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Travel Safety Tips: Staying Safe While Vacationing
When vacation time arrives, the first thing on most peoples
minds is fun. A chance to get away from the hot, stuffy
office, or from the winter blues and have some fun.
Exploring the world can be a great experience, but not
everywhere is safe, and not everyone on the planet is nice.
A few precautions, and a little pre-trip thought can help
you ensure that your vacation is safe and fun.

Finding a Safe Place To Stay

If you are going somewhere you have never been before, then
it can be daunting finding somewhere to stay. Booking a
hotel based on star ratings can help you a little, but it
is still worth doing more research, just to be sure.

Be sure to examine the area where the hotel is located.
Ask yourself: “Is it located in a high crime rate area?”.
Is there sufficient security for the guests? Preferably,
non-guests should have limited access to the main hotel
structure and a room escort service should be offered, in
order to have a minimal level of security. Read more »

Seasickness Remedies That Really Do Work
Seasickness does exist and is probably the primary reason
people avoid cruises. And, cruises from New York may seem
particularly daunting since ships must sail in the Atlantic
Ocean where storms aren’t uncommon.

The best definition of what mal de mer is comes from the
U.S. Coast Guard: “Motion sickness occurs when the brain
receives conflicting signals from the areas of the body
that detect Motion. This conflict typically results in
motion sickness.” Read more »

Napa Valley: A Disneyland for wine-lovers
The grapevine has an amazing power to transform reasonably
attractive countryside into an oasis of culture and beauty
that speaks to all of one’s senses, and no place is that
better manifested than in the famed Napa Valley. Read more »

I Love Touring Italy - Small Town Lombardy
If you are looking for a European tourist destination,
consider the Lombardy region of northern Italy. Depending
on your interests, this beautiful area might be an ideal
vacation spot. You can get classic Italian food, and wash
it down with fine local wine. There are even some parts of
Lombardy that are relatively undiscovered by tourists. This
article presents Lombardy outside of its capital Milan or
the beautiful Lake districts and New York City travel, which are described in
companion articles in this series. Read more »

Book a flight to India
There are many reasons that you might want to book a flight
to India. People go to India for many different reasons,
including tourism, history, and religion. Any one of these
three components would make a flight to India one of the
most popular things to spend money on.

Tourism

One reason that you might want to book a flight to India is
for tourism. Tourism is one of the biggest industries in
India, and there are numerous interesting sites you might
want to visit while in India. The Taj Mahal, for instance,
is one of the biggest tourist attractions in India, as well
as in that part of the world. It is one of the finest
examples of Mughal architecture as well as the architecture
of the South Indian area. This is one of the most visited
sites in India. Because of the many different ethnic
groups that have had a hand in the history and shaping of
the country, most of the tourist attractions and important
sites are multicultural. Read more »

Yachting Holidays
With summer approaching, many of you will be deciding upon
a destination for this year’s holiday. Instead of the
normal package deal, why not consider a yachting holiday?
What better way to spend your well deserved break than
sailing along unspoilt coastlines with a gentle breeze and
all the comforts a yacht or Gulet can offer? Read more »

Segways add thrills to San Francisco sights
If walking or driving the streets of San Francisco is not
quite enough adventure for you, try joining the growing
number of people who are seeing Bay area sights while
balancing on board a Segway, that two-wheeled electric
vehicle that was once hailed as the future of all personal
travel. Not only will you see tourist landmarks, but you’ll
learn a new skill and face just enough of a challenge to
keep you, well…on your toes. Read more »

I Love Touring Italy - Genoa
If you are looking for a European tourist destination,
consider the Liguria region of northern Italy, commonly
known as the Italian Riviera. This thin strip of land lies
on the Ligurian Sea, not far from Monaco and the French
Riviera. While Liguria is by no means undiscovered, its
crowds are much smaller than those next door. This
beautiful region is home to many little towns or villages,
and the international port city of Genoa almost at the center of the coast. This sometimes beautiful,
sometimes ugly city of about 600,000 people calls
itself La Superba (the Proud). Be sure to read the other
articles in this series: eastern Liguria, western Liguria,
and Cinque Terre, five little seaside villages that just
might steal your heart. Read more »

The Difference between Chartered and Scheduled Flights
At first this seems like an extremely simple question:
chartered flights are obviously more expensive than normal
scheduled flights. Most people get scheduled flights, why
would you do anything else?

However, while this is obviously the case if you were to
charter a flight yourself, in actual fact chartered flights
are often chartered by holiday companies making them
considerably cheaper. These flights have published
schedules but the tickets cannot be purchased
independently; they must be purchased through the holiday
company. These chartered flights are the reason that
holiday companies are able to provide such extremely cheap
holidays. Read more »

Rejuvenating Romantic Weekend Getaway to Key West, Florida Key West is definitely the key to a great romantic weekend getaway. Located at the southernmost part of Florida, it is the perfect escape for every couple who wants to break away from the daily routine.  Read how to enjoy a Key West Romantic Weekend Getaway