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Tag: hotel tips

Health

How to Sleep Well When You Travel…zzzzzzzzz…

June 2, 2019 Health, hotel tips, US travel, Worldwide Destinations Comments are off
How to sleep well when you travel: Even the most beautiful room can't always lull you to sleep! (Trapani, Sicily. Photo by Suzanne Ball)

Knowing how to sleep well when you travel can make all the difference in your experience. You’ve saved and planned for this adventure–don’t let anything keep you from enjoying every minute. According to a study by Wakefield Research, over...

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Hotels

7 Surprising Things a Hotel Concierge Can Do For You

April 22, 2018 hotel tips, Hotels, Travel tips 4 Comments
You'll find the concierge desk in the hotel lobby.

You already know that a hotel concierge can give you a map of the city you’re visiting. They’re handy with the attraction brochures, too. They seem to know the hours of every museum in the city and the latest...

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How-ToTravel TipsWorldwide Destinations

How to Use a Bidet: Like Riding a Horse!

August 20, 2017 Europe, hotel tips, Hotels, solo travel, Travel tips, Worldwide Destinations 23 Comments

How to use a bidet? Admit it, at some point you’ve wondered… Popular in many parts of the world, Americans have never embraced the idea of washing themselves “down there” to stay clean. No, we prefer rolls and rolls...

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Safety and ScamsSolo TravelTravel Tips

Solo Travel Safety: How to Begin

June 25, 2017 hotel tips, safety, solo travel, Travel Planning, Travel tips 1 Comment
Solo Travel Safety: A smart woman is prudent, yet enjoys going new places. (Photo Credit: Wordpress)

Solo travel safety: How to Begin? Is staying safe (and healthy) when you go places by yourself different from traveling with someone else? Answer: Yes. I’m not a scaredy-cat traveler. And I honestly can’t think of a time when...

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Hotel Secrets from a Front Desk Agent

May 2, 2017 Books, hotel tips, Hotels, Travel tips 3 Comments

Follow my blog with Bloglovin Hotel secrets? Perhaps you, like me, consider yourself to be a smart traveler. Even sophisticated in terms of getting places and finding a place to sleep. For over a decade, I’ve maintained “elite” status...

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Want the best travel deals? Talk to a human!

February 7, 2017 budget travel, hotel tips, Travel Planning, Travel tips 1 Comment
Your Travel Plan starts with a few decisions. After that, it's just filling in the blanks!

Follow my blog with Bloglovin Where are the best travel deals? You may be surprised to learn that they are not online. Indeed! You should talk to a human. In fact, a recent six-question travel quiz by Good Housekeeping has...

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Worth 1,000 Words…

A labyrinth can reset our mind and intention. Can we do the same with how we travel? (Photo by Suzanne Ball)
Flower Vendor at sSeattle Pike Place Market
Seattle’s Pike Place Market is one of the nation’s treasures. (Photo by Suzanne Ball)
The World's Largest Rocking Chair in Casey, Illinois.
Going to Seattle? Of course you'll want to visit the Space Needle. Fresh from a renovation, here's what to know!
"Becoming Human" by Christian Ristow welcomes you to Meow Wolf.The flower-sniffing robot is 30 feet tell. (Photo by Suzanne Ball)
A "young man" of 70+ years leads the band in Santa Clara. (Photo by Suzanne Ball)
Sandia Peak Tram was a challenge to build.
After your selfie at The Bean, visit one of the Chicago food halls!
The passage to the stadium was once covered entirely by a stone arch roof. Today, only one section remains. It's easy to imagine how athletes felt as they ran down the narrow entry into the stadium
The wooden roof is what burned on 15 April 2019, taking the spire with it. When it was built, Notre Dame Cathedral required 52 acres of forest to complete the roof.
Loretto Chapel, Santa Fe, NM: The Mysterious and Miraculous Staircase
Better to see something once than hear about it a thousand times..
Solo travel doesn't really have many downsides
Unclaimed Baggage Center is easy to find in Scottsboro, AL.
Milwaukee Art Museum: Architect Santiago Calatrava designed MOM to resemble a ship. Given its location on the Lake Michigan waterfront, his idea was brilliant. (Photo credit: Suzanne Ball. All rights reserved.)
Peace solo travel by eating at a nice restaurant
Rome-Colosseum
U.S. Destinations-Seattle-Pike Place
Window shopping in Florence: Silk ties
The Acropolis in Athens awaits!
Craving Europe? There are some surprising European destinations in the US!

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