by Marybeth Bond | Apr 2, 2019 | Homepage Slider, full-image, home page slider, Best Travel Apps, Safety Tips, Travel, Featured, Travel, Solo Travel Tips
Travel safety for woman is the number one concern for students, seniors and world adventurers. I’ve written chapters in my books and spoken at universities and at travel shows about “how to stay safe and travel the world”. Here are ways to be...
by Marybeth Bond | Sep 4, 2018 | Best Travel Apps, Travel, Packing Pointers, Featured
As avid travelers, we want to share the best travel apps we have found useful before and during our journeys worldwide. Walking tours anytime by local experts Detour, is a cool new app for people who hate conventional walking tours (meeting with large groups at...
by Marybeth Bond | Aug 11, 2016 | Best Travel Apps, Adventure, Travel Magazine, Safety Tips, Cultural Exploration, Travel
Marybeth Bond, Gutsy Traveler I just returned from Vietnam, an outrageously exciting country to travel to. A little preparation before you go can take the headache out of simple things like crossing the street or avoiding dog or cat meat. 1. Learn how to cross the...
by Claire Cudahy | Nov 19, 2013 | Best Travel Apps, Travel, Travel, Solo Travel Tips
Moving to a small town in Greece from California—in the middle of the tourist off-season, I might add—has taught me a thing or two about surviving in a country where you don’t speak the language. With a little help from your smartphone and a healthy dose of...
by Marybeth Bond | Jul 10, 2012 | Best Travel Apps, Travel, Travel
We all lock our hotel room doors and make copies of our passports as precautions, but how many of us think about the “digital dangers” of traveling? Nearly everyone travels with a smartphone or laptop, making the possibility of loss, theft, data interception and hard...
by Marybeth Bond | Jan 4, 2012 | Best Travel Apps, Safety Tips, Travel
Some of us have to learn the hard way. After my two-year-around the world trip I discovered I had damaged my eyes by not wearing proper eye protection. My perfect 20/20 eyesight was compromised due to over- exposure to harmful UV rays. How do you protect your eyes...
