and have included both the glorious and gritty history of the area. Our shopping times are saved for the fine stores recommended by friends, not for tourist traps.…
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USA Today: Ten Reasons to Take a River Cruise
And we are adding the 11th: Guaranteed Shares in Category E on Tulip Time AMA River Cruise: April 2014
These are in part from USA Today. And in part from our experiences.
Experience is leisurely River cruises are not about rushing here and there. You visit key sights but there is also time to relax. And since you dock near cities, you can leave the ship when you wish.
Ships are intimate The size of river ships is limited by the need for the vessels to go through locks and under low bridges.…
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Womens' travel statistics and review sites.
Statistically women do more research than men for choices on travel. But research is hard to find for more exotic travel. So after reading the brochures (If any), women will go behind the scenes to get the ‘skinny’.
Where do we go? We use review sites. Love them or hate them, statistically review sites are used by women more than men. We rely on Tripadvisor,Yelp, Chowhound, Trivago, Hotels.com and others.
Women know how to filter out whinny women- a necessary evil-, so we are experts in filtering out whinny reviews.…
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New Health Plans and Overseas Travel?
Medicare does not cover Americans overseas so I contacted the new government site for the Oct. 1 launch of federal health care. This is what I got from the Live Chat on the federal site? And I do believe in national health care options….With an answer like this, I’ll still buy Travelguard for myself and recommend it to you when you travel!
Upcoming India and Morocco tours have $Solo $Savings for solo travelers and travel insurance from Travelguard is still available.…
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A new travel phrase: Solo Savings $$
After deciding to offer guaranteed shares on our trips, we heard,hat too many women ask what that means. It means you get a room share if you ask for one. And, if there is no share available, you get a room as a single with no supplement to pay.
So rather than keep explaining our new money savings policy for solo women travelers. We are going to call it Solo Savings or $Solo $Savings. We specialize in offering exotic travel and many of us prefer to use the cash to shop in bargain places like India or Morocco.…
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Travel Smart: Be Prepared Health-Wise
Travel Smart: Be Prepared for Illnesses, Injuries and Variable Weather | HealthyWomen. Phyllis Stoller from The Women’s Travel Group is an expert on issues that effect women on the road. This is one in a series of articles for Healthywomen.org
Upcoming tours to India and Morocco have a roomshare guarantee for solo women travelers who wish to avoid paying the single supplement.…