| 1). Get Your Passport: Your passport opens up the | | | | category at your hotel. Book a balcony suite on your |
| world to you. You need a passport to go Canada, | | | | cruise. Stay less days if it'll get you a better room or |
| Mexico and the Caribbean now too! If you have an | | | | flight. You won't regret it...and will probably enjoy it! |
| expired passport, get it renewed. Go to the US State | | | | 7) Blog about your travels: Keep in touch with family |
| Department's website to get started on the process. | | | | and friends by blogging about your trips. Take pictures, |
| 2). Travel to someplace you've always wanted to go | | | | write stories, and have them follow you along on your |
| to: Now is the time to travel to that far off destination | | | | journey. It's a great way to keep in touch, and will |
| you've always wanted to see. If your dream vacation | | | | make lifetime memories for you. There are many free |
| is a safari in Africa, or a trip to the Galapagos, pricing in | | | | travel blogging websites available. TravelPod is one I've |
| 2010 is still very reasonable. | | | | used... Travel Blog also offers a free travel blog at |
| 3). Take more day trips or weekend getaways: You | | | | 8). Buy Travel Insurance when traveling: Traveling |
| don't have to spend a fortune to get away. A day trip | | | | without insurance is like driving a car with no insurance. |
| away from your regular routine, or a weekend | | | | You take a very big risk of incurring thousands of |
| getaway will recharge your batteries, and hold you | | | | dollars in medical costs that are not covered by your |
| over until you can take an extended vacation. | | | | insurance company. Imagine being overseas, hurt, and |
| 4). Try something new every trip: Try something | | | | uninsured, and having to be evacuated back to the US |
| you've never done before every time you travel. It can | | | | for emergency surgery. Not something you want to |
| be as mild or wild as you'd like. Go horseback riding. | | | | pay out of pocket, but you will without proper |
| Try ballroom dance lessons. Learn scuba diving. Go | | | | coverage. Insure your trip...you won't regret it. If you |
| whitewater rafting. Try a new food. The possibilities | | | | travel frequently, there are annual policies you can |
| are endless. | | | | purchase, otherwise, less frequent travelers can |
| 5). Get to know the locals: When traveling, strike up a | | | | purchase per trip insurance. |
| conversation with your waiter, eat at a local favorite | | | | 9). Travel with your children: Just because you have |
| restaurant, or talk to a shopkeeper. Ask for | | | | kids doesn't mean you can't travel. It doesn't mean the |
| recommendations for local restaurants, sights to see, | | | | end of life as you know it! Travel with your kids...pass |
| or events. You'll learn more about a destination by | | | | your love of travel onto them. Take shorter trips if |
| getting to know the locals better than you would by | | | | money is tight...but do travel with them. |
| just observing from afar. | | | | 10). Be open to opportunities: When any one ever |
| 6). Upgrade: Always traveled on a budget, staying in | | | | says, would you like to go to-or an opportunity you |
| the cheapest accommodations, taking the cheapest | | | | hadn't thought of before comes up, say yes. This |
| flights you can find? Why not try upgrading...for a | | | | question has led to me traveling to Disney, and a cruise |
| change. Schedule a nonstop flight to your destination (if | | | | on two ships. Go, man go! |
| possible). Fly in first class. Upgrade to a nicer room | | | | |
