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    Tourists Keep Messing This Up: The Real Rule About Carrying Your Passport

    by SharonKurheg November 22, 2025
    by SharonKurheg November 22, 2025

    After all that planning and waiting, you’re finally on that trip of your dreams, far away from your home country. You keep your passport handy during your travels because you’ll …

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    How To Help Avoid Getting A False Positive On TSA Swab Tests

    by SharonKurheg November 16, 2025
    by SharonKurheg November 16, 2025

    If you’re traveling by plane in the United States, you know that sometimes you’ll get pulled aside for a “swab test.” It happened to me on our way home from …

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    The 3 Types of Rental Car Insurance (And When You Actually Need Them)

    by joeheg November 2, 2025
    by joeheg November 2, 2025

    In a previous article, I went over the Collision/Loss Damage Waiver (CDW/LDW) rental car companies offer, ways you might already be covered, and other ways to purchase coverage. There are …

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    Not Just Safety: Why Hotel Front Desks Don’t Say Your Room Number Out Loud

    by SharonKurheg October 31, 2025
    by SharonKurheg October 31, 2025

    You’ve just gotten to your hotel and checked in. The clerk at the front desk has done everything right, and before you go on your way, they give you your …

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    Turns Out, Bringing a Gun Into an Airport Is Totally Fine (in Most States)

    by SharonKurheg October 27, 2025
    by SharonKurheg October 27, 2025

    You probably read early last week about the Georgia man who brought a rifle into Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and was arrested after police were alerted, via a tip from …

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    Warning for Traveling Throughout the U.S., Europe & More, This Saturday

    by SharonKurheg October 17, 2025
    by SharonKurheg October 17, 2025

    Note: This post contains useful information about large-scale upcoming events that are based in politics. It’s meant as a way for our readers to plan their travels this Saturday and …

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    There’s Free Roadside Service in Most States — and Hardly Anyone Knows It Exists

    by SharonKurheg October 16, 2025
    by SharonKurheg October 16, 2025

    When you’re on a road trip, the last thing you want is for something to happen to your car. Unfortunately, that very thing happened to my husband Joe and me …

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  • Airports

    7 Activities That Could Earn You a Secondary TSA Security Screening

    by SharonKurheg October 11, 2025
    by SharonKurheg October 11, 2025

    No one wants to spend any more time at the TSA security checkpoint than they have to. That’s why we’ve given so much advice about that very thing over the …

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    Warning for Traveling In the U.S. & Europe on Labor Day

    by SharonKurheg August 29, 2025
    by SharonKurheg August 29, 2025

    Note: This post contains useful information about large-scale upcoming events that are based in politics. It’s meant as a way for our readers to plan their travels this Monday and …

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    10+ Common Medications That Are Banned in Other Countries

    by SharonKurheg July 27, 2025
    by SharonKurheg July 27, 2025

    Every country, of course, has its own rules that need to be followed. Case in point, you’ll be fined if you try to bring these foods from other countries into …

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