Travel Tip Tuesday
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Finding Places Of Interest With Wikipedia
Wikipedia is a great website and mobile app for interesting articles! Did you know you can also use the Wikipedia app while travelling to learn about the ‘Places’ around you? Tune in as Meggan tells us about this great discovery and how it can help you learn more your own town or wherever you go in the world – we love discovering new places and we love finding even easier ways to do it!
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Apps To Make Airport Customs Easier
This week on TTT, Jenn talks about some apps we can explore using for travel! Whether you are looking to get across the border faster, get through customs faster or just make life easier – Jenn breaks down some options and talks about their advantages! There is an app for everything these days, let’s talk options for travel!
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Read Reviews… With A Grain Of Salt
When booking your travel or making restaurant arrangements, it is great to be able to see what others have said about where you hope to spend your time and money! There are a few things to look out for when looking at reviews and Meggan shares some tips and tricks on how to trust reviews and reviewers and where you should look for solid advice! If you are going to spend time and money doing something, yet you have never been there before, it is a great idea to hear from others who have! Could save you a headache OR get you even more excited about your upcoming adventures!
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Saving Money With City Passes
Have you ever been visiting a city and thought, wow everything we want to do has an admission fee? Those costs can really start to add up! Join us on this episode where Jenn talks about the advantages of City Passes and how to be sure you are getting a deal OR if it might be better to skip the pass! It does involve doing math! We are sorry about that but we all want to save money where we can right?
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Why You Should Download Offline Google Maps
As we learn in this episode, whether you are travelling near or far you may not always have access to data on your phone and/or wifi and this is where offline maps come in handy! Plan ahead and download the maps at home! You don’t want to be on your way to your destination or at your destination and not be able to access the location of the places you intended to visit or even your hotel! Being prepared with downloaded maps can really take the stress out of travelling and help guarantee you will know where you are going! Why not make travel stress free with this simple and…
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Do You Need To Inform Your Bank When You Travel?
Join us on this TTT as Jenn takes a deep dive into all things banking! We discuss whether you still need to inform your bank before travelling? Why is having a debit or credit card with a chip in it convenient? Does your local bank have a partner bank where you are travelling to save on international fees!? Jenn did some of the research for you with this one so tune in to hear all about it and save yourself some time (and money)!
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Finding Facebook Groups To Plan Travel
Facebook has its issues however it can be a great resource when it comes to travel planning! We are currently or have in the past both made use of travel groups to help us figure out places to eat, what to see, information regarding travel passes and more from dedicated destination Facebook groups. It can take a bit of trial and error to find a group that is right for you and what you are looking to learn but when you do – it can be so useful as you plan your next trip. You might even end up visiting somewhere you hadn’t planned based on your newfound group! These groups…
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Should You Take The CAT Ferry to Maine?
Meggan is fresh off her experience taking the CAT ferry from Yarmouth to Bar Harbor Maine, and back, but should YOU take it? The CAT ferry is a long debated service in Nova Scotia and Meggan shares her experience and opinion.
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Tips For Flying In Fall/Winter 2022
It’s wild out there travelling right now – delayed flights, lost baggage, cancelled flights (even some cancelled mid-air!); it can be intimidating! Don’t fear, Jenn comes through on this Travel Tip Tuesday with some easy and manageable tips to help you navigate the chaos! Some big keys of course are going to be proper planning, give yourself enough time and understand that as much as you do plan, it may not work out how you hope it will! We certainly hope things improve as 2022 turns into 2023 but above all – remember to be kind, we are all trying our best!
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Tips For Visiting Europe
If you’re visiting Europe from Canada or North America, there are some things you may not expect! We share some things that you might want to bring with you from home, and what to expect from our experience. We haven’t seen all of Europe yet, so this might not be everywhere!
