Dec 4, 2012

Save Money With These Smart Traveling Tips

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By Judson Santor


What do you think you know about traveling? Do you have a personal travel plan? If not, would you like to? Are you prepared for something unexpected or emergencies? If these answers can not be affirmatively answered, you should check out the below article.

You need to wear comfortable shoes when you take an airplane; it's preferable if you are able to slip your feet out of them easily. Most of the time, airport security will ask you to briefly remove them. It is important to be comfortable. Most of the time during air travel is spent sitting, not walking, so you don't need a lot of foot support. Canvas mules or other comfortable sandals are ideal wear during travel.

Whenever possible, inquire about staying in a room on one of the topmost floors of the hotel. This may seem simple, but the security afforded from higher floors is worth it. Also, try to ask for a room that does not have sliding doors. Rooms with sliding doors are at a greater risk of being breaking into.

When trying to adapt to a different time zone quickly, stay up until 8pm or later. Although you may feel sleepy, if you go to bed to soon, you are only protracting your jet lag because your body is going to remain in its usual time-zone mode. The sooner you can adjust to local time, the sooner your jet lag will disappear.

If you are thinking about going to a specific place that sells tickets, head to its website and see if it is possible to buy and print tickets from there. Although you may pay a service fee for this option, it is worth it to bypass long lines for entrance to the park. Also, parks sometimes offer timed entry, and if they do, you can use your tickets to get right to the admission line.

If you need a room at a booked hotel, see if you can stay in a room that's out of service. Rooms that need minor repairs, like a fresh coat of paint, are usually noted as being out-of-service.

If you are a visitor to foreign cities, keep your eyes open for thieves that might be dressed as law enforcement or government personnel. Never give someone your passport, because they might not give it back to you. If someone insists you must visit their office, then walk there with them. Never ride in a vehicle with a stranger, no matter how nice they are.

Make sure your passports are up-to-date by checking the expiration date. A lot of countries have certain rules concerning passports. If your passport expires soon, many countries will refuse you entrance into their country. As long as the passport is not set to expire within the next six months, you should be fine for most countries; however, certain countries require eight months, or even up to one year.

As was said in the introduction of this article, planning is a little rough, but travel can still be enjoyable. Follow this advice to make trip planning easy, and take the stress out of traveling. If a good travel time is what you want, then follow the advice in this piece.




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