JOURNEYS4LIFE TRAVEL

Dear Traveler, Do you check your luggage every time you travel? Even for shorter getaways? Among the issues most air travelers face when trying to reach their final destination is that their luggage often gets mishandled, damaged or delayed. According to U.S Department of Transportation and the latest lost luggage report 2.8 M bags were mishandled by U.S. Airlines in 2019.                                                                                  Image Credit: LuggageHero Here are five reasons to consider to avoid checking your luggage Reduce your risk of missing a connection Some airlines (especially the budget ones such as Ryan Air), will require getting your luggage between flights. In any event, that you have a tight connection you can easily miss your next flight....

Fellow traveler,  With your hardly-earned vacation right around the corner, how many times these thoughts have crossed your mind?: "Let me go with the flow and leave the planning of daily activities once I get there."  Well, this might have been the right approach in your 20s, but today's savvy travelers know that a bit of pre-planning is essential to be able to actually relax on a vacation. Of course, the variety of tricky experiences in my own travel adventures have served to reinforce this idea, and we generally pre-book the main points of interest ahead of time (while still leaving some free time for exploration), and would like to share a few key points learned from the process. Pre-planning will optimize your vacation time    In today's busy world, time is money -- and time at your vacation destination is especially valuable -- so leaving that to the last minute to "go with the flow", will often result in last-minute stress, missed opportuniti...