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Deadlines for Saving $$$: Sicily and Christmas Cruise for Women
Sicily $2899 save $150 if booked by April 1 on www.thewomenstravelgroup.com Sicily trip.
Danube AMA Waterways Save as a single if booked by March 31. Join us for Christmas and NYear’s.
Phyllis@thewomenstravelgroup.com or 646 309 5607 to book or chat.
Why spend more than you have to? If you are hankering for
gorgeous hill top villages facing a blue blue sea,
fabulous food fresh from organic farms, wines to wash it down,
Greek and Roman ruins on spectacular mountain tops
Christmas markets full of candy and Italian goodies (it is Orange season, buy some crystalized orange slices- to die for)
all topped off with a medieval parade in Palermo with music, costumes, streets lit with candles and chanting…
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TSA and 5 Items Not to Wear or Carry
The Trump Administration is considering 11% cuts in the TSA Budget. If that means faster yet more intrusive searches, women need to rethink what we wear and what we carry. Especially if you are traveling alone on one of our trips, you don’t want to be delayed while your carry on sits away from sight.
Here are items that should be left home, substituted or packed in your suitcase. Here are some tips from The Women’s Travel Group:
The big one: underwired bras.…
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Why go to Russia now? Are we welcomed?
The Women’s Travel Group keeps up with on-the-ground situations. We have temporarily suspended our 2nd Iran trip; visas for Americans are on hold. We are going to Russia in July and expect the welcome to be as warm as ever. What veteran travelers know about the brand of ‘being American’, is everyone likes us.
In Cold War years, Americans going to Russia were stared at with envy. We were like movie stars, sporting the latest in jeans and sweatshirts. Today we are just another tour group, with no particular wardrobe.…
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Five reasons to grab last place: Yucatan/Merida
A simple list should be enough to convince one of our Facebook pals to takethe last room: Dec 2-7 or stay on.
Weather: sunny warm and fresh.
Budget: The Peso at an all time low!
Scenes: UNESCO Heritage sites amidst flowers and birds.
Food: corn,chocolate,chili, beef, yum
Friends: Travel with a Group of new friends from Texas? NY? CA? FL? IN?… -
Why Do Married Women Travel Solo?
Photo is of Phyllis in Khajurahu, on our India trip.Phyllis started The Women’s Travel Group in order to travel. She had 5 weeks vacation in her career as a banker; her husband had 2. She loved travel; he was indifferent. She wanted to see ethnic exotic places; he liked London, Paris.
There are many reasons why married women travel with The Women’s Travel Group. Some of the obvious ones are like Phyllis’. Less obvious:
He is not well. We have elderly parents/young children and one parent must stay home.…
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Danger Signs in Women's Tours
Five danger signs to warn you off a tour; serious tips to share from The Women’s Travel Group.
Yes we have heard stories like the one from Isabelle who booked a train trip from a tour operator, arrived only to find there was no such train. Here are the danger signs:
No one answers the phone-voicemail will not do especially while you are traveling.
Photos in brochures or sites are formally posed not casually shot.
Women in photos are obvious models not real people.…
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Why Exotic Trips are Easier than Europe
Why exotic travel can be easier than European jaunts?
Many trips to Europe involve a lot of city walking, stairs and marble museum floors. You are tempted to even when tired to wander the neighborhood of our centrally located hotels for some shopping, snacks or photo ops. Oh, those aching feet. In addition, some of us use the fitness area after a day of sightseeing and airplane rides, without thinking to stretch beforehand. Then finally, to save money, we will carry wine back to our room for in-room parties with the group.…
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9 Hour Jetlag is Easier than 6
Flying to India is easier on your body than flying to Europe. Why is this? How do we plan for the perfect India trip?
Once you arrive in Delhi on our annual Colors of India Trip, from a North American flight, you are individually met and escorted to our luxurious hotel. After dinner with our group, you are ready to enjoy the ample cool and elegant hotel room. Jetlag will lull you to sleep. Next day you will wake up at 6AM, have time for your emails, organizing clothes or using a glorious spa in our hotel.…
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Holiday Weekend Tips Just for Women
Holiday Tips uniquely for women, from The Women’s Travel Group. We all know the usual: be at the airport early, drive carefully and don’t drink/eat too much. Here are about a few others that effect women more than men:
Toss a small roll of toilet paper in your carry on. Bathrooms are bound to be full at airports and highway stops. Supplies will be gone.
Take some purell type gel to wipe hands after you leave a crowded public bathroom.…
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Falling Down 15 Stairs
Yesterday we read about the awful attack in Istanbul. Shocking videos made even my stalwart travel spine shiver. My heart went out to those injured and families of those killed. Then I remembered how, in a moment of stupidity, I fell down 15 steep stairs, collapsing at the bottom with a flying iPad. Wondering if I was crippled for life. Why connect the two?
Reading about terrorism and being personally affected by it are very different animals. The statistics of being part of a terrorist event are miniscule, yet television metaphorically covers us with blood.…
