Do not assume that you are ready to travel after havingidentified your cheaptravel options, including cheap fares, cheapdeals, cheap airplane tickets, discount hotel rooms, cheap auto rentals, discounttravel deals, and cheap vacation packages.
The following are assorted travel tips that may help youbetter enjoy your next trip:
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Selectearly morning flights to avoid the worst delays of the day.
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Arriveat the airport early. Dont assume thatyou only have to arrive early for travel around the holidays. The busiest travel week of 2013 was the thirdweek in June. It is a mistake tounderestimate the travel rush around minor holidays such as Mothers Day.
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If youhave to make a connection on a domestic flight, make certain you have at least45 minutes to make your connecting flight. When possible, try to schedule 90 minutes between flights. When flying home from overseas add enoughtime to clear customs.
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Whenfaced with a long layover consider taking a free airport tour, if offered. Such tours offer behind the scenes views thatare often interesting.
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Ifyour layover is long enough, look into taking a tour in or around the nearestcity of interest.
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Whenfaced with a long layover consider purchasing a lounge day pass which will giveyou access to comfortable chairs, soothing music, free snacks, drinks, andWi-Fi. Airline affiliated loungesusually staff a desk where passengers can make flight changes without have tostand in a long line at a customer service counter.
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Downloadthe Transportation Security Administrations MY TSA app which providesanswers to many typical travelers questions, as well as an airports on timeperformance, its weather, and timely flight delay information.
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Dontlet the absence of a passport keep you away from enjoying a faraway islandoverseas. Island paradises that do notrequire passports from U.S. citizens include Puerto Rico, Northern MarianaIslands, Guam, and American Samoa.
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Do noteat raw produce in places where the water is not safe to drink. In such places abide by the following rule:boil it, peel it, cook it, or forget it. Avoid salads and other raw fruits and vegetables.
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If thezipper on your suitcase appears to be stuck, rub Vaseline, lip balm, or barsoap on the teeth to get it moving. Ifzipper teeth are no longer staying closed, the problem is usually a singletooth bent out of shape. Feel along thelength of the zipper. Once you find theone that sticks out you should be able to make an easy adjustment withpliers.
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Get bug bite relief by wetting a hotels soapbar and then rubbing it on the bite and letting it dry. Sometimes more relief can be experienced byrubbing a dry bar directly onto a bite so be open to experimenting.
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Doyour best to walk as much as possible at your destination. Look into group walking tours at yourdestination.
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Beaware that words used commonly in America often mean something else whileabroad. Avoid using words like pants(which mean underwear in the U.K., fanny (slang for part of the femaleanatomy not a womans bottom), and pissed (which does not mean angry whenwith the Brits and Irish).
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Beforeyou go out to purchase a replacement phone charger that you accidentally leftat home, see if your hotels front desk can loan you a spare. Also triple check to make certain you dontleave your phone charger at your hotel. This is the most common item guests accidentally leave behind.
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Removelint by carefully removing the long baggage tracking sticker from your suitcasehandle, wrap it around your hand with the sticky side facing out, and blot atany area of clothing that needs cleaning.
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Useairplane socks that are often provided free on overseas flights to protectitems from getting chipped or scratched in transit. They can also serve as an alternative to aglass case.
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Carrya refillable water bottle. Studies haveshown that people should consume a minimum of nine cups of water per day toflush toxins out of vital organs, carry nutrients to cells and replenish thebodys natural water supply.
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Use a highdynamic range (HDR) app to take better smartphone photos. Smartphones have trouble with high contrastscenes such as sunsets. An HDR app, suchas TrueHDR or Pro HDR, take two exposures, one for the highlights and anotherfor the shadows. Then it blends thephotos together to create an image much closer to what you see with your eyes.
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A small amount of a hotels liquid shampoorubbed in circles with a cloth can clean and restore leather while traveling aswell as protect leather shoes from winter salt stains.
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Use acamera extender (a portable mount for cameras and camera phones) to take abetter picture when you are in the picture. GorillaPod has an impressive line of such portable mounts.
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