Traveling Tips

By Mabel Van Niekerk

First time travelers often wonder what they should take with them and are anxious that they will not have sufficient clothing or toiletries with them. If you don’t want to be bogged down with heavy bags wherever you go, then always remember less is more when packing and only take the essentials with you.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Mabel Van Niekerk
• Release date: Mar 5, 2013
• ISBN: 9781301400393

Mabel Van Niekerk

Mabel van Niekerk's main passion in life is travel. She enjoys writing about her many travel experiences and documenting reference books to provide more information about towns and cities in countries she found fascinatingly different from her homeland, South Africa.She is also passionate about crafting and enjoys writing reference books about the various crafts she has mastered and enjoys.Mabel has now turned her hand to writing books for young children, as she recalls the stories she told her own children many years ago.

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Traveling Tips

By

Mabel Van Niekerk

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Traveling Tips

Copyright 2013 Mabel Van Niekerk

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Content

Travel Tips

Choose your destination

Organized tours

Language

Getting the best deals for flights

Connecting flights

Plane, ferry and train tickets in Europe

Accommodation

Do the paperwork

How to pack your bags

Carry-on luggage

Essentials to pack

What not to pack in your bags

Identification tags on your luggage

Foreign Exchange

Security at airports

Check in at airports

Take the stress out of flying

Souvenir shopping

Duty free items

Tipping in Europe

Return journey home

Enjoy your travels

Travel Tips

Traveling is just about the most exciting thing one can do. There are few greater pleasures than visiting foreign places for the first time. I don’t know of a better way of learning about world history and geography and cultures of other nations, than by traveling and learning first hand. Knowledge gained from books can never be compared to knowledge gained by sight and sound.

First time travelers often wonder what they should take with them and are anxious that they will not have sufficient clothing or toiletries with them. If you don’t want to be bogged down with heavy bags wherever you go, then always remember less is more when packing and only take the essentials with you.

A good tip to remember is to try and not make it too obvious that you are a tourist when visiting in foreign countries, as this makes you a target for crime. If you are loaded with luggage you will not be able to conceal this fact, whereas if you are carrying a small bag you can blend in easier with the locals. Never carry your wallet in your back pocket as you will be inviting a thief to help himself to it. Rather invest in a body pouch that can be concealed under your clothing or jacket or better still keep a small wallet in your top pocket where it is not obvious.

Many restaurants and cafes in Europe and in other continents, charge tourists more than they do the locals, as do taxi services, so the better you blend in the better it will be for your finances.

Try not eat at the regular tourist haunts, as the prices there will be higher than the where the locals eat, a couple of blocks down the road. You will also be able to see what the locals like to snack on. If you are low on cash remember that if you stand and drink your coffee in Europe it will cost less than when you sit down.

It’s always exciting traveling overseas as we tend to