• What is a Travel Trend?

    The Women’s Travel Group offers some trending destinations: Mexico City, Puebla, Ethiopia, Palermo,and more. A trending place is one that we visit now, and the rest of the US visits in 5 years. A good place to find travel trends is in non-US papers, specifically British ones. Where the Brits go now is where you want to go. The Women’s Travel Group finds and visits these places first. Call us at 646 309 5607 or email us to discuss being trendy!…

     
  • 7 Travel Tips that Will Save Women Money

    7 Travel Tips That Will Save You Money

    Above is the link to our newest article in The Three Tomatoes where Phyllis Stoller is the Travel Guru and one of the Travel Correspondents. Enjoy and don’t be afraid to save money and be stingy!

    More travels and tours are on www.thewomenstravelgroup.com or call Phyllis at 646 309 5607 for a chat or advice. Our blog can be shared with your friends and please do share it with local travel writers.…

     
  • Travel Chores You Should Never Delay

    January is a time to procrastinate. After finishing the year. we slow down for winter and hide under the covers.

    Here are a travel chores to do immediately:

    Book solo specials. We get many single cabins at the double rate.They disappear.  On our solo special cruises, we sell out the best deals first. July 2016  we are offering Gems of SE Europe from AMA Waterways, our favorite river cruiser.  For new travelers AMA is a  welcoming way to see the world.…

     
  • Women's Holiday Travel Dreams

    Women's Holiday Travel Dreams

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    I too am visiting family over Christmas and yes,  I too have a holiday travel fantasy. By the way, the photo was sent in some time ago by one of the groups who went to Oman.

    I get upgraded to a seat next to NO ONE.

    The airplane smells like lavender.

    The overhead rack is not overhead.

    The pilot is a woman who narrates shopping experiences as we pass Las Vegas, Phoenix, and Los Angeles. She has low blood pressure and keeps the cabin warm.…

     
  • 5 Tips for Navigating a Street Market

    On some Women’s Travel Group tours we include a street market if it is exciting, local and has good products. Those might be Florence on our Tuscany Cooking/Seeing trip, an organized and both local and tourist market. Or they might b the Sabato market included in our Mexico City trip, the best crafts market in Mexico’s capital. Or finally it might be one of the more upmarket street scenes in Delhi on our India trip.  You will never have either enough time or energy to feel you really ‘did it’.…

     
  • Heavy packables to throw out

    Travel clothes today are easy, leggings have replaced trousers/ washables have replaced cotton. So why is your suitcase so heavy?   Travel doctors tell us that back issues are the number one health problem for traveling women. Moving your heavy case in the hotel room is one reason. So here are some weighty things to leave home.

    Shoes: toss  heavy shoes and replace with light walking shoes. Merrell is one brand that produces solid but light walkers. Also: Easy Spirit, some Rockports, Keen.…

     
  • Is it Odd to Travel Solo for Christmas?

    Do we all fit the image of ‘happy family with turkey and gifts under the tree”? Or are you with no family, and friends who invite you because you make a great cake? You are not an oddball; we hear this all the time.

    No matter what your religion, going away for Christmas removes you from the intensity, memories, and obligations of the season.  Leaving home and family, if you have any, means more than ‘taking a trip’.  It is a form of refreshing independence. …

     
  • Uber Services  Frenemies? Or Friends?

    Uber Services  Frenemies? Or Friends?

    Today I read in travel news that Virgin America in Dallas Love Airport is giving free rides by Uber for passengers. Besides being frequent flyers, most of us are also frequent taxi to the airport people. Who do you use?

    Taxis can be hard to find during bad weather, holidays, even Fridays after work. In some cities regular taxis now at least have a smart phone app like Uber offers. Radio cabs which you can book on line usually charge a few more dollars than taxis but they are reservable.…

     
  • Worst Airport Behavior

    This past week I was in Atlanta. Totally surprised at how terrific a city Atlanta has become by the way. Amazing food (JCT was one restaurant we loved), even more amazing the skyline with new artsy districts. At the airport returning home, here is what happened:

    There were few empty seats, no room to plug in a phone. 3 seats held backpacks and plastic bags of bakery items, but were otherwise unoccupied for 30+ minutes. One seat was next to the power outlet.…

     
  • Hesitation-landia For women who stay at home

    Again yesterday we spoke with a traveler who repeated: my friends cannot make up their minds or they are dead. Why is it that women are indecisive while still wanting travel?

    We believe it is because we are  used to our nests; flying out is scary. Travel like fitness is a learned skill; the more you do it, the easier it is. If you have not traveled in 5 years, here is a practice set for you:

    Stop reading headlines. Get informed and look at US, Canadian, UK and Australian government announcements.…

     
 
 
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