Travel Tips Blog and Statistics
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Chocolate Around the World
Chocolate you must try, buy and keep a supply, tips from The Women’s Travel Group.
Chocolate ginger pieces or cookies: a common combo in Great Britain including Scotland. Ginger was imported from India to ancient Rome, then to Britain and ultimately became a colonial favorite. Chocolate ginger cookies can be supermarket level or gourmet from an upmarket store like Fortnum and Mason.
Chocolate with chili: The first time I ate a chocolate/chili bar was in Mexico City Airport. Chocolate with chili is made in Mexico by artisanal candy makers. …
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The Good and Bad of Italian Street Food
Yes real WTGroup gelato hands Pizza, arancini, pastries, gelato, and its slushy cousin granita..… this is Sicilian street food you will find on our Sicily Malta Trip.
In Sicily (March 2019 trip), pizza has a thicker crust, focaccia-like. In some areas, pizza has a top crust also-who doesn’t love double carbs? The good news is if you cannot eat cheese, Sicilians also make pizza without it. The bad news is in some areas it is fried and you will absolutely have to try it!…
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Senior Women: the Outcasts of Travel Media
Face it Ladies, we are outcasts.
If you read travel press, you learn about soft cashmere travel blankets, fiddly electronic travel apps, and experiences to ‘find yourself’. There are daring itineraries for daredevil women, who wear Italian travel pants, and shoes our foot doctors would never recommend.
Why does the media ignore the real senior woman traveler?
Here are frank thoughts from The Women’s Travel Group:
- Many writers are young or think they are young.
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Winter Sun Without Sunburn
Winter Sun Without Getting Burned
Many of us avoid beach holidays but by March, we yearn for sun and warmth. March is the horrible month for women in the North and Mid Atlantic; so we always arrange a few March warm getaways. In Spring, Sicily and Malta will be ruined by cruise crowds. In Summer, both will be intolerably hot. Go in March with The Women’s Travel Group.
Here is why you should take our Sicily and Malta Trip: it is linked here.…
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How To Travel and Not be a Wreck
One of our Sicily Groups overlooking Mt. Etna Rest up two weeks before your trip. Do not leave a wreck.
Pack only essentials. Leave home any item you love. Not worrying about losing or leaving possessions is a relief.
Get to the airport extra early; find a quiet seat even if not at your gate. Regroup with a book or game.
On the plane, do some stretching. What better an airline than Qantas to recommend: https://www.qantas.com/us/en/travel-info/travel-advice/your-health-inflight.html
At the hotel, again do simple stretches and walk around the hotel area to wake yourself up.…
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History is the cook in Sicily
There is no better food on earth…than you will eat on our Sicily trip March 19-29 2020
There is no better food on earth…than you will eat on our Sicily trip March 19-29 2020
The March climate is warmed by mild Mediterranean breezes. Over the centuries Sicilian food was influenced by the Greeks, Spanish, French, Arabs and New World. In fact, the first cookbook with a known named author was written by a Sicilian cook in 5th century BC.
Here is what history cooks for our trip to Sicily and Malta
The Arabs donate apricots, spices, sugar, citrus, saffron and tropical fruits.…
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The Best Places to Lose Your Luggage
The Best Places to Lose Your Luggage from The Women’s Travel Group.
Clothes? Definitely India where cotton is king and where most women’s clothes are full and blousy. Fabindia will make you wish your stuff will never arrive. https://www.fabindia.com/ The stores are nationwide in India and staff usually speaks English. The only help you might need is choosing from the colors and wools, silks and of course: jewelry. In fact, almost everything you see in Indian markets and shops will tempt you and will be affordable.…
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Resisting India? Read Here Now
Five Things That Scare You about India and our 2019 Trip
The old brand of India was poverty and begging.
You will get sick.
Traveling is tough.
The flight from the US is hard.
It is just too exotic and strange.
Imagine standing here with our Group And Five Reasons You Should Go in 2019
Poverty and Begging
Poverty is on a decline with close to 44 Indians escaping extreme poverty every minute, per the World Poverty Clock. India has been able to lift significant percentage of its population out of poverty but many still live in it.…
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Bad Mistakes women make when traveling in a heat wave
The Mistakes Women Make in Hot Travel Weather from The Women’s Travel Group, small group tours for women.
Bushmen art in Africa from one of our Africa trips. We want to look good so we don’t pull back our hair.
We wear off drippy makeup.
We don the wrong clothes, 100% cotton rather than the newer quick dry, super thin fabrics.
We don’t drink enough water worrying that we will not find suitable bathroom.
We eat salty snacks for in-between hunger or because they are given on the plane.…
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Be aware of older women you meet while traveling
In fact be aware of anyone you meet while traveling.
I just attended a women’s networking lunch and heard this story. A woman at the lunch recently traveled to Manila alone. She met up with 3 friendly older women, who invited her to join them to a street market. All sounds like fun, huh? Well at lunch they drugged her food, stole her ATM card with pin. Fortunately they took her back to her hotel where she was out for 14 hours.…
