Saturday, May 14, 2011

Enjoy Your Travel Trips With These 7 Tips

By Lynne Keller


Whether it's a short road trip or a longer trip by air to some exotic and distant place, it's obvious that we love to take trips. But all too often we fail to plan for our trip and the result is frustration and annoyance.

For road trips, get the right maps and plan your route thoroughly. You will at least have fewer nasty surprises even though not everything will go exactly as planned.

Never, ever make a joke about bombs or terrorists near security at an airport. There are a lot of people who joked around and mentioned that they have a small bomb in their case as their luggage is being inspected. Later, they would deeply regret their stupidity at the police station.

Be immediately suspicious in airports, railway or bus stations when someone bumps into you. It's likely that it was a pickpocket. You also need to be aware if something is spilled on you or if a spot on your clothing is pointed out to you. Distracting your attention is what these things are designed for so that you won't know what's really going on: the theft of valuables.

With all their charges, cruises can make planning easy and there is likely to be many extra items that you should budget for. These include, taxes, surcharges and fees, tipping, drinks, some shore excursions, shopping purchases, etc.

Before you set off on a foreign trip, the most obvious thing to check on would be the state of local weather where you are going. You don't want to arrive in a fur coat if it's 90 degrees there or in a tee shirt if it's snowing.

If you have children traveling with you, bring along recent photos of each one. The photo will be invaluable in helping to locate the child again if ever he or she gets lost.

If you lack some careful planning, then a trip to the theme park will suffer. Because some parks are so big, it is essential that you plan. Get a list of all the rides and a map of the park, as well as opening and closing times, before setting off.




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