by Anne Betts | Nov 21, 2024 | Other Travel Tips, Travel Stories
Updated November 21, 2024 What was it like to travel in the 1970s? The following 44 features capture some sense of what it was like, especially for young twenty-somethings with limited budgets. Did you travel in that era? Or were you regaled with stories of those who...
by Anne Betts | Aug 14, 2024 | Other Travel Tips, Travel Tips
Updated August 14, 2024 If travel is in your future, knowing how to create a pre-travel checklist will help make your preparation less stressful and more enjoyable. A pre-travel checklist sets up a framework for listing all the important and mundane tasks that need to...
by Anne Betts | Jul 28, 2024 | Other Travel Tips
Updated July 28, 2024 Are your trips through airport security angst-free and uneventful? Do you factor screening into your packing regimen? If the answer is “yes” to both of these questions, it sounds like you know how to navigate airport security like a pro. If...
by Anne Betts | Apr 7, 2024 | Other Travel Tips, Travel Stories, Travel Tips
Updated April 7, 2024 Recurring themes in travel groups are the inability to find a travel companion and reluctance to travel alone. Finding a ‘stranger buddy’ online is always a risk, and being paired with another traveller by a tour company doesn’t...
by Anne Betts | Mar 30, 2022 | Other Travel Tips
Updated March 30, 2022 Think of a NEXUS card as a traveller’s speed pass. Answer a few questions at a kiosk when crossing the border. Whizz through airport screening using the fast lane. Join the NEXUS lane at land crossings and cross the border faster....
by Anne Betts | Feb 1, 2022 | Other Travel Tips
Selecting a compatible travel partner is serious business. It’s not enough that you’re best friends or members of the same family. Or that you both enjoy travel, want to visit the same place, and need a travelling companion to cut costs. A travel partner...