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    Which Is Better, Checking Luggage Or Just Doing Carry On?

    by SharonKurheg January 21, 2020
    by SharonKurheg January 21, 2020

    Some people swear by traveling with only carry on luggage. I’ve heard them say how they traveled all across Europe for a month with only a knapsack. And other people …

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    The World History of Passports & How Long They’ve Been Around In The U.S.

    by SharonKurheg January 21, 2020
    by SharonKurheg January 21, 2020

    According to the U.S. Department of State, there were nearly 147,000,000 U.S. citizens who had a valid U.S. passport in 2019. And that’s just in our country, alone! If you …

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    Lots Of Heavy Luggage? Here’s A Way To Make The Trip Easier

    by SharonKurheg January 3, 2020
    by SharonKurheg January 3, 2020

    You’ve just gotten off the plane and have to get to your hotel. You could take a taxi or rideshare, but you decide to be independent and adventuresome and take …

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    How NOT To Videotape Your Vacation (Take Two)

    by SharonKurheg December 10, 2019
    by SharonKurheg December 10, 2019

    Several months back, we wrote about an older gentleman from England, Howard Newman, who borrowed his son’s GoPro and wound up videotaping his entire vacation with the camera facing the …

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    This Stroller’s In The Guinness Book of World Records & Could Be The Best Travel Stroller Ever

    by SharonKurheg November 17, 2019
    by SharonKurheg November 17, 2019

    We’ve posted about a few innovative items invented to make the lives of travelers that much easier. There’s been the carry-on bag that doubles as a stroller, the luggage that …

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    Is This The Fix For Airlines To Transport Luggage Between The Plane & The Terminal Faster?

    by SharonKurheg November 14, 2019
    by SharonKurheg November 14, 2019

    Most of us know the drill. You plane lands and takes however long to get to your gate. You go to baggage claim (maybe with a stop at customs, if …

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    New Way To Pay Less For Flights, How To Totally Confuse Airline Passengers, Some NASTY Looking Hotels, & More!

    by SharonKurheg November 6, 2019
    by SharonKurheg November 6, 2019

    Happy Wednesday to all of our travel friends, both near and far! Here are some articles we’ve read from other bloggers (and other sources) that we think you may like, …

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    How Do You Renew An Expired Passport? It Depends

    by SharonKurheg November 5, 2019
    by SharonKurheg November 5, 2019

    If you travel internationally on a relatively frequent basis, you probably have some idea of when your passport expires. If that’s the case, unless you’re a habitual procrastinator, you renew …

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    The People Have Spoken & For Once, The Disney Parks Have Listened (Yay Free Stuff!)

    by SharonKurheg November 4, 2019
    by SharonKurheg November 4, 2019

    The Walt Disney Company is at a place in its existence where it rarely answers to anyone or anything; the company calls the shots, usually with no meaningful explanation and …

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    Battery/Charger In Luggage Explodes at Chicago’s Midway Airport (But Not How You’d Think)

    by SharonKurheg October 30, 2019
    by SharonKurheg October 30, 2019

    Here’s another reason why you want to keep batteries and chargers in your carry on bags. For the past several years, airlines, following FAA regulations, have required that lithium-ion batteries …

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