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 After
over 25 years of traveling the globe with one to three international
trips per year, I can assure you a library could easily be
written about “international travel.”
Most
of you would never take the time to read the books, but perhaps
you might take time to read Traveling Smart , by
Carolyn Hayes Uber. I found the “best of a traveling library”
condensed into one very interesting book that would prove
to be an asset to the person doing international travel.
Among
the subjects covered in the book are:
Making
Plans
Passports
and Other Documents
Airline
Arrangements
Several
chapters pertaining to hotels and reservations, car rentals,
and related subjects.
Airports,
Check-In, Luggage, Jet Lag, Medical Matters, Dining, Safety,
and Getting Back Home are just some of the subjects.
Some
of the information relative to the plane:
“Nearby
Restrooms – Avoid seats close to the restrooms, even if you
expect to use the restroom frequently. There's often a line,
so you'll end up waiting your turn anyway…
Galley
Seats – Avoid seats near the galley. Food and drink preparation
and clean up can be quite noisy.
Front
Row Seats – Avoid front row seats in each cabin section….usually
saved for those traveling with babies. Also, because they're
adjacent to galleys and restrooms…
Back
Row Seats – Seats in the back row of each cabin section don't
recline as much as other seats, if they do at all.
There
is an excellent First Aid Checklist for your traveling medical
kit, as well as a very good Carry-on Bag Checklist, a Master
Packing Checklist, and a list of things to keep in your travel
organizer.
The
list of “Traveling Annoyances” just might save you being one
of those annoying people:
Perfume
too strong, talking too loudly, getting too close, crying
babies,
and
body odor. People who grab the back of your seat top as they
get
in
and out has to be included also.
I
found the How Not To Get Lost section fairly helpful,
but would have added even more helps to the list.
Near
the back of the book there are a number of sections that list
important address for the traveler to have with them. For
$14.95 I think it would be an excellent investment for the
person learning international travel, or for a person who
has had only limited travel experience even domestically.
Every traveler would find something in the book “to make their
life easier” – even I did!
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