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WEEKEND GETAWAYS
A guide book or travel guide is a book of information about a place designed for the use of visitors or tourists. It will usually include information about sights, accommodation, restaurants, transportation, and activities. Maps of varying detail and historical and cultural information are often included. Different kinds of guide books exist, focusing on different aspects of travel, from adventure travel to relaxation, or aimed at travelers with different incomes, or focusing on sexual orientation or types of diet.
These travel guides aim to give you the best and most up to date information on the major travel destinations around the world. Here you will find budget tips, money saving advice, tips on places to stay, things to see and do, and where to eat. It doesn’t matter what type of vacation you are going on cruises, backpacking trip, island getaway, two week holiday, round the world trip, or a family vacation. These destination guides will give you all the information you need for your trip so you can travel better, longer, cheaper.
Travel tips
Most people aren’t born savvy travelers. It’s something that only comes with on-the-road experience. In the beginning, you make a lot of mistakes. Travel savviness is a process born of missed buses, foolish behavior, cultural unawareness, and countless tiny errors. Then, one day, you begin to seamlessly move through airports and integrate yourself into new cultures like a fish to water. To help speed up the process and help you avoid my mistakes, so heres a giant list of 61 Travel tips that cover everything under the sun to help you reach your full travel potential:
1. Always pack a towel, it’s the key to successful galactic hitchhiking and plain common sense. You never know when you will need it, whether it’s at the beach, on a picnic, or just to dry off.
2. Buy a small backpack or suitcase, It will force you to pack light and avoid carrying too much stuff.
3. Pack light as its is OK to wear the same t-shirt a few days in a row. Take half the clothes you think you will need, you won’t need the rest of it.
4. But take extra socks as you’ll lose a bunch to laundry gremlins so packing extra will come in handy.
5. Take an extra bank card and credit card with you will be prepared to curb any disasters to happen. It’s always good to have a backup in case you get robbed or lose a card. You don’t want to be stuck somewhere new without access to your funds.
6. Make sure to use no-fee bank cards and don’t give banks your hard-earned money. Keep that for yourself and spend it on your travels.
7. Travel by yourself at least once, You’ll learn a lot about yourself and how to become independent. It’s a cliché, but it’s true. Traveling solo taught me how to fend for myself, talk to people, and handle unfamiliar situations with ease.
8. Don’t be afraid to use a map and looking like a tourist isn’t as bad as getting really lost and ending up in the wrong neighborhood.
9. But don’t be afraid to get purposefully lost as wandering aimlessly through a new city is a good way to get to know it. You might be surprised by the hidden gems you find.
10. Always visit the local tourism office as they know about everything going on in town. They can point you to activities, special events happening during your stay, and everything in between. Use this resource.
11. On international flights, book window seats so you can rest your head on the bulkhead. Also, book seats close to the front so you can beat everyone to the passport control line.
12. Don’t buy a money belt as thieves know they exist and being seen with one basically shouts, Look at me, I’m a tourist with money! Rip me off!
13) When you go out, take only what you need. Limit the amount of cash and bank cards you carry with you, so if something does happen, you can easily recover.
14) Always carry a lock as they come in handy, especially when you stay in dorms and need to lock your stuff up.
15. Make extra copies of your passport and important documents. Don’t forget to e-mail a copy to yourself so you’ll almost always have access to them, one way or another.
16. Look both ways when you cross the street. Especially in countries whose traffic flow is different than you’re used to.
17. Ask hostel staff for information, even when you aren’t staying there. They deal with budget travelers all day, every day. They know exactly where to go for cheap meals and attractions.
18. Learn basic phrases in the native language of your destination. The locals will appreciate it and it will make your interactions easier.
19. Read a history book! You can’t understand a place’s present if you don’t know anything about its past. Read up on the destinations you are visiting.
20. Shop around. When booking flights, sometimes it is cheaper to fly into airports close to your final destination, and then take a train or bus to where you need to go.
21. Always get behind business travelers when in security lines. They move fast. Try to keep up.
22. When you check in to the hotel, don’t be afraid to ask for an upgrade. They have a lot of flexibility, and it can’t hurt to ask.
23. Lunchtime is the best time to visit historical sites. The sites empty out and you’ll have fewer crowds to fight.
24. Never eat in a touristy area or near a tourist attraction. As a general rule, I walk five blocks in either direction before I find a place to eat.
25. Locals don’t eat out every night and neither should you. Go grocery shopping. You can learn a lot about locals’ diets by seeing the type of food they buy.
26. Eat at expensive restaurants during lunch. They offer lunch specials and same food as dinner but half the price.
27. Pack a flashlight. It will let you see at night, help you avoid stepping on stuff, and help you tell ghost stories.
28. Book flights 3-4 months in advance to get the best price. And don’t drive yourself too crazy trying to get the absolute cheapest fare. Spending five hours to try to save $10 will cause you a lot of stress.
29. Get vaccinated. Because falling prey to an illness in a foreign country is not fun.
