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5 Tips for Care-free Traveling |
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1. Leave some wiggle room in your schedule |
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2. Plan for problems
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For instance, what will you do if your baby has a massive diaper breech on the airplane? What happens if you lose your passport or wallet? What if you find yourself debilitated by a dreaded stomach bug?
Thinking through such scenarios will help you plan and prepare to deal with them should they actually occur. It may even help you to avoid certain problems entirely. I don't know what it is about Chicago O'Hare Airport, but our family can never seem to get through it without a delay, or worse - a cancellation. We've come to expect it. Here you see my then 11-year-old son taking advantage of a lengthy delay by catching up on some much needed sleep. |
3. Talk to someone who has been where you are going
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4. Keep things in perspective
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5. Document your experiences
Travel often abounds with new and unusual experiences. The best time to capture those memories is while you are making them. Take the time as you sit in an airport, on a train or in a car or bus to write about your journey and the associated adventures. Trying to capture all your thoughts and feelings after the fact often proves challenging once they are behind you. Your narrative will be most colorful and interesting when it occurs in close proximity to the experiences you are documenting.
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