{"id":2926,"date":"2012-12-04T10:40:45","date_gmt":"2012-12-04T16:40:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/?p=2926"},"modified":"2012-12-06T11:47:23","modified_gmt":"2012-12-06T17:47:23","slug":"things-i-learned-while-traveling-some-of-them-painfully","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/2012\/12\/04\/things-i-learned-while-traveling-some-of-them-painfully\/","title":{"rendered":"9 Things I Learned While Traveling (Some of Them Painfully)"},"content":{"rendered":"

#1)\u00a0 Always have your travel itinerary (with emergency contact information) and flight information handy and have extra copies.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>#2)\u00a0 If no one is at the airport to meet you, don\u2019t panic, but call the contact phone number immediately.\u00a0 And it sure is nice having a phone that works in the country where I am traveling.<\/p>\n

#3)\u00a0 Check-in or reconfirm all flights 24 hours in advance (online or have the hotel make a phone call).\u00a0 If there are any problems with online check-in, call airlines immediately.<\/p>\n

#4)\u00a0 Keep your passport, money, and credit cards on you or in a safe place at all times.\u00a0 Have a copy of your passport plus a backup credit card and money in a separate well-hidden place or swap a few with a travel companion.<\/p>\n

#5)\u00a0 ATM\u2019s generally work well, are more available than Currency Exchanges, and the exchange rate can be better.<\/p>\n

#6)\u00a0 On longer trips, I always think I will do some laundry in the sink, but in the end, I just don\u2019t like washing large items that way, and they end up all wrinkled if they dry at all.\u00a0 In the end, I find that I like having the hotel wash my clothes, and I just wash my underwear in the shower.\u00a0 I try not to pack cotton.<\/p>\n

#7)\u00a0 Try to save your shopping to the end so that you don\u2019t have to carry extra things around.<\/p>\n

#8)\u00a0 Bring more money than recommended for guides and small bills for luggage carriers, etc.<\/p>\n

#9)\u00a0 On any flight, take a mini toiletry bag in your carry-on (3 ounce bottles max if traveling through the U.S.).\u00a0 Make sure you have the bare essentials you might need if you have to spend the night in a hotel without your checked-in luggage.\u00a0 For long international flights, include wet wipes and deodorant.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

#1)\u00a0 Always have your travel itinerary (with emergency contact information) and flight information handy and have extra copies. #2)\u00a0 If no one is at the airport to meet you, don\u2019t panic, but call the contact phone number immediately.\u00a0 And it … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-travel-advice"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2Xxsg-Lc","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2926"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2926\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2943,"href":"https:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2926\/revisions\/2943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}