Top tips for keeping luggage safe when travelling

Pixabay / Izhar Ahamed Nothing can dampen a getaway faster than having your belongings tampered with or stolen. Here are 5 tried-and-true tips for keeping your luggage safe through long-haul flights and layovers.  1. Layer up on safety It’s not uncommon for baggage to turn up damaged or tampered with on the other end of […]

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Traveler tips: Surviving summer’s natural disasters

If you’re traveling during the summer, the potential threat of a natural disaster is constant in many popular travel destinations. In North America, summer disasters include hurricanes, tornadoes, tsunamis, floods, and fires. In regions of Asia, heavy rainfall, drought and flood disasters are prevalent during the summer months. Natural disasters in Europe during summer months […]

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Harris: Savings tips for last-minute summer travel

By Charlestien Harris July is almost gone, and those last-minute trips can get quite expensive.  Summer travel is almost considered a staple these days, providing consumers with a break from the day-to-day work week. Your last vacation opportunity of the year may be just around the corner, and while travel can be expensive, there are […]

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Commentary: Tips for finding a church while traveling

Charles Jones By CHARLES JONES While on vacation or traveling for business, finding a place to worship, especially when a tight schedule requires traveling on Sunday, can be a challenge. Yet, the worship and fellowship experienced on many of those occasions may be enhanced by the providential hand of God, opening the church doors we […]

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11 tips for alcohol-free travel

I joke to my therapist that cutting out alcohol improved my mental health more than five-plus years of seeing her – and actually saved me money, unlike our sessions. My breakup with booze started as an experiment. Just like stopping birth control pills made my emotions swing like a pendulum, I was curious how my […]

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