Follow These Tips if an Airline Reschedules Your Flight I have business and personal flight reservations for this summer and both itineraries have already had schedule changes. My personal trip is with family who are departing from another city and their flight schedules have changed as well. While the airlines have announced that they will...
I just love February. It’s Black History Month, my mom’s birthday, and Valentine’s day; it’s the only month short of 30 days, and it’s sometimes reflective of a leap year. Wow, that’s a lot and significant. The only thing I’m not fond of in February is the cold weather, but more of a reason to...
I recently read an article posted in Travel and Leisure on the most forgotten items when packing. They listed phone chargers, toothpaste, sunblock, umbrella, swimsuit, and hair comb and brush as the top items forgotten. I’ll start by saying, the remedy to not forget these items is to pre-pack the basics. Now, I understand that...
If you’re a tea lover, you should travel with your own and it’s super easy to do! While hotels have widened their coffee selections with their partnerships with Keurig, teas have remained limited, except of course in Asia where you’ll find a nice selection. The airlines rarely have more than a couple of options and...
A Traveling Culturati listener, The Savvy Traveler, who has followed me for over 10 years has, for that same period sent me postcards from his travels. When I started traveling more than 30 years ago, I used to get postcards and mail them to family, but I stopped that practice more than 20 years ago....
First and foremost Before you do anything check for requirements and the often changing restrictions. Travel.state.gov is a good source for national and international. About the destination The Centers for Disease Control at CDC.GOV keeps an updated list of states and countries with a risk factor of getting COVID. They are ranked based on high, moderate, low,...
There’s a mindset that the seasoned traveler has, and that is, things can and will eventually go wrong! I believe and prepare for that! Expecting everything to go perfectly on your trip is only setting yourself up to fail. At some point in your travels, you’re going to get lost, lose something valuable, get scammed,...
