Understanding Their Currency

When I travel to another country, one of the most confusing aspects for me is understanding their currency. Although most vendors are friendly and understanding, I have had more than one store clerk get very irritated that I didn't know their currency quick enough.

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Reading Reviews

There are quite a few sites out there that allow other passengers to post their reviews for cruises, destinations and activities they have been on. They are an invaluable resources because the reviews will often provide information and opinions that you may have never thought about, or that can greatly enhance your experience. Over the years though, I have noticed a problem with reading them. You will often times read one glowing review and the very next review on the same item will just be slamming it. How do you know who to believe? Because of that, I thought it would be a good idea to give you some tricks for getting the most out of these reviews.

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Overcoming Turbulence

There is probably nothing else about traveling that can stress you out quicker than feeling like you are going to die on the plane. When it starts bumping and jumping and swaying and dropping everyone’s stress level goes up.

Here are some quick tips on dealing with getting through the turbulence and those apprehensions about traveling.

What it is: The first thing you need to do is learn what turbulence really is. Turbulence happens when the plane goes through a change in air stream. Think about when you are on a boat and another boat crosses in your path. That change in direction the boat causes in the waves, causes your boat to go up and down. In the sky, that happens just from a natural change of air flow, but it's the same affect. It will also happen when landing in extremely hot areas. We have this quite often here in Las Vegas during the summer due to the extreme heat. When the plane hits that layer of heat it can feel like you just hit a wall.

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