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In the Suitcase: Avoiding tourist traps
It’s easy to take advice from others while on vacation: Eat here! Go there! That place has the best mojitos! Don’t miss the incredible tour of this! Depending from whom this advice is doled, we forget that opinions and tastes … Continue reading
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In the Suitcase: Trip insurance!
I briefly mentioned the value of purchasing trip insurance twice in this blog: once when our honeymoon to Thailand was nearly sabotaged by the hundred thousands of protestors taking over the airports in Bangkok, and another regarding injuries while on … Continue reading
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In the Suitcase: What to do if you get hurt or sick while traveling
The worst case scenario in any travel adventure is that people can get hurt! Tourists wander around in a bubble, observing their new surroundings like visitors at an uncaged zoo, avoiding the water and washing their hands with alcohol wipes … Continue reading
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In the Suitcase: Volunteer vacations
Who hasn’t dreamt of living out of a hut in Kenya and playing with orphaned children, helping them read or put on clothes or singing songs together. I mean, what a great romantic cliche many 22-year-old college graduates think they’ll experience … Continue reading
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In The Suitcase: Packing Light
My two sisters-in-law are headed to Israel this week for ten days and were handed a fairly ambiguous packing list with suggested items on it and then to pack for temperatures between 40 to 70 degrees. And for activities like … Continue reading
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In the Suitcase: Winter driving
This weekend Jon and I got into a bad accident in his SUV (note: the picture is NOT our accident. Ours really doesn’t look this bad). Fortunately and miraculously, everyone involved walked away unharmed. The Northeast got its first snowfall … Continue reading
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In the Suitcase: Last-minute travel
Jon and I are in the process of moving to Baltimore, which means that our current place in DC is a mess, our new place in Baltimore is a mess, and then there’s turkey to be had in Chicago. So, … Continue reading
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In The Suitcase: Travel agents
To begin: I am my best travel agent. I have never had a good experience with any other kind of travel agent. Here’s where I will probably get stomped on by many an agent, whose job I would probably love … Continue reading
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In the Suitcase: Israel, for free!
My very, VERY lucky sister-in-law has been granted permission to join one of the many Israel birthright trips that whisks her and a group of other young adults overseas to the mystical land of Israel, for the grand total of … Continue reading
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In the Suitcase: Reading the State Department warnings
If you’re ever feeling like your life in the United States is fairly dull and uneventful, and you wish yourself a more exotic version somewhere else in the world (and Baltimore isn’t even exciting and dangerous enough), here’s a suggestion. Visit … Continue reading
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