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When traveling, laundry can be a challenge and a costly
affair if one were to use the laundry services offered
by hotels. An alternative to washing your underwear in
the wash basin, is to put them all in a zipper net
laundry bag of the type used for washing push ups, and
ask if the hotel laundry service can accept that bag as
one item (instead of charging per piece of underwear,
resulting in a hefty bill). The laundry bags are also
useful for separating dirty underwear from clean ones in
your luggage.
-
Cecilia Harlitz,
Sweden
When travelling, shirts can be rather creased and
rumpled when you unpack them from your case. In your
hotel room, when the shower is still hot and steamy,
hang up your creased shirt on a hanger in the shower
recess, and the hot moist air will help get the wrinkles
out.
- Alan
Benge, Australia
If
staying in a hostel take plenty of cloth bags for
wet/dirty washing and to keep items seperate in. They
are not waterproof like plastic bags, but as well as
being better for the environment, you will save a lot of
unhappy fellow travellers complaining about the
scrunching plastic bag noises as you try to dress and
organise luggage very early/late!
- Brooke,
Australia
For single traveller: when entering washroom with wet/
less hygenic floor, often we face problem of handling
our luggage. Always standby newspaper/ plastic cover
sheet in our luggage and place it on the floor. This can
prevent our belongings from getting dirty or wet.
Dispose after use if necessary.
- Chua Ya Lan,
Malaysia
When traveling be sure to pack copies of your itinerary
(with travel agents info), passport, and credit cards in
each suitcase including your carry ons. This will insure
that if anything is lost or stolen that you call call
and check on it and that the airlines will know where
you are.
- Joann Deas, USA
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Always bring enough memory cards for your digital camera
when traveling in Egypt. You will not be able to find a
CD burner in all the Internet cafes to enable you to
download your beautiful pictures ...To add to your
surprise, even hotels do not provide such a facility...
We (I and my friend) did not opt
for printing the pictures as we had not much time (The
tour group could not afford to wait for us). We found a
photo printing shop and pleaded to help to burn all the
pictures...And this costed us USD 25! This really burned
holes in our pockets...We learned that the CD burners
were banned in all local shops (even in the computer
shops) as a way to eradicate pirated CD products. We
learned the lessons the hard way...From that time
onwards, we always remember to set the size of the image
before we take any pictures using our digital
camera...Sob~ Sob~
- Leong Woei Kian, Malaysia
Expensive meals inside
Tioman Island? I found a place with Malaysian meals
(they’re called mamak stalls), with rice, chicken, etc.
A clean small stall. Just walk further down the resort,
at the far end where you see some low cost apartments
after you’ve past the ponies farm, on the right hand
side after the guard house gate. If you intend to stay
long, why not opt for a cheaper meal?
- Koo
Pooi Kheng, Malaysia
When in Oslo, be sure to take a guided tour of the
castle on the waterfront. For a small fee you'll get to
take in the whole history of Norway, access to special
castle areas and insights into the Norwegian way of
thinking from some very nice tour guides. Example of
trivia: 2005 will mark the first 100 years of modern
Norway. So, next year will be party, party!! Bonus tip:
in the lee of the castle is an excellent museum of
Norway’s experience of WWII. You could spend a day doing
both museum tours or packing them into 2 hours like I
did.
- Martyn
Colvey, UK
Bali has many beautiful beaches, that's already known.
But have you ever try Bangka and Belitung Islands? They
have many "pure" and "natural" beaches, and cheaper
prices.
- Ariawan, Indonesia
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