Tag: itineraries
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How Not to Wear Yourself Out on Vacation Tours
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Beware of FOMO When Booking Your Vacation Tours You Really Don’t Need to Go On Every Tour You Can Find in a Google Search If you’re traveling somewhere popular, you probably already have a few places in mind that you plan on visiting, but you may find it all too…
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Tips for Putting a Last-Minute International Itinerary Together
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Stepping Off a Plane In Another Country Is Exciting, But What Comes Next? Recently, I traveled to Dublin, Amsterdam, and several cities in Belgium. It was the most last-minute international trip I’ve ever taken, and I put it all together in less than two weeks. Maybe three weeks at most.…
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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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Finding the Cheapest Route When You Travel Across an Ocean
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Can You Game the System to Find Cheap Plane Tickets? When you purchase international plane tickets that will take you across an ocean, the cost will often come out to more than any other purchase during your vacation. Even if you score an ultra-cheap economy ticket and take nothing more…
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Should You Fly Direct or Layover For Your International Flight?
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Is It Easier to Fly Direct or Have a Layover On a Long Haul Flight? Sometimes, we have choices when we book an international flight. We can choose the time, day, and the number of stops along the way. On other trips, the airlines dictate how and when we can…
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My Vietnam & Cambodia Itinerary
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Want to Walk in My Footsteps? Here’s the Path I Took in Southeast Asia When I traveled to Vietnam, it was the second major international vacation I planned, after having traveled to Iceland a year prior. I’d traveled internationally before, but I’d never put together an itinerary with a bunch…
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Should You Pay for a Guided Tour on Your Next Vacation?
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Is It Worth the Money to Buy a Guided Tour of Your Destination? Tourism is a huge industry for many countries around the world, and one of the most popular ways that locals can tap into that economy is to provide guided tours of their cities or of various famous…
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Should You Visit One Country Or Many on Your International Vacation?
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Can You Fully Appreciate Travel With a Packed Multi-Country Itinerary? If you travel infrequently, you may feel that the only way to experience an international vacation is to visit as many countries as possible. You might only get the opportunity to have your passport stamped once a decade. With only…
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Using Google Maps and Street View for Your Road Trip
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Can you see where you’re going before you get there? If you use Google Maps, you can definitely see where you’re going before you get there. One of the coolest features on Google Maps is their street view option, which takes you down to street level and allows you to…
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What’s the Minimum Days in Iceland?
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Can You Enjoy Iceland When Your Travel Time is Only a Few Days? My week in Iceland wasn’t nearly long enough to truly discover everything I wanted to see about the country, but I stayed as long as I was able, given my scheduling restrictions. I got there on the…