Vancouver BC Canada

Vancouver is one of the prettiest and friendliest cities on the west coast of North America. The Gastown district is where we’ve stayed when we visited Vancouver. It’s where the city first started, and it still has cobble stone streets and many buildings left from the late 1800s. There is a steam clock you shouldn’t [...]

Trusted Traveler Programs

Trusted Traveler Programs have been instituted by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Patrol. There are three different programs as of this writing; all are attempts to save you time. They provide expedited travel for pre-approved, low risk travelers by allowing them to pass through special lanes and kiosks at certain airports [...]

Travelers Diarrhea

OK… We might as well talk about it and not mince words… diarrhea…. The trots, Delhi belly, Montezuma’s revenge, tourista… call it what you will, if you travel, you may have to put up with this one day. Country and city names aside, you can get diarrhea anywhere. It may be the water… even if [...]

Travelers Constipation

The flip side of travelers’ diarrhea is constipation. While the old scourge of “tourista” gets most of the publicity, so to speak, constipation is almost as prevalent among travelers… and for some of the same reasons. No, it probably won’t be the water, but it can be the jet lag and the diet that bind [...]

Travel Trepidation

You might think that with all the travel we do, we would have no travel trepidation. I can see where you might be justified to assume that, but you’d be wrong. We just got back from a wonderful trip that makes for a good example. We had some vacation time in November… but at that [...]

Travel To Flea Markets

One of the world’s largest flea markets is right in my home state. The one in San Jose has more than 2,000 booths and sprawls over 40 acres… eight miles of booth-lined walkways with arts, crafts, jewelry, antiques… and junk! Lots of junk. It’s been there forever…. OK, at least since I was a kid. [...]

Travel Registration – Register With Your Government

Have you ever considered travel registration? These days, many countries encourage their citizens who are traveling to register with their government. This travel registration would let your local embassy know you are in a particular country. I have to admit, this is something we’ve never done, though we’re thinking about it now. We’ve always prided [...]

Travel Preparation List

We think lists are good to help you remember everything… a travel preparation list, grocery lists, honey-do lists. Notice the order we put those in? Might make you think that travel is more important to us than eating… and you might be right! …But then you would expect that, wouldn’t you, since you know how [...]

Travel Preparation Checklist

So we’ve been encouraging you to make lists… lists like a travel preparation checklist and a packing list. You do it for groceries and for projects around the house. Make a list for your travel preparations too. We thought that it would be a good idea to show you our list. We actually have a [...]

Travel Luggage Recommendations

Making travel luggage recommendations is a little tricky. People have different travel styles and different needs, but if you pick the right bag for your needs it will make your travel life easier. Generally speaking, the first travel luggage recommendation we’d give you is to get the smallest bag you can live with… preferably carry-on [...]

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