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Archive for ‘General Travel’
The Best Travel Accessories for 2018
Is everyone ready to get their James Bond on? Seriously though, who doesn’t like really cool gadgets? If you are like us, you love any gadget or device that makes traveling easier. For that reason, we have compiled a list of our top 10 travel accessories for 2018.
Top 10 Travel Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
No trip is perfect. Regardless of how much we try, nothing will ever go completely as planned. But with a little foresight and some planning, you can avoid the big mistakes that can lead to frustration, stress, and even regret.
Sustainable Travel: A Guide for Conscious Explorers
Sustainable travel has evolved dramatically in just a few short years. What used to be a niche interest has become a mainstream expectation, driven by rising climate awareness, better global reporting, and travelers who want their adventures to leave a lighter footprint. Today, sustainability isn’t a trend — it’s a core part of how the travel industry operates and how many people choose to explore the world.
The Ultimate Travel Packing Checklist
Forgetting something when traveling can end up being anything from an inconvenience to a show stopper. To help you avoid forgetting the big things that can quickly derail an international trip, we have setup this checklist for you to use.
Overtourism: Understanding the Global Challenge
We have certainly seen first-hand the effect that over-crowding can have in our travels throughout Europe. Longer lines and a scarcity of accommodations is something that every traveler needs to factor into their travel planning these days.
Friday Sound-off: Is Global Entry Still Worth it?
However, in the years since the CBP started offering Global Entry, they have made some big strides in automating the entry process. A few years back, CBP released a new Mobile Passport App (pictured below) that is available through the Apple App Store or Google Play that does a fantastic job of streamlining the global entry process.
Travel Planning Advice Part 2 – Planning Your Trip
If you were following along with your own trip in mind, you should have a compiled list of all of the things your group would like to see, ranked in order of what your group would like to see the most, and a map with all of these places laid out on it. If you haven’t done that yet, I suggest you go back and do that before reading this article any further. It will be awfully difficult to start planning the “how”, or the logistics, of your trip if you don’t yet know what you want to see and where those things are.
Travel Planning Advice Part 1 – Deciding Where to Travel
Now, before I get too far into outlining my process, let me be the first to say that I am in no way claiming to be an expert. Unless of course you call someone who has booked a hotel up a mountain in Switzerland with little access in or out in good weather, let along a snow storm, an expert.
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