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8 Things to Always Lock Up in Your Hotel Room
The Women’s Travel Group advises:
The Women’s Travel Group advises:
Medicine you cannot live without. In non English speaking countries, thieves cannot tell if your medicine is simply Tylenol or a narcotic.
Anything with a brand name even if a fake. Sunglasses should be treated like jewelry.
Electronics, that means you need to recharge when in the room. Use a larger charger for faster re-juicing.
All plastic credit cards, even if no or low value, like a store points card only used in your area.…
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Bring a Hobby to your Travels
Women pursue hobbies and take adult ed classes. Avoid expert-led pricey tours and clone your own. Here we show you how.
The first step is to ask us about any interest overseas. Example: The Women’s Travel Group was asked about one traveler’s Norwegian roots on our Summer Norway trip. Would we be near the town?
Second is to see if we hav a speaker on your trip which we often do.
Third: have a goal: learn?…
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Flight Cancellations: What to do Immediately
Flight cancellation Triage from www.thewomenstravelgroup.com especially during the pandemic era. Let’s face it, some airlines are not going to survive this disaster.
The FAA cancelled flights of Boeing 737 Max 8 and 9 planes. Here is what you need to do immediately if this or another crisis has hurt your travel plans.
If in the US: call your airline-on the local number not the 800; it might be faster. The local number will be on the airline site and you should keep it in your contacts in your phone anyway.…
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“Invisible” Senior Women Travelers are Ignored
International Women’s Day and Women’s Travel Rights
When traveling do you feel invisible?
Sense being ignored by the maitre d’ while business folks are welcomed?
If so, you are an invisible probably retired woman traveler.
Don’t get mad, get firm.
Don’t shout.
Learn to repeat.
Complain to the right person.
Hotel reception is poor? Get the card of the assistant or general manager. Are talking to is the person on the card. (That will be rare).…
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Shocking Secrets of Scandinavia
Read the secrets before you book our August 14-26 2019 trip on the link here. Ask for a share and we shall deliver.
1 One the most popular train rides in the world is the Flam: a descent from mountains to fjords.
2 Vikings were fabulously artistic in between raping and pillaging.
3 A Norwegian waffle has a Michelin star.
4 The Arctic Ocean breeds the world’s best fish: arctic cod and salmon.
5 Sweden is hip : Ikea, Skype, Spotify, H&M. While designer shopping, stop for a snack of cinnamon rolls and coffee.…
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Questions to ask honestly before a First Solo Trip.
Are You are Ready for Your First Solo Trip?
Answer these questions privately before you start looking into your first trip alone.
Then read simple ways to get over each problem:
Are you emotionally ready for the physical part of travel: moving luggage/tolerating plane rides/getting through airport crowds with your head on right?
If you live in a quiet rural setting expect street noise and prepare for it. Claustrophobic? Get help before you travel. Bad back/legs? Make sure your luggage is light and that you can move it both sideways and by dragging. …
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5 Common Dangerous Travel Mistakes Made by Women
The Women’s Travel Group shares 5 common dangerous travel mistakes.
Five dangerous all too common travel mistakes and how to avoid them. These can ruin any trip so read on and learn from the veterans.
Bringing only one ATM card. An ATM machine can fail. After all it is a piece of machinery. And an ATM can be out of cash, not uncommon in rural areas or in less developed countries. Our group was in Senegal when one woman had her ATM card eaten by the machine.…
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Welcome to a 1st Exotic Trip
How To Prepare for Your First Exotic Trip: The Women’s Travel Group.
April 7-20 2019 The Women’s Travel Group offers Morocco and we have a few spots left: from sophisticated Mediterranean coast (Casablanca, Rabat, Fez etc.) over the Atlas Mountains to the Sahara Oasis of Marrakech. From Roman towns to tribal villages. From rolling hills to snow capped mountains.
If you have never traveled outside of North America and Europe, this is a perfect first exotic trip. Here it is: Here is the full itinerary: click this link
Preparing for Morocco
People dress in original photogenic ways; they might be camera shy so respect with permission before taking photos.…
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Don’t Damage Your Iphone Overseas.
Don’t damage your iphone overseas, next time you travel out of the country. Learn a tiny bit about not damaging your iphone and about electrical current. Overseas electrical current is different from that of the US and Canada. There are interesting historical reasons for the choice of our electrical current delivery. Plug sizes and shapes are also different, and the amount of electricity that enters your devices is different.
Adaptor vs. Converter In the old days, women packed hairdryers, irons and coils that heated water for tea.…
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Travel gifts for yourself while quarantined.
Travel gifts to buy for yourself while quarantined, or housebound or limited. All are available on line.
Longchamps carry on bag in a dark but ‘cool’ color. If you buy in a dutyf free shop, you pay a bit less $145 vs $120?. Choose the style that has handles long enough to put over your shoulder. That style in its smallest incarnation cannot be locked ( a good idea if you sleep on the plane). Best prices are going to be when currencies are low compared to the US: Mexico City for our Mexico trips, any Euro denominated country like France or Italy for our trips there.…