Travel & Places
Tips for travel, and interesting destinations. Check out the list of articles below and come along for the ride.
Travel Secrets
Travel restrictions on baggage has reached the point where you've got to be really smart if you hope to whiz through all of the checkpoints and inspections with ease. At the same time, you want to pack just one carry on bag to avoid those hefty surcharges on extra bags. Your third objective is to have sufficient clothing and travel items at the ready, so you can spend your time enjoying your vacation. Sounds like a tall order. However, you can fulfill all three objectives with ease, with the right packing-light travel secrets.
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Planning A Family Reunion
Last June, I was planning a family reunion for the first time. You see, my family used to all live in the same area. Because we were all located around Mississippi, we never had to plan family reunions. We would all see each other frequently enough that reunions were unnecessary. We would get together for Christmas, New Year's, and all the other major holidays. Nowadays, however, things are different. We are scattered across the country, and we don't get to see each other except during very special events. We decided to plan a family reunion in hopes of uniting the tribe again.
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One Way Airfare
When traveling, you may always think that you are going to get round trip tickets. For the most part, that is what is most common, but there are some reasons why you would only want to buy one way airfare when you have somewhere to go. Vacations are pretty straightforward in that you usually know when you are going and when you are coming back, so round way tickets make sense, and probably save you money. They are not always the best choice though, so think when you buy your tickets for whatever it is that you want to do.
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One Tank Trips
We find ourselves seriously curtailing our vacation plans to accommodate that thirsty and expensive gas tank. As a result, the media has coined a new phrase. Travel agents now hasten to come up with "one tank trips". So what is a one tank trip? It's certainly a weird phrase, but when you take a moment to think about it, it's a phrase that describes a getaway by car, which can be accomplished on a single tank of gas.
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