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  • Your Worst Travel Companion

    June 15, 2015 / airplane delays, canyon ranch, guided vacations for women, India travel, single womens travel, singles vacations, solo travel

    How will you know if a friend will make a good travel companion? For short periods of time we are all on our good behavior.  For a week or two, who knows?

    Five red flags to look for:

    Always sees the empty glass.

    Is opinionated on things they know little about.

    Is inflexible.

    Uses the word ‘I’ all the time.

    Is a great fashionista.

    Going in a group with other women, helps dilute your friend out, but why do we even have these five

    red flags?…

     
  • Airlines Ready to Bash Us Again

    Airlines Ready to Bash Us Again

    June 12, 2015 / canyon ranch, The Women's Travel Group, travel tips, Uncategorized

     

     

     

     

     

     

    In the last years airline fuel dropped 24% and fuel surcharges have not dropped 1%. So what is going on here?

    Airlines are profiting from keeping surcharges which were as high as $600 round trip NY-London. Airlines now call these ‘international fees’ but they are the same old fuel surcharges. Airlines are  still nickel and dime-ing us on checked baggage, food, lounge access; they are practically weighing us.

    I have flown American on  Business Class to Mexico City from NY many times.…

     
  • Airlines and Reduced Carry-On Rules

    Airlines and Reduced Carry-On Rules

    June 10, 2015 / travel tips, Uncategorized

     

     

     

     

     

    Global airlines are moving towards reducing the size of allowed carry- on. That means your 22 inch bag will no longer be in the overhead rack. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) recommends a smaller bag of 21.5 x 13.5 x 7.5 inches. Not all airlines will concur with the new standard, but here are 5 things you should never pack:

    Money, jewelry (even good junk jewelry), electronics, medicine and your printed trip information. Especially if you are traveling solo.…

     
  • Surprising choices at Canyon Ranch Mass.

    June 9, 2015 / canyon ranch, solo travel, Uncategorized

    It is sometimes difficult to describe profound personal experiences. Canyon Ranch, the gold star of ultra luxury, has places left for our discount weekend, beginning July 23. This is a the treat we all deserve, but how does one describe it?

    Here are some of the unusual topics discussed at Canyon Ranch:

    Working with your genes:know your heredity assets.

    30 days to a better brain.

    Synching your new Canyon Ranch routine to a Fitbit.

    Reducing sugar craving by eating differently.…

     
  • 'Scary' Travel & Fun: India Nov 11-22 2015

    'Scary' Travel & Fun: India Nov 11-22 2015

    June 5, 2015 / India travel, Uncategorized

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Some  destinations generate fear along with a pow of thrill.  India seems to be scary, but tempting. Travel articles and photographs are spectacular; news headlines  troubling.  What are the 5 must have’s to make a trip to India not just fascinating, but also a thoughtful and doable vacation? And one where you are coming solo?

    1. A reliable person must meet you at the airport no matter when you arrive, how late your ETA or if you have a cancelled/replacement flight.…

     
  • 5 Humiliating Excuses from Non-Traveling Friends

    5 Humiliating Excuses from Non-Traveling Friends

    June 1, 2015 / India travel, Ireland, last minute travel, overseas adventure travel for women

    India Holy Man 2

     

     

     

    Join our next trip to India, a country that will surprise you. Luxury hotels, amazing sites, and Parveen our wonderful guide will take sublime care of you. Booking NOW

     

    Who isn’t sick and tired of excuses from friends who claim they want to travel but don’t.  Who isn’t humiliated asking over and over, and getting the same rejection. It is embarrassing and hurtful to be rebuffed by friends. So to make you all feel better, here is what my own friends use as excuses- and why I like to travel in groups of women:

    “I only go Business Class and only with  X and X company”.…

     
  • You can Go Home Again

    May 26, 2015 / canyon ranch, India travel, Ireland, ixtapan spa, last minute travel, Uncategorized

    It is true that you cannot go home again. But you can travel again post widowhood, divorce,ex-partner or just reluctant husband. You might not see Paris as ‘a romantic’ or Mexico as ‘beach margaritas’ or India as a ‘shoppers’ delight’. But you will see these places with new colors: Paris as ‘elegant but cosy’; Mexico as ‘artistically modern’; India as ‘insightful and ayurvedic’.

    Traveling the second time around or third if you were a hosteler in the 1960’s-70’s is different, not less wonderful.…

     
  • Worst Weekend Getaway Mistakes

    Worst Weekend Getaway Mistakes

    May 21, 2015 / canyon ranch, credit cards overseas, Ireland, spa trips, travel tips

    Kenya

     

    Dinner in Africa

     

    Memorial Weekend is here, and lucky women get to go away. Every year we tend to make the same prep mistakes. Some cost money and some just aggravation. Here are some tips from The Women’s Travel Group.

    We take an entire inventory of plastic ccards, even those we do not need at all ie local museum or Big Box store memberships.

    Then if we have a problem, we forget to bring the fraud number of each card and cannot cancel them promptly.…

     
  • Ten Unusual 'Don't take on Vacation" things

    May 19, 2015 / credit cards overseas, India travel, Ireland, overseas adventure travel for women, Shopping overseas, travel warnings

    Credit cards for stores. We once had a woman show her Loehmann’s credit card as proof of identity- it worked but leave store/gasoline cards home.

    Passwords on a piece of paper. If you must bring passwords, code them first. Take a photo of your list, and hide somewhere in your email account. A photo cannot be hacked.

    Good costume jewelry; it might look real enough to get you robbed. And it will probably set off the TSA machinery if you wear it.…

     
  • How does WTravel Group travel?

    How does WTravel Group travel?

    May 18, 2015 / canyon ranch, India travel, Ireland, italy travel, ixtapan spa, spa trips

    ricks     Some times in a rickshaw? Today a woman asked what vehicles do we use? Easy answer: it depends on the group size and the terrain we are covering. Here are a few examples: Small group, short distances: usually a 15-21 seater bus still with some empty seats. That is what we use in Tuscany and Ireland, a 17 seater for 8 women plus guide and driver. Long distance: almost always a larger bus, with air conditioning, and very comfortable seats.…

     
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