Tag: travel tips
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Exploring Rome, Italy at Night
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Can You Avoid Crowds in Rome By Touring at Night? Just like other giant cities in Europe, Rome contains enough history and one-of-a-kind treasures that it would take months to see enough to satisfy your curiosity. But if you don’t have an entire day to devote to each amazing sight…
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Getting Around Morocco as a Tourist
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What Mode of Transportation Should You Choose in Morocco? Exploring Morocco is possible by plane, train, automobile, bicycle, or foot, and there’s no mode of transportation that’s always going to win out over all the others. For the most part, your Moroccan travel options will depend on what you plan…
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Taking the Paris Mass Transit Metro System in Paris, France
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Do You Need to Be an Expert in Paris Travel to Use the Subway/Metro System? One of the best ways to travel around Paris is by foot. You can admire so much of what this beautiful city has to offer when you have time to look at everything during a…
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Should You Tip in Italy?
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Should You Carry Around Extra Cash for Tips in Italy? In the past few years, requests for tips have proliferated throughout American society, and it’s become commonplace to see tip requests on payment screens for all sorts of businesses where tipping was never before a part of the transaction. Across…
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Do Locals Laugh at American Tourists?
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Will People of Other Nations Joke About You as an American Traveler? One of the biggest misconceptions about traveling as an American is that people of other nations will quietly snicker when they see you and laugh at how “gauche” you seem with your loud voice, constantly smiling face, and…
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Should You Take a Computer on Your Vacation?
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Should You Bring Your Work With You While You Travel? Computers, smartphones, tablets, and the internet link us to everything wherever we go, and it’s possible to take time off from work without actually leaving work. Just take your computer along, and you can work while you travel. But is…
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Traveling to a Muslim Country During Ramadan
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Should You Avoid Traveling to a Muslim Majority Country During Ramadan? Ramadan is a common religious observation of practicing Muslims. When you visit a place where the majority of citizens actively practice their faith, you may notice some significant changes in the day-to-day lives of the people during this time.…
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Can You Visit Italy If You Don’t Speak Italian?
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Can You Communicate in Italy as an English-speaking Single-Lingual? As the speaker of one language or another, one of the questions you might ask yourself when planning an international vacation is whether you’ll be able to communicate with the people you’ll interact with or whether you might need to pick…
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How Much Control Do You Need Over Your Vacation Itinerary?
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Can You Just Throw Caution to the Wind and Still Have an Amazing Time Traveling? When I go on a vacation, it’s often to a destination I’ve never visited, and I always want to see as much as possible, from the food to the historical sites to the beautiful or…
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What’s the Cheapest Way to Visit Los Angeles?
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Will a Visit to Los Angeles Put a Huge Dent in Your Budget? Los Angeles is expensive. As a resident of Southern California, I can categorically say that I spend a lot of money on living expenses, but I do so because I love the city and everything it offers…