Suggestions While Travelling

Going away on vacation should be an enjoyable experience but everyone has a horror story to tell. Perhaps your hotel room was robbed, or perhaps a careless spouse accidentally gambled away more money than they realized, or perhaps you simply lost your wallets or travel luggage somewhere between the airport and hotel. Here are 10 ways to make sure that your trip is a success in spite of those obstacles. Use a hidden wallet to carry most of your valuables and identification. If you feel comfortable sending it in the mail, mail a money order or a travellers checks to yourself at your hotel so that even if you lose some of your money, more will be coming.

While you don't have to be too strict, you should have an agenda and leave it with someone at home. This way, if something happens in the area where you are vacationing, your loved ones will be able to have a fairly good idea of where you are. Keep copies of identification at home, even if you take the originals with you. When you go on vacation, choose one credit card to bring, rather than bringing all of them. This way, if your wallet gets stolen, you will minimize your losses.

Another option is to choose a preloaded credit card, which is really more like a debit card that you put money "on" so that if you end up losing your wallet the thieves cannot wreck your credit rating. Bring important phone numbers with you on your trip and put them in two different places. Bring a phone number that will cancel your credit card; if you're traveling out of the country bring a phone number to reach the embassy; bring phone numbers of close family and friends who can help you if you get into trouble; and bring phone numbers of the hotel and car rental company as well. You'll want to have your travel insurance information.

Be sure to keep a copy of your travel insurance at home as well as on your trip so that a family member can access it if necessary. Bring basic medical information with you, like blood type and allergies, and make sure that the medical information is translated into the primary language of the place you are going to so that non-English-speaking doctors will have no problem understanding the situation. Know what kind of insurance is covered on your credit card, if that is how you are using to paying for your trip. For example, some credit cards cover car rental insurance, but may not cover it in the country is you are going to. Be sure to know what insurance you have before you leave.

Having a good, refreshing night sleep is very important for those that travel a lot. It may not seem like a big thing, but business persons that are always travelling are often complaining about not being able to sleep enough because of their neighbors or because of the hotel staff. Here are some tips on how to make sure you will have the chance to get a good sleep overnight in order to be completely fresh for that morning meeting! The first important travel tip is choosing the right hotel room.

Make sure your room is not placed near an elevator or near the ice machine. It may not seem to be a big deal, but feeling the elevators vibration all night long will not help you sleep after a long tiring day of travel. Neither will help you sleep the sound of the hotels ice machine used by all the other persons on your floor. And, most important, always ask at the hotels reception if your room is placed near the disco club. Make sure you put at least 3 floors between your sleep and the hotels disco!

Another travel tip is to check if your hotel room has a Do Not Disturb sign. If it doesnt, ask the reception to give you one, or even make one yourself. Otherwise, the hotels cleaning staff will wake you up for the usual changing the towels operation. And this is extremely annoying, especially when you are about to start another long day of travel. In case there is a party carried out next door, don't bother to complain to the hotels receptions staff. All they can do is to send the hotel security to ask the party animals to keep it down.

Therefore you should ask the front desk staff to give you another room. Insist if they claim there are no more rooms. Do the same thing if there is a couple next door training for the world sex Olympics. And, early in the morning, before leaving the hotel, you can have your own little revenge by calling the loud room. They will be most likely sleeping. And, a final piece of travel advice: always pack a pair of earplugs whenever sleep over night in hotels. They will stop you from hearing all the disturbing noises any hotels may be dealing with.