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So who is in The Women's Travel Group?
We thought you might like some bio’s of women who travel with us. We do not want to share their personal details but just to give you an idea of who we are…
Lets start with Cathy. Cathy just retired from her health care job managing 350 doctors, psychiatrists and others. Cathy found us through a local women’s group and joined us to Sicily several years ago. Cathy has traveled for years checking in on her son, whose work took him overseas. …
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Five Musts on a First Singles' Tour
Do at least a little reading so you actually know where you are going. Even if just a wikipedia whisk through. Save some of the information in your Kindle or other device. Sources: wikipedia, Frommers/Fodors/Lonely Planet on line. Did you know you can borrow e guidebooks from the library then save chapters in your phone etc.
Have $50-100 in single US Dollar bills to use before you have local currency. Going to the bank at the destination airport is dangerous. You will be exhausted, you might leave something behind, you need to keep one eye on luggage and one on your money.…
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Are You Scared of Your 1st Solo Trip?
…Today we received a beautiful email from one of the women who went with our group on the AMA cruise to SE Europe in July/August. She was thrilled to find instant friends on board with our group and they apparently connected up with more women for dinners and more. This was Bev’s first trip alone, well alone in our group. She wrote to us that she even made tentative plans to join some of the new friends on another trip in November.
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What Phyllis Learned on Vacation
Just returned from my personal vacation, and here is what I learned:
The world is still traveling. And tourist sites are full of happy, unworried travelers. Airports are as busy, flights fairly full. Families smiling and excited about their vacations.
You will notice that immigration is slower and more thorough on both ends. There is the obvious, customs employees are also on family vacations. There is the newsworthy, they are being careful and methodical. There is the season, summer is peak which is why our group trips are mainly off season.…
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Brexit Shock and Your Travel Plans
(The photo is from voxeurop.eu)
Yeserday, Britain voted to leave the EU.
How will this change your travel plans? Here is guidance from The Women’s Travel Group.
For Americans, little will change possibly attitude- see below. If you look at the visa stamp in your passport from a past trip to the UK, you see the following paraphrased. You may enter the UK for up to 6 months. You may not use public assistance. (These are national health or other services like reduced rates for seniors on buses, trains, in museums,free medical, dental, reduced price medicine, eyeglasses etc.)…
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Why Delta Loves Merida?
WARNING JULY 1 EARLY BIRD EXPIRES
Kathy, a new Women’s Travel Group member, emailed us today that she flies a lot, and read an article about Merida, Mexico, in the new Delta Magazine. Dec 2-7 2016 $1525. Our hotel is Casa de Balam, a baroque boutique hotel with a pool, fine courtyard dining close to the center. Be a trend setter and come to Merida with us before the crowds.We can only take a small group due to the hotel size.…
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"I ve never traveled alone before"
We at The Women’s Travel Group hear this all the time from women in all walks of life, even high level professionals. Many women only traveled with a partner, friend, or family. We are older, we are not wiser when it comes to travel. Here are ways to make your first solo trip stress free:
Go with a group of only women, those are the travelers who want to make friends.
Go with a group that arranges the entire tour and most meals, no options, you want to be together all the time on your first solo trip.…
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Can You Diet on Vacation?
Food is an essential part of travel and The Women’s Travel Group likes to eat on our trips. But can you refrain from a feeding frenzy when traveling?
Try to eat a hearty meal before you go to the airport so you don’t blow your diet on terra firma. That means, you do not empty all the good food from your pre-trip refrigerator-you might even plan a nice going away meal for yourself. Airplane meals are loaded with salt and sugar, so here you can eliminate some of this by pre-ordering a low salt low sugar meal.…
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Do Newspapers Think we are all Millionaires?
Comment from The Women’s Travel Group Articles about travel gear inevitably list ultra luxury items. The NYTimes just wrote about Beauty Picks for Summer Travel:
Simple Micellar Makeup Removers: $799
Charcoal Eye Mask $23
Clay Volumizing Brow and Hair Powder $25
Dior Addict Lip Glow $33
Chanel Parfum Spray $98
Sephora Vacation Lipstick $42Here are The Women’s Travel Group’s Best Picks for Summer Travel:
Ziplock Bags 25c and bring lots of them
Trader Joe’s Moisturizer with SPF15 $3.99
Shampoo from any hotel $0 You can repair hair in 2 shampoos when you get home
Vaseline $2
Small duct tape $4
Ricki’s Beauty Supply root crayon and other cover ups $7-15
cosmetics.…
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How to Go to Battle with Airplane Problems
I just saw a video of a crowd going nuts at LaGuardia when their American Airlines flight was delayed/cancelled. It is not clear what happened. So what do you do?
Don’t get crazy. Get smart.
1- Start taking notes with names/times. Take photographs of the departure screen (with a date/time set on your phone/camera). Example: the screen says delayed but the representative says cancelled. You will need to show in facts to complain.
2- Talk smart. Yelling is not the way.…
