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Like most travelers who have traveled widely, I’ve developed a strong liking for certain places. Don’t get me wrong, I love practically everywhere I go, but sometimes one discovers certain destinations with which they just fall in love, For me, one of the best of these is the United Kingdom. And since so many [...]
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Are you bored with the same old travel destinations? Has that “been there, done that, bought the tee-shirt,” attitude taken a firm grip on you? Do you find Paris a bit tedious now, Rome crowded, smoggy, and too noisy, and London just a big urban sprawl with perennially soggy weather? Admittedly, feeling this way, suffering from [...] Trips abroad cost a lot of money. There is just no getting around that. Oh, one can defray the expenses some by booking well ahead, using whatever discounts may be offered, and taking flights at off times, rather than during peak periods. Even so, despite every method of shaving costs I know of, by the [...]
This is the next article on hidden costs we started last month. This time, we’re discussing costs of using ATM (Automated teller machine). And, as we have mentioned here a number of times, that probably is the cheapest way for a traveler to obtain currency in another country, by accessing it via an ATM [...] Money, “you can’t get there without it” when traveling. As it turns out, you can’t even just send money “there” without it costing significantly more money, because we are charged through the nose for the privilege of wiring currency. As it turns out, sometimes, this is often on both ends. Bank of America and Lloyds [...]
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 [...] What should you take with you on a trip? What will you need? How much in the way of clothes should you bring with you? Norway Photo Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons Almost everyone asks these types of questions when preparing to travel. Even veteran travelers can agonize over the answers, depending on whether their trip is [...]
Traveling is one of the most exciting and pleasurable things to do in this world. That is, unless you have your valuables stolen from you. Then instead of a great trip, you have a great deal of trouble. It can be a disaster if someone steals your passport, tickets, credit cards, or money. Bookmark [...] Do you think traveling to the United Kingdom is easy and problem free? Well, think again! Many of us view Britain as being almost just like home, because, after all, they speak English. And we have so many of the same sorts of laws and customs. So no problems, right?
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