Another Trip Guide

“Don't let the excitement of traveling make you forget the importance of rest.”

My goal with this website is to share my experiences and tips to make your travels more enjoyable and easier. Here you will find information about:

Trip Planning: How to choose a destination, book hotels and flights, prepare a budget, and more.
Practical travel tips: packing, dealing with emergencies, staying safe, etc.
Personal Travel Stories: Stories from my travels around the world, with an emphasis on what I’ve learned.
Photos and videos: visual recordings of some of the places you have visited.

I hope you find this site useful and that it inspires you on your own journeys. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions or suggestions. I wish you happy travels!

Destinations

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Cruises

Your cruise trip may be exciting, but with a little of our experience, your trip will be amazing. Know when and where to sail and what trip you are considering for stops.

Travel Tips

Every trip you take, you learn new things that you can use on the next trip. I've compiled a list of my great tips to share with you.

T0p 5 Travel Tips

Make a List

About a week or more before any trip, I prepare the things that I do not want to forget and that I will forget if I do not write them down. It is easier for me to keep the travel list in a folder such as a Google document so that I can access it online and edit it as needed.

Make photocopies of important to be wrong

He also takes a photo of the passport and driver’s license. We keep it in a Google Doc and in files on our phones. No one knows when you may need a backup copy.

Planning for weather forecasts to be wrong

We went to Amsterdam in the fall and I did a great job of looking at the forecast a few days before we left, but the forecast changed drastically 24 hours before we left and 85% of what we brought ended up being too warm to wear. Be sure to bring some extra items for weather conditions you don’t expect.

When using a payment card in stores, choose to pay in the local currency

If you’re at checkout in a local shop and the cashier asks you if you’d like to pay in, say, Euros or dollars, say “Euros”. Your credit card company will automatically do the conversion into dollars so there’s no need to pay in dollars. If you say you want to pay in dollars, you will likely be overcharged because the stores may use a higher conversion rate.

Sunscreen

Get into the habit of using sunscreen. I use it daily, regardless of the weather. You will likely be walking a lot more than you think, and even if the sun isn’t literally shining, you can get sunburned. Don’t forget to apply sunscreen to your hands and arms as well as your neck, chest, and ears, and don’t forget to reapply. I take a small lightweight container of sunscreen with me in my bag when I know I’m going out for the day.