Travel With Ease

By Paris Love

Whether you are traveling for business or pleasure, frequent traveler or first timer, here are a few travel tips to ease your travel worries. Everyone needs a grab-n-go bag, a bag that is always ready when you need it. Toiletries, cosmetics, first aid, personal items, medicines or journal are some of the necessaries. Purchase miniature items that can easily be stored in your grab-n-go bag. Items can be purchase from a local drug store. Here is a brief list of some of the items you may want to store in your grab-n-go bag; toothpaste, toothbrush, floss, deodorant, cotton swabs, extra contacts or glasses, cleaner, carrying case, travel pillow. You get the idea right.

Keep a checklist ready to ensure you have everything you need. Your checklist should be kept with your grab-n-go bag. Once you have stocked your bag your biggest worry is what clothes to pack and what activities will you be engaging in. Remember to pack comfortable shoes, lightweight trousers that can be worn in any weather or season, iron free blouse or shirt, jacket for business meetings or formal meals. Your goal is to pack light and worry free so you can enjoy your trip.

-Make a list of all the things you need. This eliminates packing extra items.

-Make an agenda of all the activities you plan to do. How long will you stay? Will you need formal or casual clothes? How many shoes do you need to pack? Will you do a lot of walking, standing or sitting? Is this a business trip? Vacation?

-Make a list for all family members who are traveling with you. This may be a good idea to do a checklist for those love ones staying behind (i.e. a honey to do list)

-Do you have pets? Who will care for them while you are away?

-How will you travel? Plane, car, or train. Size matters if you are flying, make sure you double check with the airlines for luggage requirements.

-Pack all essential items in a carry on bag (passport, medicines, ID)

Finally, sort and organize all items before you pack them away, double check and re-check your list to ensure you haven’t forgotten anything or added any unnecessary items. Remember to enjoy your trip rather its business or pleasure.

Paris Love is a Professional Organizer serving Metro Atlanta and the Gulf Coast. Paris has written articles for BrownSkin Magazine, OnlineOrganizing, Home Base Quarterly and the Covington News. Currently, Paris is passing on her passion for organizing by helping others live an organized and clutter-free life™. For additional tips or information visit http://www.organizewithlove.com

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By Kirthy S

Single trip cover insures you for a single holiday or business trip abroad. Where risks are higher, for example for the over 65s, then many companies will not cover for an entire year. Single Trip Travel Insurance, covers you for any medical emergencies or others during your trip abroad.

Not only does it cover you against the financial impact of an unexpected cancellation and problems such as illness or an accident whilst you’re away, but arranging single trip insurance needn’t take long. And it needn’t cost a lot either.

Such travel insurance provides an excellent level of insurance cover which is suitable for any typical holiday abroad. Features include:

• Any destination

• Ideal for typical holidays abroad

• Any length of trip up to one year

Single trip travel insurance uk covers:

Trip Delays

Flight cancellation

Injuries/Illness

Illness/Injuries

Accidents

Lost/Stolen baggage, passports

You know that wherever you are travelling in the world, multi-lingual medical assistance is just a phone call away, 24 hours a day. You also have the reassurance of knowing that the range and levels of our travel insurance cover is among the most comprehensive available anywhere in the UK.

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Full range of insurance cover and is our most popular product. Suitable for most types of holiday, it is competitively priced, whilst offering better cover than most other policies of this type. Whether it is for your family or just a single person, you have customised insurance policies for all.

Family travel insurance policies include an unlimited number of children under the age of 18, including step and foster children. In addition to this, those under 23 are classed as children on family policies if they are still in full-time education. Unmarried and same-sex couples are treated in exactly the same way as married couples, provided they have been living at the same residential address for the last 12 months.

Single Trip Travel Insurance - flexible to your needs! If you want your insurance to be favourable to you, it is important that you tell your insurance experts if you have any existing medical conditions. Detail out all those that is likely to influence us in the assessment or acceptance of this insurance. Failure to do so may mean that you have insufficient cover in the event of a claim. All of our policies are designed to be flexible and gives enough insurance cover when you are travelling abroad.

Kirthy Shetty, expert author, platinum level.

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By Nigel West

Travel sickness, whether brought on when travelling by air, sea or car is a nightmare. If you are unprepared then the resulting mess and smell can affect other people, spreading almost like a virulent virus. On a plane or in the car the smell can take ages to disappear - not ideal if you are at the start of a touring holiday.

Travel sickness and in particular car sickness is often thought to affect mostly children, however medical opinion estimates that 80% of the population suffer from motion sickness at some point in their lives. My daughter was fine until the age of 6, when we discovered that the delay between announcing feeling sick and actually vomiting is so small as to be insignificant. Now 10, she only reads on a motorway or dual carriageway.

Motion sickness occurs when the brain can’t match the information it is receiving from:

1) Inner ears, which sense in which directions you are moving
2) Eyes, which see what direction you are moving
3) Skin receptors, which detect which parts of your body are touching the ground
4) Muscles and joint sensory receptors, which tell you if you are moving muscles and what position you are in

For example, if you are reading in a moving car, your inner ears and skin receptors are telling your brain that you are moving forward, but your eyes are on a stationary book and your muscle receptors reporting that you are sitting still. For some people this is OK, but for others some form of motion sickness will start to build up.

Motion sickness can take the form of dizziness, fatigue, and nausea which may progress to vomiting. Fear of motion sickness can make these feelings a lot worse.

So what can be done to avoid motion sickness? When I was involved in rallying 15 years ago I was fine driving, but navigating was a real problem. I loved it dearly but suffered dreadfully with motion sickness. It got so bad on one event that I could hardly walk when I finally got out of the car. Whilst I was never actually sick, the only way I could stop the nausea was not to eat from getting up in the morning to the event, which generally started in the early evening. I think you will agree this is a bit extreme!

If you often suffer from motion sickness there are a few things to try to make a journey more comfortable.
1) Avoid heavy meals for two hours before the journey. Eat small amounts of something dry such as crackers, crisps or biscuits before the journey, don’t eat any dairy products and avoid salad and fruit as it can be acidic. If possible don’t eat whilst on the trip.
2) Drink small amounts of non natural drinks. Don’t drink milk or any natural juices such as orange juice and others with citric acid. Avoid alcohol.
3) Try anti motion sickness pills, either from you doctor or homeopath.
4) Acupressure bands work well for some people.
5) Studies have shown ginger root can be effective against motion sickness. Ginger capsules are available or you can try a dose of about 1/2 teaspoon of dry powdered ginger, which is equivalent to approximately 1/3 ounce of fresh ginger root, which is roughly a 1/4-inch slice.
6) Avoid staring out the window for long periods of time as this can create motion sickness.
7) Keep still and move gently. If possible stay where there is the least movement.
Don’t read
9) Alternative remedies such as EFT (or tapping), hypnosis or acupuncture may help.

There are also a few things you can do to reduce the sensation of motion sickness, even when it has started.
1) Move to the point of least movement. Try and sit in the centre of the plane or in the middle of the boat. On boats it often helps to lie down, although it might feel like the last thing you want to do.
2) Sit facing forward.
3) Look at the distant scenery.
4) Get some fresh air, but keep warm.
5) Avoid talking but try not think about your motion sickness.
6) Move gently, don’t stand up or move suddenly.

Sometimes the preventatives don’t work, so, particularly with children in your nice clean car, it’s worth being prepared. Having been car sick into my grandmother’s hat at a young age, as a child I was used to travelling with a quite frankly grotesque pink potty. Whilst this would catch the offending substance, it didn’t contain it particularly well, meaning having to stop the car to remove the contents and smell.

This wasn’t too difficult in the 60s and 70s, but with so much traffic now it’s not always easy or safe to do. Plastic shopping bags offer little help. Designed to just about hold together for the trip home, they have holes in them, which prevent suffocation but reduce the ability to hold liquid. Another favourite, ice cream tubs work better than the pink potty, but rely on the child to get the lid on without spilling. Unfortunately they are wide but not very deep making spillage a distinct possibility. The best option is the sick bag, as used by airlines and ferries for many years. Sick bags work brilliantly. They are simple for children to use, they are deep so reduce spillage and the top can be rolled down, retaining the contents and the smell. Some sick bags have a clip securing the rolled down top and a flat bottom, meaning they can stand up on the floor of the car, further reducing the risk of spillage.

As companies fight to bring costs of air and ferry travel down sick bags are handed out almost on an as needed basis. The days of accumulating a stock of sick bags from an air flight seem to be over.

Nigel West - having had car sick children and frustrated with not being able to find sick bags in the shops, Nigel and his wife set up Chuckie Bags, offering sick bags in small quantities to families with car sick children, and other sufferers of motion sickness, morning sickness and sudden nausea. Top quality sick bags can be bought online at http://www.chuckiebags.com

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By Kirthy S

Why do you need single trip travel insurance?

If you become ill all of a sudden, while on a cruise or traveling elsewhere, you can be evacuated to the nearest competent hospital if needed. For those who are traveling outside their home country, this can be very useful since hospitals in other countries may not be up to our medical standards. Or even if it’s there, it’s not up to the mark. With single insurance, this should be covered for you, but check with your provider, of course, to get all the details.

Single trip travel insurance is for you and your family when you are planning just a single trip or a holiday. It will give you basic cover for trip cancellation along with medical insurance for the duration of your trip. At times, it is quite possible to include some additional coverage at an elevated price. All you want from a travel insurance is to get away from the hustle and bustle of everyday life and take a vacation, you don’t want to worry about any unforeseen events that can ruin your trip. A single trip insurance policy will help you enjoy your trip more. No matter what happens, you know that you will be well taken care of. Peace of mind while traveling is priceless.

The activities that you can indulge in while you are on your single trip travel insurance:

• Winter Sporting breaks

• Annual travel cover

• Single Trip cover

• Business Trip

• Backpacking treks

• Over 65s travel insurance

Taking a number of golf vacations or business trips in the year does not require the same type of coverage as a jungle trek or scuba adventure. At the very least you want to be sure you are covered for basic medical aid wherever you are, and evacuation or repatriation costs so that if it is necessary to get you home for the right care, your flight is covered.

Take a look at both options before settling on a policy. Again depending on your requirements, some insurance policies allow for multiple trips with breaks in between when you are home again, instead of a simple 12 month plan. This way you can extend your coverage beyond a basic time frame, and still be covered for a number of trips.

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In case of an emergency, you want to be able to contact your company without too much trouble, particularly if you need to be hospitalized overseas. Reviewing company communication policies is important, since there are often smaller players who offer attractive rates but are not well prepared for emergencies as some of the bigger companies. Choose your travel insurance company with care.

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By Bradlley Mckoy

In a recent survey of the most traveled places in the world, Thailand is the only Southeast Asian country that made it to the top five, and very rightly so. Thousands of tourists from all over the world flock to the Kingdom all year round to frolic on the stunning beaches, explore the many mountains and rivers, and of course, take advantage of one of the world’s most blatant sex industries.

Visits vary from a few days to a few years. Many visit on holiday and never leave. The country is gifted in more ways than one, the people are friendly with foreigners, and the cost of living is amongst the cheapest in the world. Indeed, there’s a lot to be said about the mysticism of Thailand, how it reels you in with its beauty until you find yourself never wanting to leave and succumbing to its will.

Visa Runs

Barely a year ago, Thai immigration laws were relaxed and tourist-friendly. Though it varies for some countries, most foreign nationals are automatically given a 30-day grant to stay in the Kingdom upon entry. However, 30 days is grossly insufficient to explore the wonders of Thailand. Border runs were common and most foreign nationals can do as many as he chooses, the popular destinations being the neighboring countries of Cambodia, Laos, and Malaysia. You simply needed to take a trip to the border, bearing your passport in its passport holder, and you get another 30 days.

With the ousting of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, however, immigration laws have since been tightened. Border runs are now limited to 2 instances, after which, a foreign national has to leave the country for at least 100 days. This is a huge inconvenience for foreign nationals who want to stay longer or stay for good. An alternative is getting a proper tourist or non-immigrant visa, which is a seemingly easy process that actually gets tedious as you go along.

A Small Relief

Visiting the immigration office can be daunting. It’s even worse when you have to stand in line for hours with your arms laden with important documents that can help you stay in the Kingdom.

As tedious as visa processing may be, it can at least be made convenient by a passport holder. A passport holder can easily carry your passport, immigration cards, and other documents that you may need. When you have everything stored and organized in your passport holder, you don’t have to worry about dropping an important document in your haste.

Passport holders are often made of leather or a similar waterproof material. This is a great help, considering Thailand’s often unpredictable weather. A passport holder can protect your documents from sudden rain showers, so you can present your crisp and clean documents to the immigration officer without a hitch.

Indeed, applying to live in Thailand, or in any foreign country for that matter, is never easy. However, your stress can at least be alleviated by the proper storage and protection of those much needed documents in a handy passport holder. It’s a travel must-have, and one that you must get at once.

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By Dave Pipitone

For those whose vacations get boring at the same destination or who want new vistas to explore, consider a Caribbean travel vacation. Whether that may involve sailing, botany, scuba diving or just lounging on beautiful beaches, you can spice up your vacation, and your life with a vacation in the Caribbean.

The Caribbean islands span a very large geographic area in the Caribbean Sea that is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean, Mexico and South America and includes hundreds of islands and vacation opportunities.

Nestled between the turquoise waters of the Caribbean Sea and the mighty North Atlantic Ocean, Antigua is a tiny island that makes up the second half of the country, Antigua and Barbuda. With an area of 108 square kilometers and a fascinating landscape of low-lying limestone and coral islands with some higher volcanic areas, the island is a haven for people looking for a place to relax and have fun in their own tiny spot in the Caribbean. Places like Antigua Bay provide a tranquil and beautiful backdrop for your vacation.

A vast portion of activities you can do in Antigua involves water excursions, such as Antigua sailing week, boating, and yachting. But for the land-lubber, there is also a multitude of alternative activities available, including cricket, tennis, eco tours, golfing, hiking, bird watching, hunting, and riding.

The Bahamas islands are located on the eastern edge of the Caribbean, just south east of Florida. If you want to the variety of activities that include shopping, nightlife, and bustling centers, while exploring the beautiful beaches, then consider vacationing in capital city of the Bahamas, Nassau, or the impressive Grand Bahama Island.

Nassau features an eighteen acre Botanical Gardens with over six hundred varieties of shrubs, flowering trees and cactuses. The Gardens contain a huge collection of Bahamian and exotic orchids. Admission is nominal at around 1 USD.

But if you’re looking to be away from all the crowds and finding an intimate escape from civilization, you may want to be in the out islands of the Bahamas, like The Abacos, Andros, Acklins, Crooked Island, The Exumas, Bimini, Cat Island, Eleutheram, Harbour Island, and all the other out islands which offer the most diverse of experiences and private spots. Deciding on the island of your choice and the activities that you want to do will give you a head start in planning a Caribbean vacation package.

Andros is an excellent place to kick back and enjoy the warm Caribbean sun. Because most of the island is undeveloped, there are few phones, few bus lines, and other facilities that could distract you from your relaxing vacation.

Andros is not just one island but a group of islands tightly meshed into one archipelago. With its rocky shores and a web of creeks, this Caribbean luxury travel destination has never offered the kind of obvious harbor found on other Bahamian islands so, apart from the odd fishing lodge and Caribbean luxury travel retreats, development has largely bypassed it. However, what has made the island unsuitable for urban evolution makes it perfect for eco-tourism.

If you love nature, you will love the flowers of Costa Rica. Costa Rica’s flora biodiversity alone is made up of well over 10,000 species of vascular plants and beautiful flowers. As for trees, almost 2,000 species have been recorded in this small country in Latin America. This makes a Caribbean travel vacation to Costa Rica even more exciting, with such fascinating and endless number of natural habitat for various flora and fauna.

With its clear waters, corral reefs, and amazing sea life, St. Thomas is one of the best places in the world to go on a scuba diving adventure. The island is well-known for its seclusion and beautiful top rated beaches, but it is the scuba diving experience as a popular underwater activity that brings in tourists from all around the world.

Whether you consider yourself an experienced scuba diver or just a beginner, try scuba diving on a guided tour. Scuba diving tours are given by trained and experienced professionals. You may find scuba diving tours right off the coast or tours that are hosted off of a boat. Two excellent tour guides include Blue Island Divers and the Admiralty Dive Center. Both offer tours exploring underwater wreckage and underwater sea life, as well as diving lessons and tours are available for individuals of all ages.

There are many other varieties of vacation experience available in the Caribbean islands. Spice up your life with a dash of Caribbean travel on your next vacation and you will definitely want a second helping.

Dave Pipitone is a professional communicator, spiritual entrepreneur, dedicated husband and father. For more information on how to spice up your life with a Caribbean travel vacation, visit http://www.travelcarribean.info.

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By Alex Bezborodko

Golf vacations have become more and more popular. People now travel specifically to golf resorts to enjoy this sport during their vacations. For those traveling specifically for a golf vacation, or for any other time when golf clubs will be taken on a trip, whether explicitly for golf or taken “just in case,” the golfer wants to know that their golf clubs are safe and also that their clubs will be easy to travel with, since without their clubs, the vacation is basically a wasted trip.

These golfers are traveling in a variety of ways, usually by car or by air. During the summer, it is not uncommon to see, as many golf travel cases at the airport as there are regular luggage. Even during the winter months, many travelers set out with their golf clubs to resorts in warmer climates.

While traveling with golf clubs - and any golfer knows it is better to use their own clubs then borrowed ones, it is important to protect the golf clubs whether traveling by car or by air. There are many different golf travel cases to choose from.

The most popular with travelers seem to be golf travel bags with wheels. In fact, most golf travel cases do have wheels, which set them apart from standard golf bags used while golfing at courses within a few miles of a person’s home. These bags are very convenient for people who plan to spend a lot of time carrying their clubs around since a set a golf clubs can become very heavy, especially for those with back problems or cannot lift very much weigh for any reason.

There are a variety of golf travel bags to choose from, depending on the needs and wants of the golfer.

The first type is soft travel golf bags. The advantages of soft travel bags are that they are usually lighter and more compact. These types of golf travel bags are great for people traveling by car. These soft travel bags can be found with padded sides for extra protection, these types of travel bags are usually more economical. They come in a variety of sizes from smaller weekend bags to traditional size golf bags. Golfers, who cannot lift much weight, can use soft travel bags which also come in lightweight varieties. These types of golf travel bags typically do not include wheels, making them the exception to the rule that practically every travel golf bag includes wheels. By eliminating the feature of wheels, the bag is usually lighter to carry.

For people traveling by air it is usually advisable to travel with hard golf travel cases. These cases will protect the golf clubs throughout the course of the trip and survive the abuse that comes to any baggage as a result of air travel. Hard cased golf travel bags give the golf clubs added protection and at the same time giving the golfer added piece of mind knowing their golf clubs are safe.

Whether hard or soft, wheeled or lightweight, golf travel bags also have other differences allowing the golfer to find one that is just right for him or her while traveling with golf clubs. Some will collapse, which is great for those traveling by car. Some golf travel bags have plenty of compartments for other golf paraphernalia and others are meant to be very compact. Golf travel bags also come in several different sizes, which is great since different people use different size golf clubs, for instance, men will generally use longer clubs then women.

Golf clubs are without a question, a golfer’s most valuable asset while traveling on a golf vacation; their golf travel bag should and normally is their next most valuable possession on their golf vacation. Choosing the bag that is just right will make all the difference in a golf vacation.

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