• The I don’t need it shopper

    The I don’t need it shopper

    The Women’s Travel Group does not specialize in shopping tours but we know a lot about it. In some countries in Europe you will inevitably buy some treasure, despite protests of “I have too much already.” Temptation is strongest in Italy: leather, shoes, purses, clothes, pottery, food items. Another area is Scotland and Ireland for woolens. 

    Shopping at palaces in the UK from The Women's Travel Group.
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    Here is how the experts judge leather quality: 

    Press with your finger, the leather will indent with a wrinkle then return to its original state.…

     
  • New in Women’s Travel  What is Old: Fear

    New in Women’s Travel What is Old: Fear

    What is new in Women’s Group Travel in 2024

    A Women’s Travel Group Tour

    Immediately after the pandemic, travel was slow, then grew, then exploded. 2020-2023 travel was named “revenge travel”; with feeling safe splurges. 2023 was a banner year for travel. Prices stabilized. Tour groups were full to capacity and flights busy.  

    2024 flights are expected to reach 40 million world wide with 4.7 billion travelers. How will this effect you?

    So far in 2024, US domestic fares are 6% lower.…

     
  • First Solo Trip, Where to Go

    First Solo Trip, Where to Go

    What are the best places to go for a first solo trip? Travel tips from The Women’s Travel Group.

    My first solo trip was to Geneva, Switzerland. I was 15 going to a French speaking school near the Chateau de Chillon on Lake Geneva. In those days, Americans, especially teens, were exotic. With the 3 other Americans I met at the Institut, we acted fearless and, truth be told, naughty.  (There is a doctor somewhere in Italy who, as a teen, gave me a first grown up kiss).…

     
  • Women and Toilet Terror

    Women and Toilet Terror

    Clearly this plane in Africa had no bathroom; so no worries.https://www.thewomenstravelgroup.com/tours/

    In grade school, we asked permission for the little girls’ room. In high school, we also asked then went to the bathroom to gossip or put on make up. In college, we did not ask permission, we sauntered out of class. Public toilet Terror is non uncommon in The Women’s Travel Group.

    Saudi Arabian toilet, cleaned after each use!https://www.thewomenstravelgroup.com

    As senior women today, some of us dread public bathrooms.…

     
  • Things for Double Taking When Packing

    Travel packing tips from The Women’s Travel Group. Saline, bottles are tiny and can fall into an airplane seat. Dry eyes are exacerbated by the dryness in airplane cabins. Flying to Santa Fe with us May 1? You’ll need saline in high deserts also.

    Photo by S Leavitt one of our travelers. Thank you!

    Chargers for phone and iPads. Hoteliers say chargers are often left in the wall, bathroom socket or behind a bureau or end table. …

     
  • Room Share Scare

    Room Share Scare

    The Women's Travel Group in Portugal; learn to save money on a hotel room with arranged shares from our company.
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    How I Re-learned to Share

    A hotel room that is. My first experience sharing a hotel room with a stranger. On one of Women’s Travel Group’s first trips- in partnership with a university professor of Chinese, I agreed to share a room with a stranger. I had a room mate in college. I had ‘trained’ my husband. And now I was going to learn all over again how to cooperate with a room mate.

    Like most of you reading this article, I was apprehensive, though she seemed quite pleasant.  …

     
  • Obey or Pay: Travel Insurance

    Obey or Pay: Travel Insurance

    Yesterday we chatted with one of our travelers from Minnesota. She questioned the validity of travel insurance. While traveling in a remote area in Egypt, her husband became ill. They immediately consulted a doctor, who diagnosed a bad case of Covid. The doctor suggested they NOT go to a rural hospital, but hire a nurse and stay in their hotel room. They called their insurer (not the one we recommend);  hold time was very long on a US cell phone.  They followed the doctor’s advice.…

     
  • First day of First Grade vs. First Solo Trip

    First day of First Grade vs. First Solo Trip

    My mother walked me across the street to the facade of Public School 9. A stranger directed first graders to a classroom, full of mysterious things. We sat in wooden seats with an attached pull up desk top. I was 5 and terrified and promptly pee’d in my pants. 

    I recall that moment and the extreme relief at going home for lunch. Day two in First Grade was different and wonderful; we learned our first ABC’s.

    This was my first ‘solo trip’.…

     
  • Travel Apps, bribe your grandchildren

    Thanksgiving is around the corner. So you are not electronically savvy but need to learn if you are going on our single special river cruise in July? Bribe your grandchildren at turkey time, and upgrade your travel app skills.

    There are a few bits to learn, that is if you intend to travel and have a smart phone.

    1—-Go to your airline site via google on your phone. Do not click a site other than the official one.  Example,  delta.com is the official site for Delta.…

     
  • Are women obsessed with travel clothes?

    Are women obsessed with travel clothes?

    And should women be so wardrobe obsessed? Will I fit in? Will I be respected? Going to fashionable Paris, will I be a dork?   This blog post changed directions after a visit to Chase Bank last week. Apologies up front for being personal.

    Rates are good so I dropped by Chase with my husband. He came along only because I wanted a CD in joint names. I usually work with one banker. He invited a financial adviser to join us.…

     
 
 
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