Your cellphone camera is a great gadget when you’re traveling. Instead of having to write down everything you have packed, or anything you might need for future reference, just take a picture! If you lose your baggage, you have a picture of all the belongings in your bag which you can use to claim from the airline carrier or insurance company. You can take pictures of rental car and hotel room number for easy access.
When you’re traveling these details are easy to forget. By using your cell phone’s camera to take pictures or video of your rental car, especially, from all sides before driving off in it will help you have records of those bumps or scratches that may arise after you she return the car.
Pick people up at departure terminal to avoid airport traffic
Most airports have the departure and arrival terminals stacked on top of each other or on opposite sides of the terminal. When you are picking someone up (or getting picked up), tell them to meet you at one of the departure doors. You would be amazed how empty those doors are compared to arrivals. Even if they have to wait for a bag, it is often time much quicker to get your bag and go back upstairs by ticketing to catch your ride.
Prevent popping ears with this tip while flying
Ear-popping pain is one of the hazards of flying and in some cases it can also lead to permanent damage. Here’s one tip how to prevent that.
Airline connections are good to take a break from the pressurized cabins and stretch your body, especially on long international flights. Here are some tips that will help you get started in your airport sleeping adventures.
Tips for elderly people while traveling on airplane
Elderly people can face problems traveling during the holiday season because ot various reasons like crowded airports, long security lines, TSA regulation changes or even crampy airline seats. So here are some tips for the elderly to make their travel easier.
Smart phones and tablets these days have in-built navigation systems and maps that will lead you anywhere from your current location. And some of them rely on data networks. There are cars with navigation systems, but they are expensive. What if you find yourself with low battery in your devices or no internet connection and you have to reach some place?
With so much going on out there in the digital world, you can save a lot of money by doing some homework, some planning and making use of some of those deals out there. Here’s a list to look out for and getting more bang for your buck.
Instructables user used 60 rubber bands to make a travel clothesline by soaking the rubber bands in water to make them more pliable, separating the bands into three even piles and tying each pile into a long strand, and braiding the strands together.
Write a local travel journal & post it to yourself for special memories
Purchase a small thin notebook, say size A6, made in the area you are travelling, if not the country you are in. You will also have a story to write on the purchase from a local newsstand owner, stationery vendor or artisan at a market. Its cover and paper will also ooze with the local culture, language, design and unique feel.
One of the most annoying failure about travel is to bring home the bedbugs that may have creeped into your baggage. It saves a lot of money if you’re a cautious traveler by not spending more than $2,000 on getting your home bedbug free. So here are a few tips on how you can have a bedbug-free travel.
Some of us have lost our essential travel document like passport or boarding pass, just after a cup of coffee at a cafe. If you have travel insurance then it may cover the loss of your personal belongings, but not the huge strain of losing the most important document. Here are some tips on what you should or can do.
We have all felt the pinch of high gas prices and with the summer travel season here, most of us want the best for our bucks. Here are some tips to go out there and have a wonderful short vacation without the financial drain.
Rail travelers are feeling the pinch due to another wave of fare increases and can beat ‘trainflation’ by smarter online buying. Here are 8 tips for saving money on rail travel.
If your summer plans involve sharing your vacation with another couple, or their entire family, a little advanced planning will help to ensure that your friendship remains intact, long after your plane lands or car comes to a stop. Here are 12 tips that will get you and your spouse off to a good start.
Traveling with a baby can be daunting and overwhelming. You can avoid disasters of missing a flight or losing the stroller – here are top ten tips to prepare you for traveling with a baby.
Holidaying is one of our favourite pastimes, with Brits making almost 70,000 trips abroad alone each year. While we traditionally associate holidaying with seasonal health complaints such as travellers’ tummy, sunburn and insect bites, back pain is also a common holiday health hazard. We all need a holiday to recharge our batteries, but with back pain affecting almost 80% of us at some time in our lives, occasionally a combination of hectic preparations, uncomfortable journeys and emotional stress can mean that travel takes its toll on the back. Whether planning the holiday of a lifetime or just looking for a seasonal summer getaway, backadvice.info, has the following advice to help prevent and ease back pain on your travels.
Carry as little cash as possible
It’s tempting for you to withdraw as much cash as you can in one transaction to avoid the fees, but it’s better to carry as little cash as possible to avoid theft. Use your credit card with zero transaction fees or get charged $2 for every small withdrawal than to withdraw $200 at once and have it all stolen. Don’t take risk of bringing all your money in hotel casinos because you’ll never know if you want to play casino games for a long time.
Getting Cash
There are several travel and forex agencies out there to exchange your local currency to the one of the country you’re traveling to. Although most forex agencies will give you the competitive rates, you have to go to their office to get your cash or the fees are high. Check with your local bank if they provide foreign exchange services, and if they do then you may get one of the best rates and delivered either to your local bank branch or at your doorstep. Ordering the foreign currency can be done online with a few simple steps.
Insurance
Don’t buy travel insurance from airlines or cruise companies, he says, because coverage can be limited. Go to travel-insurance sites, such as InsureMyTrip.com, SquareMouth.com and QuoteWright.com. Look for “cancel-for-any-reason” policies.
Credit Cards
Alert your bank and credit-card company that you’ll be traveling, especially if overseas. Bank-fraud departments are more vigilant about unusual activity on customers’ cards. If they see an ATM purchase in a different country, they typically will call you to verify charges. If you miss the call, your credit card could be frozen. Avoid the hassles by notifying your bank before leaving home.
Most of European nations use RFID (chip and pin technology) for their credit cards, while America and most Asian nations still use the less-sophisticated magnetic stripe system, which is not trusted elsewhere. To avoid your card being rejected, make sure to carry your passport at all times for proper identification. Merchants want to verify that the person using a credit card is actually the one authorized to do so.
Health Tips
Red-eyes and Visine
Have a small bottle of Visine eyedrops for long flights or in strange places. The eyes get red and don’t cope too well, and the Visine helps them relax.
Packing Tips
Lock the liquids
Ziploc bags help in packing your shampoo bottles but won’t prevent it from leaking and messing the other stuff in the bag. To stop leaking the liquids, tear off small pieces from plastic supermarket bags and stick them on top of each bottle before screwing the cap back on. Voila!
Pictures and list of bags & contents
If your bag is lost or stolen, it can take a while to file a claim and be reimbursed. Some insurance and airline companies ask for proof of the contents so take pictures of your luggage as well as its contents prior to leaving the house. Store this photo as a file on your computer, and e-mail it to yourself. Also include a list of the items packed.
Contact Lens case for liquids
Contact lens cases with screw-on lids make great container for small quantities of hair gel, eye make-up remover, or oils for one week’s worth. They’re small and they don’t leak. Buy them for a few dollars at most stores.
New backpack walk
Got a new backpack? It’s a good idea to walk with a packed bag, for about 30-60 minutes, preferably on a sunny day on a hilltop. This will give you an idea of what not to carry and make that backpack lighter.
Binder clips for carrying headphones
This video shows the simple process for using a binder clip as a handy headphone wrapper and clip, but just to lay it out:
Open the clip and place the cord inside, then drop the earplugs into the mouth of the clip. (They should be loosely hanging in the clip.) Grab the cord below your earbuds and start wrapping it around the arms of the binder clip. Don’t wrap too tightly; doing so could damage your headphones. (This is less of a worry the less fancy your headphones are.) When you’re near the end of your headphones, push the headphone jack through the top of the binder clip’s arms.
Bonus 1: You can clip your wrapped headphones to your backpack/purse/etc. to keep them handy.
Bonus 2: It also works as a cord shortener, also demonstrated in the video. [Source: Lifehacker.com]
