Really loved your dinner? Get the Chef’s autograph on a napkin or a copy of the menu. Thought your hotel was great, get the Hotel Manager’s John Hancock on a brochure. This way you can remember not only what made your trip special but who made it special.
Make your bag stand out – Airplane tip
Make your luggage stand out! Customizing your luggage prevents others from mistakenly picking it up and helps you spot your luggage faster.
Customizing your luggage need not be expensive. Inexpensive options include:
- tieing brightly-colored ribbons to the handles of each piece of luggage;
- affixing bumper stickers to the hard, external parts of bags;
- wrapping multi-colored duct tape to the outside of a piece of luggage;
- monogram-stenciling the bag with paint;
- attaching unbreakable holiday ornaments to a bag’s handles.
Ski for free at Stowe when you stay at Topnotch Resort
Ski season is in full swing at resorts throughout the US, and now through April 10, you can “ski for free” at Topnotch Resort in Stowe, Vermont. The resort sits at the base of Mount Mansfield, Vermont’s highest peak, which reaches nearly 5,000 feet. It offers luxury accommodations on 120 acres, 40 minutes from Burlington Airport. .
This season, included in accommodations rates, you’ll also receive two adult lifts tickets to Stowe Mountain delivered by the resort’s “Ski Concierge”, shuttle service to and from the mountain, and overnight ski storage. Rentals are available from the resort’s Nordic Barn. In addition to skiing, the resort offers tennis, a spa, and horseback trail rides.
Rates start at $250 (plus tax) for weekdays and $350 for weekends. Blackout dates include January 28-30, February 7-20, February 25-27, and March 21-23. Rate outside of the promotion start at $300 per night, and lift tickets at Stowe can cost $84 per day per person, so this deal would save you around $200 per day for two skiers….which means more money for apres ski fun and hot toddies by the fire.
Always have two places in mind – Dining out tip
Every vacationer’s itinerary should include broad strokes of where to eat at all points along the way. However, a smart vacationer always has two places in mind for each meal, because restaurants occasionally close with little warning.
Having two options in mind ahead of time certainly doesn’t limit you to those establishments only, but a little bit of advance work pays off when no better option presents itself during your tour.
Email your docs – International travel tip
Missing documentation is among the the most challenging issues an international traveler can face. So, take a moment and email yourself the following:
- a scanned copy of your passport
- a scanned copy of your birth certificate
- a detail copy of your itinerary
- your airline reservations
- your hotel confirmations
While traveling, if you need any of the documents, you just need to get to your email client, and you can reproduce them easily.