Travel - 3 Key Things to Find

The holidays often surround us with travel. Students out of school on a break, work places closed for a moment in time, family to visit or a simple break from the day-to-day grind.  Locating a place to visit and stay can be quite challenging and one never knows what they’re going to get when they arrive. Some hotels touting top accommodations are soon discovered to be more like hostels and transportation around the town can be quite frustrating when you cannot read the signs. Handstands might turn in to trips to the doctor, and stomach aches from too many jelly beans might require a trip to the store.

The travel section in the New York Times offers all of us some key tips to follow, regardless of where our destination takes us.  The first suggestion is to locate a drug store.  Although many medications can be brought, one never knows what might occur when they are away from home. A sprained ankle, allergies, or even a cold can occur and no one wants to suffer. 

Many drug stores also offer grab and go food and beverages, a less expensive way to snack while away. If you are lucky, you can locate one that is open 24 hours a day and has all the possible supplies you might need, including an ATM machine. Being able to access money, especially while traveling oversees is helpful. Planning ahead and exchanging money at your local bank or at the currency exchange counters in the airport is important but what happens when you decide to take a local excursion that wasn’t planned for or purchase a piece of art off of a street vendor and you need cash. Knowing where that local ATM is located will help you along that journey of spending. It could be a good or bad thing depending on your budget.

Finally it is always important to locate a Wi-Fi hotspot. . Rosenbloom provides you with several suggestions on how to access free Wi-Fi while also protecting your information. Remember that when traveling abroad your cellular service may not work as well as at home and the cost of using it can be substantial depending on where you visit.

If you are relying on map programs and the Internet to lead you through a city, locate sites close to where you will be going to allow you to connect for free. Croudsource apps are out there and available to help you locate what you need.

Before you leave be as prepared as you can be but don’t forget these few tips. They might just save the day and keep your vacation running smoothly both on the ground and in the air. And everything else aside, don’t forget to have fun, take risks and enjoy each moment you have. You will never again live that same day.