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Tips For Planning Your Arrival Day
When travelling somewhere new, there is the urge to never let a moment pass you by HOWEVER jamming too much into that first day after what is usually tiring travel can be a mistake! Jenn lets us in on some common mistakes people make in doing this and also some tips to help you plan not to plan! Being rested for your trip overall is key so planning to rest is our best advice!
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Tips For Traveling South In 2023
This winter is the first full winter in a while that people can freely travel anywhere they want and what they want is the sun and sand! Meggan shares tips on when to book, what kind of room types exist with some pros and cons of each and also how to temper your expectations as we are still technically in a pandemic and just out of hurricane season! The message of the day as always – be kind and be patient and happy travels!
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How To Store Your Travel Photos
Travel photos are our sacred memories. We upload them to Instagram and we share them on Facebook but a lot of people don’t do anything else with them! Jenn talks to us about the importance of backing up your pictures. She explores options like the cloud or an external hard drive even printing your photos as keepsakes like back in the old days! No one ever thinks a hard drive crash will happen to them until it does and then what about your memories? Don’t let that happen to you!
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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 Sightseeing 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 sightseeing 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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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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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!
