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Tips Before Travelling
Things We Wish We Knew Before We Started Traveling
On preparing for your trip 1. Print your entire itinerary and flight tickets/confirmations. Store these with your passports. You can't always rely on Internet access or electricity to pull this info off your phone or laptop. 2. Keep a copy of your passport and never...
Tips for Creative Communication
Even if you have no real language in common, you can have some fun communicating. Consider this profound conversation I had with a cobbler in Sicily: "Spaghetti," I said, with a very saucy Italian accent. "Marilyn Monroe," was the old man's reply. "Mamma mia!" I said,...
Tips for Traveling Abroad
Sign passport, and fill in the emergency information: Make sure you have a signed, valid passport, and a visa, if required, and fill in the emergency information page of your passport. Leave copies of itinerary and passport data page: Leave copies of your itinerary,...
Taking a Pet Overseas
If you decide to take your pet with you when you go abroad, check with the embassies of the destination countries as to specific requirements that must be met before a pet may be brought into the country. Many countries have strict health, quarantine, agriculture,...