3 Useful Travel Tips

Without meaning to sound in any way negative, and to take away from the great pleasue our holidays and vacations can bring us, many things can go wrong when you are travelling abroad. There are though soem things we can do to make our travels more trouble free. Below 3 quick ideas. Please also feel free to send us your ideas, via blog comments!

1. Make sure that you scanned copy of your passort and other important travel documents and ensure that you email these to your web based email address (i.e. a Yahoo or hotmail account). You will then be able to access a copy of your documents from anywhere in the world if you need.

2. Do learn even just 10 words of the local language. Even if you cannot say any more thank please and thank you and a few more words. Just saying those 2 or 3 words can get the locals on your side. Even a few words in the local language, shows some effort has been made on your part and you will find locals often act more friendly and helpfully, towards you.

3. Do buy a small pocket travel guide i.e. Lonely Planet guide. There is little point in trying to save a few dollars, Euros or pounds on not buying such a book because the book itself will pay for itself with even the most simple information, such as how and where to get travel card on local transportation. The books have paid for themselves ten-fold for me wherever I have travelled. My favourites are the Lonely Planet Series.

One final tip, make sure you check Holiday Velvet apartment and villa rentals website before travelling. The prices can mean you save on the cost of a hotel stay!