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Loss, Bereavement Travel and Women
Please share these experiences from The Women’s Travel Group, with bereavement groups and friends.
Meeting new people in Dubai who have totally different lives Making travel plans can be fantasy or misery. We have been contacted many times by women in bereavement groups. Our first was in 2004. We were asked to meet and talk with a group of New York City Firefighter widows at Ft. Totten NY. Studies had been done which showed that 3 years after 9/11, an important priority was travel.…
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Women are afraid of ATM’s Overseas? Read here.
Wikipedia Photograph of an ATM https://www.thewomenstravelgroup.com/tours/ The ATM machine is Santa Claus, until you get coal. The Women’s Travel Group meets women who have an ATM fear, women without an ATM card or a PIN. Some women do not understand that ATM’s give out local currency. Many women are terrified to use an ATM machine overseas. We love money so why are we scared of ATM’s?
Source: US Treasuyhttps://www.thewomenstravelgroup.com/tours/ Example 1 You have not traveled in a long time and fear the ATM?…
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Where in the World is Waldo?
You guess? Below: Louvre Abu Dhabi, Museum of the Future, The Dubai Frame, King Zayed Grand Mosque, Al Bahar Tower and our all women itinerary to Dubai Abu Dhabi and Oman
Louvre Abu Dhabi Source: Louvre Museum 
Museum of the Future Dubai Source: Visit Dubai …
Al Bahar Tower, Source: Visitabudhabiwith 2000 eco friendly honey comb features 
One of the many jewel covered mosques. Source: Visitabudhabi 
Dubai Frame Source: DubaiFrame And here is how you can find Waldo, a Women’s Travel Group Tour January 2023.
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How to Choose a Suitcase for Women
This article is for women specifically and is from The Women’s Travel Group. Many of us have bad backs. We overpack exacerbating our back pains, with the tonnage we think we need. This article is budget conscious, practical and easy to follow. Suitcase manufacturers will hate this article.
Here is what you need when buying a new suitcase.
Light weight. You need to visit a store, feel the weight and balance of the case. Ask about pricing/upcoming sales and on line from the same store.…
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What Women Do Not Know: Visiting the Persian Gulf.
What women don’t know about visiting The Emirates and Oman
The UAE and Oman are the safest countries for anyone, including women.
There is little pick pocketing and little street crime. As anywhere, be vigilant anyway.
Making Friends in https://www.thewomenstravelgroup.com/tours/ Persian Gulf countries. Alcohol is only served in hotels; there is virtually no drunken street behavior.
North American women are welcomed and liked. With locals, no question is off the table! Here we are dining with 2 Emirati women asking anything, and we mean anything.…
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The 5,000 Year Old Travel Brochure
I am reading a terrific book which explains why Egypt is so fascinating to us as women travelers. At any age in The Women’s Travel Group one wants to visit Egypt. The book is about The Rosetta Stone, carved in 197 BC in Egypt. The stone’s carvings describe a decree is in ancient Greek, in 2 ancient Egyptian scripts, one is hieroglyphics.
Sample hieroglypics Wikipedi.https://www.thewomenstravelgroup.com/tours/ Hieroglyphics is a type of writing with images. We know them from Grade School and from ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’ type films.…
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Women and Middle Eastern Tours
Women travelers now travel extensively in the Middle East and Arabia. Morocco in North Africa and Turkey in Western Asia have always been a favorites, Egypt in particular is a trip of a lifetime. Now a new world of Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Qatar are all accessible and not at all daunting. What has happened to open up these areas to us?
Dinner with Emirati Women in Dubai. This post will cover The Emirates, 7 individual emirates under one elected monarch tied together as United Arab Emirates.…
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Passport Renewal News for Women
US Passports for our women travelers are good for ten years. Ten years go by faster than imagined. As your passport gets close to expiration, a traveler gets a feeling of discomfort and loss of control. Since the Pandemic, Passport renewal has been scarily slow; however renewals are faster now especially if you use expedited services, $60 more plus fedex. Or if you go into one of the 26 Passport Offices with a firm appointment. In some situations, you must apply in person A common reason for senior women is your last passport expired more than 15 years ago.…
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Print & Save: Must-Keep Cell Phone Emergency Travel List
Here is a Print & Save: Must Keep Cell Phone Emergency Travel List from The Women’s Travel Group
Airline’s reservation local number. Keep the record locator & frequent flyer number.
Toll free airline number, if on a code share flight, the number is the airline you booked with not the one operating the flight.
Local number for all credit cards
Tour operator emergency number in North America
Tour operator local number overseas.
Transfer agent and tour guide number
Family emergency contact
Hotel phone switchboard in case you get lost.…
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The Future is No Checked Luggage?
A few weeks ago in Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport, there was no checked luggage. The Amsterdam Airport had a mechanical glitch. Schiphol, one of the most important airports in the world, announced that luggage in transit was stuck there. This announcement put a lot of people into hysteria. Those people included me, as I am flying and connecting in Amsterdam soon. Assuming the mechanical disaster continues (as of now, all is working again), I will be traveling carry-on for a 13 day trip.…
