One of the worst things that can happen on a vacation is food poisoning. The traveler’s sickness, some call it, can ruin a perfectly good vacation and have laid up for days or even weeks in bed. This is especially common if you are traveling to an underdeveloped country. Here are a few easy steps to help you avoid the most common food mistakes that can make you sick.
Travel Light to avoid “Check-In” Woes
The effects of global recession have finally managed to seep into the lives of travelers. Frequent excursionists are bound to experience an up-close encounter with the economic downturn while traveling by air. With a host of prominent airlines hiking their charges for checking in more than one bag, the ushering in of a smiling face in their aircrafts that says “welcome aboard” can make you feel welcome only if you are globetrotting with a hand luggage.
A few decades ago, hitchhiking was something of a rite of passage among American youth. Chip Peterson, who graduated from high school in the 1960s, well remembers hitchhiking’s glory days. In the ’60s and ’70s, Peterson hitchhiked an estimated 100,000 miles across the U.S. and Latin America. He even spent his honeymoon thumbing through Colombia and Venezuela with his new bride. "I can remember times you’d have to line up for a ride," says Peterson, "because there were so many hitchhikers on the road."
What do you crave more when you’re on the road: great sex or a great night’s sleep? And would you rather find a sleeping pill or a piece of chocolate on your hotel pillow at night?
Those are just two of the questions Westin Hotels and Resorts put to 12,500 frequent travelers recently during a global sleep survey.
Criminals can use social media as a tool for finding targets for their crimes.
U.K. insurance company, Legal & General, took a survey of 2,092 users of social networking Web sites. Almost four out of ten (38 percent) of those who use social media at places like Twitter or Facebook post their vacation plans.
Cell phones are gradually replacing boarding passes, with increasing numbers of U.S. airports encouraging passengers to hold up the screen of their cell phone (or Blackberry, iPhone, or similar device) under the airport security scanner, rather than show a paper boarding pass.
When we recently blogged about this trend, one of our readers, Mike, wisely pointed out that before you walk through the scanner, airports usually require that you put your cell phone in the bin.
With another few weeks of summer holding out the possibility of an old-fashioned road trip, followed by the lure of leaf-peeping come autumn, consider planning a long scenic drive.
National Geographic Traveler is featuring 50 "Drives of a Lifetime" on its Web site at http://traveler.nationalgeographic.com/drives. Traveler magazine editor-in-chief Keith Bellows picked these five as a representative sample from around the country:
If you don’t like flying, please stop reading! Tourism-Review.com brings the Top 10 of the scariest airports in the world according to Travel+Leisure!
Paro Airport, Bhutan
This airport is located in Himalayas. It is in fact tucked into a tightly cropped valley. The mountains around it reach the altitude of 4,900 meters above sea level. Only specially trained pilots can maneuver the plane through a channel of tree-covered hillsides.
It is really unwanted that you or some of your team member get sick during the trip. If any one of the team gets sick, then the whole fun of traveling is lost. Also it becomes very difficult to find reliable health assistance in a foreign and unknown land. Hence, try to maintain some good habits while you are away from home, so that all of you can enjoy the outing to the heart’s content.
You should be careful of what you are eating. Wherever you visit, give utmost priority to the dinning location.
Delta Air Lines has launched its new full-flat seat that will become the standard in its BusinessElite® class on international flights served with Boeing 767-400 aircraft. Featuring 77-82 inch, 180-degree full-flat beds in a one-two-one configuration, the new seat gives every BusinessElite customer direct aisle access as well as…
