Travel Tips and Smart Advice for Safer, More Comfortable, and Worry-Free Travel.

How You Can Track the Spread of Any Illness Around the World Concerned about where to travel or if where your plans are taking you are safe from a health perspective?  Now you have a couple of tools to help you learn about your destination with up to the minute advice. The following two websites show where the Coronavirus has spread and where there are...

How Much Should You Tip? Guidelines for Hotels, Restaurants, and Bars One question most travelers ask is how much should you tip?  Typically the one place you end up tipping most frequently is in your hotel. There is the bellstaff, housekeeping, the concierge and dining room personnel. If they provide a service, they typically should get a tip. How much you should tip for those...

Where there are tourists, there are pickpockets and con-artists. Travel scams in Europe typically fall into two categories.  Distraction thefts and thefts of opportunity. Some scams seem to be more prevalent in some countries while other travel scams are more popular in different countries. You’re more vulnerable to being ripped off in unfamiliar surroundings and street thieves take advantage of this. Trending Distraction Travel Scams...

Looking for an anti-theft crossbody handbag for travel? If you’re planning on traveling finding an anti-theft crossbody handbag is a must and is always a popular choice for travelers.  Anti-theft crossbody bags or purses look like regular bags or purse however, their built security features are discreet so you can enjoy the sites with peace of mind.  Anti-theft travel bags are practical, comfortable, and can...

Here’s your list of 8 most purchased must-pack over the counter travel medications you should pack. It never fails if you’re going to get sick while away from home, it’ll happen at night when the stores are closed or somewhere when you’re a distance from a town with a drug store, and the worst scenario is it happens in a foreign country where you don’t...

While Venice is one of the jewels of Italy, it also has a reputation for children pickpockets. Most first time tourists to Italy pick Venice as one of their destinations to visit. First-time tourists and even repeat visitors should be aware that while they are enjoying the charms of the city they are targets for pickpockets of all ages including child pickpockets. What may take...