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Renting Cars In Europe – The Adventure Begins!

We Americans are very used to flying around our country to get from point “A” to point “B.” In fact, it is our preferred method for long-distance traveling, even sometimes from city-to-city within states. I’ve frequently flown from San Diego to San Francisco. Why? Because it’s an eleven-hour trip to drive it, that’s why, and [...]

Handicapped Traveling

Ever had a delay and a hard time making your connection? Most of us regular travelers have. What I didn’t realize was how tough it was if you had someone along who had a disability, or who happened to be handicapped. Now mind you, it was bad enough for me, but for him it was [...]

EXCHANGE RATE LOCATIONS –The Woes of Finding Those “Money Trees”

Gargoyle at the tower of Notre Dame de Paris France – Courtesy of Wiki-media Commons

Having trouble finding a place to exchange money when you travel? Have you arrived in another country only to wonder what you were going to do for local currency, where to go to get it?  Have you stood [...]

Travel Warnings And Alerts For Travelers: Don’t Beware – Just Be Aware

Travel warnings and alerts; these are not something the average traveler is usually very aware of, except in the most obvious of instances. We all know, for example, that Iraq and Afghanistan are not safe places for travelers these days. Sudan, Iran, and Somalia are not, either. But how many other [...]

Credit Card Or Carte De Crédit? Trouble For Travelers With American Plastic

American plastic as we know it – is it going the way of the Dodo bird, doomed soon to be extinct? It could very well be. The all-American credit card is in increasing trouble and the European-style credit card, or carte de crédit, as the French would say, is on the rise. Already, problems for [...]

Press Release: World’s First Google Map Based Currency Converter, Including Currency Images.

Rochester, NY, October 2009:  Keeping its promise, Currate.com, an exclusive new website, which recently introduced the world’s first currency conversion tools with actual images of currencies, announces yet another exciting new feature. As of this October 2009, travelers will have access at Currate.com to a Google based world map where they can just point and [...]