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Five Ways to Ruin a Holiday Trip
Read all the scare stories about crowds and overbooking.
(You can easily avoid nerves by getting to the airport early, snack in hand and patience in the brain).
Pack a 40lb carry on bag and expect airline staff to help you hoist it overhead.
(With fashionable leggings, down jackets and comfy walking shoes, who needs this much stuff anymore. Electronic books and mini-computers should be on your personal ‘I want’ gift list this year).
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USA Today: Ten Reasons to Take a River Cruise
And we are adding the 11th: Guaranteed Shares in Category E on Tulip Time AMA River Cruise: April 2014
These are in part from USA Today. And in part from our experiences.
Experience is leisurely River cruises are not about rushing here and there. You visit key sights but there is also time to relax. And since you dock near cities, you can leave the ship when you wish.
Ships are intimate The size of river ships is limited by the need for the vessels to go through locks and under low bridges.…
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10 Ways not to feel Sad on Christmas Day
——–Do not go where the crowds go or risk overbooking and overpricing. Try new destinations
——–Do not eat what you would at home! This risks feeling homesick and family deprived.
——–Do not shop for others; this is your time to pamper yourself, not others.
——–Do not spend Dec. 25 in a place where everything is closed.
——–Do not stay in your room, walk around town, hang out at a restaurant or the hotel public spaces.——–Research ahead of time for walking tours given on holidays ( they exist even in religious countries).…
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Women's leadership exchange conference in NY
We announced our Business Breakaway to Argentina March. 7-15 2014 Make contacts and widen your network plus have a marvelous trip. Details on www.thewomenstravelgroup.com…
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Solo Women are majority of Christmas Travelers
Why do we travel over Christmas? Some of us have far away from families. Some women can only take school system holidays. Some do not celebrate Christmas at all.
Some are tired of doing all the cooking and work!
More and more solo Christmas travelers are women. So here are tips to choose the right trip to escape from it all.
Someplace different from your country avoiding the tacky reminder of red and green decorations.
Where you can go to services if you are religious or just won’t experience in a foreign country.… -
Kenya Crisis
For one who always has advice, this tradegy was hard to foresee. All of my normal hunts would have come up with nothing: local English speaking papers? overseas pundits from the UK, Australian, Canadian foreign ministries did not issue ‘do not go’ warnings. Not even the fact that an Israeli shop was in this mall means it would be targeted.
From what I have read this was an extension of Somali warfare and turf battles. It might be partially due to the fact that the Kenyan army is involved in trying to stabilize chaos and guerilla blackmail in Somalia?…
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Free tickets from United
United accidentally loaded $0 fares into its computer system and sold them on line. Some passengers got tickets for $5 or $10 but we do not know if United will honor these.
Join us to India nov 7-21 and use a ff ticket…
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Zumba at Ixtapan Spa
Best solo travel deal ever;join our group Feb 9-16 2014. Zumba away those jiggles and no one can see you since we do it in the pool.
The photo is the orange cake made with fresh juice we cheated on last night’
We arrange shares for trips like India on November and guarantee them for Morocco at Christmas.
www.thewomenstravelgroup.com
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Day 5
Ixtapan Spa dinner, trout with veggies and tonight we sprinkled some sea salt with lime and chili on the fish
Suggestion for all travels: especially Indua bring home spices from the local supermarket not the tourist spots.
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Ixtapan Spa day 4
How to know if a spa will work for solo travelers
Am walks make for new friends
Common tables at meals do too
Casual clothes means casual personalities
Activities you can find on a bulletin board
Cost of the single!A single at Ixtapan Spa is a deal
Today more of the good stuff plus a stroll into town for shopping…
