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 | May 1, 2023 | Other Travel Tips, Travel Stories
Updated May 1, 2023 During the pandemic when travel as we knew it felt like a remnant of the past, I found myself reflecting on my early international travel experiences. Musing involved three questions. What was it like to travel in the 1970s? What’s better?...
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...
by Anne Betts | Jan 31, 2022 | Other Travel Tips, Travel Tips
Updated January 31, 2022 Anyone who has travelled with others knows that choosing a compatible travelling companion is one of the most important decisions of a trip. The right person can enrich a travel experience; the wrong person can turn a trip into a...
by Anne Betts | Sep 4, 2021 | Travel Tips, Other Travel Tips
Updated September 4, 2021 I’m sitting at the gate at LAX (Los Angeles International Airport) pondering the question, Is the NEXUS card worth it? With my boarding pass, passport, and NEXUS card in hand, I’m waiting for my flight to Halifax via Boston. I...