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PACKING:
- To prevent breaks or leakage from
shampoos or lotions, put in plastic bags
- Keep shoes in shape and save space-fill
with socks
- Use your destination address on your
luggage tag. Helps get your bag to you if lost
- Name on your passport and ticket much
match
- Address cards to send home before you
leave. No need to pack address book
- Place a dryer fabric softener sheet
in your suitcase to keep clothes smelling fresh
- Use a permanent marker to draw a shape
or picture on your suitcase rather than ribbon for fast identification.
AIR TRAVEL:
- Don’t book yourself on day’s
last flight. If missed, you are stuck at the airport or hotel.
- If flight gets cancelled, find a phone
to call your travel agent or airline to get new reservation. Avoids
the crowded airline counter
- With a lot of extra time between flights,
use an airlines executive lounge for a one time fee. Relax, work,
enjoy free refreshments.
- Get free airfare-try to get bumped.
- If changing planes, obtain a map of the
airport on the Internet
- On long flights, get up and walk the
aisles or some exercise to avoid a blood clot.
- Chew gum on landings or takeoffs to
reduce pressure in your ears.
- Taking shoes off during flights helps
with circulation
- Use eye drops during flights as cabin
air is dry
- If visiting friends in a foreign country,
ask them what a round trip ticket costs. Same ticket may be cheaper
bought from destination.
- Find out if the country you are visiting
has a departure tax
- Rule 240 refers to what an airline
will do for you in the event of a flight delay or cancellation.
HOTELS:
- If hotel is “fully”
booked, call after 4pm when many hotels cancel reservations of
unguaranteed reservations.
- To avoid hotel chargers on phone
credit cards, don’t hang up after each all. Use the pound
sign key if making multiple calls.
- Get the hotels business card.
If you get lost, give this to a cab driver
MISC. TIPS:
- Learn laws of country you will
be visiting. I don’t know is not an excuse
- Men-put a comb in the fold of
your wallet. Have wallet opening to top of pocket with teeth of
comb facing up. Difficult to remove wallet. Prevents pick pocketing
- Women-If traveling with other
women, decide who will bring blow dryer, curling iron, curlers,
etc. and share. No need for all to bring the same items.
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