Use neutral colors to make the most out of your traveling wardrobe.
Bring khaki, black or brown slacks or skirts which can easily be mixed with bold colored blazers and blouses to create a variety of outfits on your trip.
By making use of neutral colors, you can create a striking outfit for every day of your trip while lugging less clothing overall.
Best intended for long, multi-state trips, make a list of the 50 states for each participating member in the car, and they each check off the state when they see a car with that state’s license plate.
This can be entertaining for kids as well as adults and it can also be cooperative or competitive. An added challenge is not allowing checkoffs for the state you’re currently in. The game exercises one’s observational skills as well as teaching what each state’s license plate design looks like and can also be played simultaneously while conversing or listening to music, allowing it to last for hours.
For a twist, create individual BINGO cards for each player with various states listed.
As an undergrad traveling around Europe, I didn’t have a lot of money to spend on souvenirs, but I still wanted a memento from every city and town that I visited. Though I couldn’t afford, say, a miniature plastic Eiffel Tower, I did stumble upon the perfect souvenir for anyone looking to save money: transit maps and tickets.
By keeping tickets, I not only had a physical keepsake of my trip, but I also had a great way of documenting exactly what I did and when. And by keeping maps, I could literally retrace my steps at any time.
When you arrive in a town in a country that’s not your own, check out the local culture by heading for the grocery store.
You’ll find more new food experiences than you would in a restaurant at half the price — and you can still dine out!
For instance, on a trip to Denmark, we visited a village’s grocery, looked at all the interesting foods, and bought some fabulous cheese, yogurt and smoked fish. We took it to a park and had the best lunch of our trip. (If you plan to do this, don’t forget to throw some plastic cutlery in your suitcase!)
With baggage fees constantly climbing, travelers are having to get creative to skirt unwanted costs. One unconventional method involves actually leaving the plane with more carry-on bags than you boarded with.
How is it possible? Simple:
Peculiar? Undoubtedly. Effective? Highly.