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Use GGIIMMPP in your hotel room
Travel tips from The Women’s Travel Group:
Numero uno is the adapter you left in the bathroom wall. You took the phone but left the adaptor. Numero 2 is your washcloth. You packed it, because most non Americans do not use washclothes. Now it is left hanging in the shower.
Then your pajamas, not totally your fault but if you leave your night clothes on an unmade bed. they can disappear into the laundry.
You forgot the amenities for a ‘rainy day’, as you were waiting to see if you could cram more into your suitcase.…
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Ten New Trends for Women Travelers
An excellent article about us women travelers with a long interview with Phyllis Stoller, founder of The Women’s Travel Group…
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5 Airplane Don'ts for Women
We love lists, and here is one for those of you embarking this week on our two tours: Italy and France.
Five absolute NO’s.
Do NOT get on the plane before you put your passport back into its safe place.
Do NOT leave possessions unlocked, either in overhead bins, or on your person. Remember you might fall asleep with your money belt or purse exposed. Bring extra TSA locks; they are easy to lose.
Do NOT create a seat cushion out of a dark sweater or dark coat.…
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Italy in the Spring: NYTimes 36 Hours in Rome
This is the 2014 Tuscany Cooking Group, soon off again to Pisa for our week of fun. Stay tuned for next year’s date.
Many of The Women’s Travel Group trips are arranged so solo women can easily connect with the group if not flying with a friend or one of us. March 8 produced another terrific article about Rome where we start our Sweep Through Italy trip April 29-May 10 2015.
Yes, some women will arrive in Rome a day or two before the group, so here goes some of the newer Rome sights: MAXXI by Zaha Hadid, where the building even moves as you do, slanted floors and art made from lights/string/google users and more.…
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Women's Tour or Women's Travel Club?
What is the difference between The Women’s Travel Group and its former incarnation as The Women’s Travel Club? Obviously no dues. What differentiates The Women’s Travel Group from a basic tour company is fivefold:We update all the time (Louis Vuitton Foundation Museum is in our Paris Christmas trip)
We are not afraid to examine history: (Ireland and Northern Ireland in July).
We like to question speakers: (India November, why not pose the question of rape in India?).… -
1 in 4 Women Take Psychiatric Drugs
This photo is from our Ethiopia trip; next trip Jan. 2016
According to the NY Times Week in Review Section, 1 in 4 American women take drugs for psychiatric problems. Does that mean a quarter of us are nuts? Will newcomers find women at The Women’s Travel Group intolerably neurotic? History with hundreds of terrific travelers says yes/no/maybe?
Most women worry about travel the night before they leave.
Most women angst about packing, travel wardrobe a way of saying: will I fit in?…
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Excuses Friends Use NOT to Travel
Yes we all… eat gelato in Italy and are proud of it.
Excuses Friends Use NOT to Travel
“Have to think about it”.
“Cannot decide now”.
“Want to get a frequent flyer mile ticket”.
“Might need a procedure?
“My family doesn’t think I should go”.
But here is what women are actually thinking:
“I am afraid to go alone, even in a group”.
“I am shy and not good around new people.”
“I used to travel with my husband/best friend/partner and he passed away”.…
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Too Nervous to Travel?
Can travel be fun for Nervous Nellies? Yes for some. No for others. Let’s face it, some women just do better in their environment and home. Others yearn to travel but are scared of flying? Being a solo but in a group? Not being understood? Concerned about jet lag? About unusual food? and Yes about toilet access.
Food and toilets are specifically women’s concerns. Food worries us since we are diet conscious and these days have more allergies: gluten, sugar, seeds, eggs, peanuts… Asking for a specific diet is as easy as forewarning our staff at The Women’s Travel Group.…
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Surviving Airline Weather Cancellations
Some of our group in Ixtapan Spa were cancelled by Delta on Feb. 15 2015, due to high winds at JFK. The other women had no problem getting home same day. A few simple choices can help reduce the stress of a cancellation and any added costs.
Obviously travel insurance is the first preventative for both stress and $$. The second is to keep calm especially if you are solo.
On your airline profile (when you enter an airline website), put that you prefer notices by text message. …
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Italy: Newest Places for Women
We love Italy: food, sights, stores, history. Shares Guaranteed on this trip to Italy.
Here are some of the reasons to come with us on A Sweep Through Italy April 28 – May 10, 2015
Begin in Rome: easy for airfare, and if you need to come early/late to use an ff ticket, stay at the Rome Airport Hilton connected to the airport with a free shuttle to Rome.
Ancient Rome is hopping, with a low Euro, everything is a bargain.…
