Travel Tips
Tours4Fun was delighted to connect with Niclas, an enthusiastic traveler from Denmark who writes for a travel magazine. Niclas visited some of the most beautiful destinations of North America by journeying with us on our 3-Day Niagara Falls Toronto & Thousand Islands Bus Tour.
Here is a short and sweet description of Niclas’ interesting traveling experiences in his own words.
Cellphone use on airplanes, it would seem, is on extended hold in the United States.
The national union representing flight attendants wants Congress to ban in-flight phone calls, and survey after survey of airline passengers shows strong opposition to allowing cellphones on planes.
So while domestic airlines rush to wire their cabins to provide in-flight Wi-Fi connectivity, there is no indication whether, or when, passengers in the United States might be able to make a cellphone call at 37,000 feet.
On my last trip to Europe, I didn’t bring my usual $200 cash reserve. With just a few bucks in my wallet, I landed in Madrid, relying entirely on two ATM cards and no cash safety net. It turned out OK. At the airport, I withdrew some euros from an ATM machine, and tucked the bills into my money belt. After decades of traveling to Europe, I have found that the cheapest, safest way to go is to pay with cash for most items, and withdraw money as I zip from one place to the next. The reason? To cut down on fees and fraud.
CANCUN, Mexico — An inventory for a trip to a tropical beach could read like this:
Swimsuit, check.
Sunscreen, check.
Passport, check.
And iPhone, check.
Well, make that a possibly giant check, drawn from your bank account. Unaware travelers can blithely rack up eye-popping bills on their iPhones while traveling abroad.
Autumn, the season when trees adorn various shades of bright red, orange, and yellow, and shade their inhibitions by abandoning the perennial green, truly is the crowning glory of all the seasons in a year. The picturesque landscape and the pleasant weather makes it a perfect season to plan an unforgettable vacation.
Here are 6 best places in United States which exhibit the grandest shades of the fall colors.
Vermont
Tipping in British hotels can be a grey area. Readers often complain that when they add a service charge to a credit or debit card at the end of a hotel stay – typically 10 to 12 per cent of the restaurant part of the bill – it’s frequently unclear how the money is distributed.
They’re right to be concerned. A proportion of the charge is usually retained as a ”handling cost” for credit card and banking charges or payroll processing costs. And there’s no legal requirement for the hotel to allocate a specific proportion of the remaining amount to the staff who’ve given the service.
A sculpture of a dead horse strung upside down, with Saint Wenceslas mounted on its belly: that’s the odd sight that greets visitors to Prague’s Lucerna Palace. In a city revered for its Gothic beauty, this supine equine—with its tongue lolling out of its mouth and its tail hanging lifelessly—catches most people off-guard. Yet its subject and placement are hardly random: in 1999, artist David Cerny created it as a spoof of the right-side-up Wenceslas horse sculpture nearby.
Here are easier ways of ensuring your hotel folio belongs to you.
1. Have an alibi
When I checked out of The Shores Resort & Spa in Daytona Beach, Florida, recently, I found a "Fletch"-like surprise on my bill: Someone had ordered a cheeseburger, Caesar salad and two Miller Lites at the Tiki Bar and charged it to my room. There’s just one problem: I’ve never been to the Tiki Bar. Besides, I’m more or less a vegetarian and I’m not much of a drinker. The charges couldn’t have been mine.
There are a number of important cruise line tips that can help all travelers who are entertaining the idea of taking a cruise. Some of the best kept secrets of travel agents can save the individual money as well.
One thing to consider when looking into traveling is to book your own airfare and flights rather than booking them as part of the cruise package. This can really save you a lot of money and offer the same travel arrangements as the more expensive packages.