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What’s important for Solo Female Travel
This year (2018), PRNewswire reported that 'women dominate solo travel in a 63/36 split'. And according to TrekkSoft Travel Trends Report 2018, “The average monthly search for the term solo female travel grew by 52% between 2016 and 2017”. With the dramatic increase...
Money Best Spent. A Car, House, Things or Travel?
Something to consider - you just received a small but significant bonus at work or you inherited a small sum of money. The question now, what's the smartest way to spend it? Buy a car, put it toward a house, put it toward a debt? The options are endless but we’re...
What no one admits about online travel searches
I’ve said it before and here I go again…we’ve become a world of independent travel researchers and planners. What used to be a phone call to a local travel agent is now a project consuming hours of research time - time that most of us don’t have BUT the flipside is...
Find Vacation Packages Faster: Take the Opptee Challenge
It's a world where we've become vacation researchers and planners. How many sites do you search when looking for vacation deals? Do you compare prices between vacation sites and then aggregator sites? How many hours do you spend searching? According to Expedia Media...
9 Best Travel Insurance Tips
Update: Travel Insurance may be on the way to becoming mandatory. A growing number of countries insist that visitors to their country show proof of medical coverage before entering. Countries currently requiring insurance are Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland,...
Searching Car Rental Deals: Take the Opptee Challenge
How many sites to you search when looking for car rental deals? Do you compare prices between rental sites and aggregator sites such as Expedia or rentalcars.com? How many hours do you spend searching? According to Expedia Media Solutions, the average online travel...
Be Aware of the Newest Travel Scams
Travel scams come and go and it’s a full-time job keeping up-to-date on the newest and most devious travel con-tricks. If you are aware of recent scams, you are less likely to fall prey to the con-artist ploys. Here are the latest travel scams we’ve learned. The taxi...
How to choose and get the best airplane seat
Finding the best seat on a plane varies for everyone and depends on your needs, the time of day, your connection time and your budget. What I consider a ‘best seat’ may not be the one you prefer. Before you commit to a seat selection, here are some considerations when...
Search Hotel Deals Faster: Take the Opptee Challenge
How many sites to you search when looking for hotels? Do you compare prices between hotel sites, consolidator sites and private rental sites? How many hours do you spend searching? According to Expedia Media Solutions, the average online travel search includes 38...
7 easy ways to stay healthy while traveling
Being sick at home is not fun but being sick while traveling is even worse. When it happens, you may be in a country where you can’t access the same over-the-counter medications you normally take. You may also be more hesitant to seek medical care or may not have easy...
