• Female Neurosis– Insomnia in Travel

    Female Neurosis– Insomnia in Travel

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    More than men, women have sleep problems when we travel.  Jet lag and being away from home–possibly for the first time alone –can complicate the issue.

    If you can, fly so you arrive early evening. Do not exercise heavily before bed; but a nice walk will help. On some trips like our Colors of India, there are choices of flight arrivals.

    Start moving into the new time zone before you leave. Get up early or stay up late whichever applies. Some jet lag like that for our China trip is easier going there than coming home.…

     
  • 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.…

     
  • Staying Healthy while You Travel

    Our Travel Insurer, Travel Insured Corp. sends out a newsletter which The Women’s Travel Group Office finds useful in a practical way. After all, they pay when practical things go wrong!

    Here are some good tips:

    —–Carry disinfecting wipes to clean items like airplane trays,  hotel TV remotes, and your and public phones.
    —-Get enough sleep to help your body stay healthy. Try to have a somewhat regular sleep schedule, if there are time zone changes. Use a white noise app if you have a hard time falling asleep.…

     
  • Laughing Through a Travel Woe

    Laughing Through a Travel Woe

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    Laughter should be packed in your suitcase and easy to reach. Laughter overlaid a jet-lagged face will open doors, create friendly helpful strangers and probably speed up whatever request you are aiming for.

    Studies suggest that laughter causes blood vessels to dilate and thus increase blood flow and then inflammation.  There are stressful moments in travel that can be assuaged with laughter.

    Bargaining: in some cultures, bargaining can become aggressive if the vendor thinks you are dissing his merchandise. This happened in Turkey a year ago when I questioned the fabric of a scarf.…

     
  • 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’.…

     
  • Mexico City on the Map with a low Peso

    Mexico City on the Map with a low Peso

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    Now is Mexico our new safe haven? Mexico has always been safer than news media wants to paint it. As writers confide quietly, they don’t get headlines by writing positives.  They get headlines with fright and fear. Count the number of times scary words appear on google then count pleasant words, the scary ones have many more millions of mentions.

    We will shortly be going to Mexico City, a global capital that spans pre Colombian times to 21 century art and architecture.…

     
  • The 5 Items You Might Forget from Women's Travel Group

    Here are the five items we risk forgetting. I just packed for The Women’s Travel Group Istanbul trip, so these important things are fresh in my mind!

    Photo of everything important that I removed from my wallet. Always clear out your wallet with cards you will not need. Photograph others like AAA which you might need in a pinch?

    An electric plug for the outlets in an airport where yo have a long layover. Say you have 4 hours in Britain and want to recharge your phone, you will need to pack a UK 3 prong square adapter.…

     
  • Drinking Dangers when Traveling

    Admit it most of us drink alcohol, wine, at least, when we travel. Wine is part of the meal experience and on some trips like Paris for the Holidays we include it. Drinking alcohol when you are traveling, comes with some serious cautions!!!!!

    Some Do’s and some dangerous Don’ts.

    Do enjoy a drink on the plane if it helps you relax. Secure important items like money, passport, docs, ipad so no one can intrude if you fall asleep. That might mean actually pushing your money container inside your pants and locking up your ipad in your overhead bag.  …

     
  • Is Godzilla Your Travel Mate?

    Many women want to save money by sharing a room on a Women’s Travel Group tour. However, they fear the imagined consequences. Here are some situations and how women solved them:

    A woman talked non stop. Her share elegantly said: I am a very quiet person and I live alone in a very quiet apartment. She got the idea and stopped.

    Another lady hogged the bathroom counter. Just  move the stuff and create a fair division. Duh.

    One of my shares broke her foot and needed constant help. …

     
 
 
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