Author: Kelsey
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What’s the Best Way to Get a Deal on a Hotel?
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Should you visit a discount site to get your hotel deal or the hotel’s actual website? If you’re traveling for any length of time, one of the biggest expenses you’ll encounter will be your housing. Even if you’re going for inexpensive options like hostels or one-star establishments, even those accommodations…
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Traveling in a Country With a “Travel Advisory”
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Is It Safe To Travel to a Country With a Heightened Travel Advisory from the Dept of State? As you spin the globe and pick your next travel destination, you might settle upon a country that the United States Department of State has indicated is a bit more dangerous than…
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How to Stop Worrying About Liquids on Airplanes
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Don’t Worry About Taking a Carry-On the Next Time You Fly One of the biggest hassles of flying these days isn’t the small seats, the overly restrictive baggage size requirements, or the skyrocketing prices. It’s actually the ridiculously small liquid allowance they permit you to carry along with you in…
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Should You Road Trip When You Visit the U.S.A.?
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How to Have an Amazing Road Trip Across America The United States is a pretty large country, and some international travelers don’t realize it would take several days of car travel to cross it from one side to the other. For Americans, road trips have been a popular way to…
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Can You Really Travel With Enough Food on Vacation?
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Is It Worth it To Lug Food Around On Your International Vacation? One of the easiest ways to cut down on expenses during travel is to reduce how many times you eat out at restaurants. In almost all cases, snacking on something you bought and had to put together yourself…
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How Not to Have a Terrible International Flight
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Can Certain Decisions Make Your International Flight Terrible? It seems like there are only two things you read about airplane travel. It’s stories about how great business class and lay-flat seats are when you’re flying across an ocean, or it’s how terrible flying is at virtually any other moment. From…
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Is It Wasting Time to Take a Break on Vacation?
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Is taking a day to relax a poor use of time when you’re traveling somewhere new? Should you pack your international vacation with as much activity as possible since you might have spent the better part of a day getting to your destination? If you’re not otherwise visiting a place…
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Should You Splurge on a Nice Hotel When You Travel?
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Is Staying In a Nice Hotel Worth The Price When You Travel? I think this question is best answered by examining a few things about yourself, your budget, and the place you’re traveling. For some locations, you can get an amazing hotel room for not a lot of money, and…
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What to Do With Your Luggage While Traveling
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Is It Always the Best Practice to “Pack Light” When You Travel Long Distances? Conventional wisdom suggests that it’s easier to travel when you don’t need to haul as much stuff around from place to place, but sometimes you can’t avoid having some pieces of luggage beyond your personal item…
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Using the Toilet in a Different Country
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Different Toilets Work Differently in Different Countries It’s not the most pleasant topic, but having a discussion on the toilets and washroom facilities you may encounter in another country can prove very beneficial. If you’re an American, or you’re from a country that’s culturally similar to the United States, you…