Solo Travel Tips
Safety Tips for Women. 16 Ways to Avoid Trouble.
We can be aware of our surrounding. We can avoid questionable neighborhoods and we can communicate that we’re self-assured by walking confidently with our heads up. There are other ways we can prepare ourselves and avoid trouble. I learned these safety tips traveling to ninety-plus countries and I hope they’ll be useful to you. Send [...]
College Semester Abroad Safety Tips – Tourist Advice
Safety Tips for students going abroad. From experienced college students and travel expert, Marybeth Bond. Women Travel Statistics indicate that the number one issue for women travelers is safety. Here are practical safety tips compiled by my college-age daughter and her friends, who have recently returned from studying abroad; from Florence to Kathmandu to Buenos [...]
Seven Best Things To Do If Your Flight is Cancelled
Airline Passenger Rights 1. Request rule 240, which in the US stipulates that the airline must deliver you to your destination within 2 hours of your scheduled flight time. If it can’t (and delay isn’t due to weather) it must arrange your ticket on another flight at no additional cost. But you must ask for [...]
Hotel Security. How to be Safe and Stress Free.
Here are some tips to make sure you, and your stuff, are safe and secure in your hotel room.
Health Tips for Women Travelers
Women, if you’re like me, when planning travel, you’ve got your agenda planned, your wardrobe to match the adventure you are about to embark upon and a child-like smile plastered to your face thinking about the sites you are about to see. Health issues while traveling could put a serious damper on your anticipated plans. [...]
Tips for the Solo Woman Traveler
Shelving a lucrative career at the age of 29, I fulfilled a childhood dream and took off for two years to trek, cycle, climb, dive, and kayak my way through six continents and more than 70 countries around the world. Since no one shared my dream or wanted to interrupt their careers, I reluctantly headed [...]
Marybeth speaks about travel safety on CNN News. CNN Airport Channel.
In this clip from CNN, Marybeth shares great advice for travel safety and hotel security while you travel. “Don’t let fear keep you at home!” says Marybeth. “Use your common sense.” This is an especially helpful video for business travelers.
Bargain for Your Hotel Room
Do your homework You can call the hotel directly. Ask the hotel reservations staff the “occupancy rate” of the hotel for the dates you’ll be visiting. If the hotel is near full you won’t have as much bargaining power. To attempt to bargain with the hotel manager you must know the going rate, check out [...]
Solo Travel Tips
I traveled alone around the world, without a partner or friend, when I was 30. When I planned the trip, I assumed I would be alone, that it would be lots of hard work, and that at times I would be lonely. I was wrong on all counts. I found out that solo travel is [...]
Safety Tips
A key to safe travel is to make smart choices and use your common sense, especially when traveling alone. Don’t be paranoid, but be aware that bad things do happen, and protect yourself. An important safety tip is to trust your instincts. They are well-honed from living in the USA. If you feel something is [...]
