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Before your next family vacation or girls weekend getaway, read up on some of our travel tips for handling travel anxiety, how to stay healthy when flying, tips on flying with a baby and more. Our Work Travel Repeat travel community is sharing their helpful advice to empower women and families and encourage them to travel more.

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Why Use a Travel Agent?

You can support local business by choosing a travel agent instead of booking online. The digital revolution has seen travellers become pros at booking vacations online. There is no denying there are scores of travel deals and discounts to be found on the internet. Who doesn’t love the adrenaline rush when you click ‘book’ and save hundreds or even thousands of dollars on a flight or vacation?  The thing is, researching a vacation and finding…

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What to do While You Can’t Travel Due to Covid-19

Did you have to cancel travel plans due to Covid-19? You are not alone! Millions of people around the world have canceled their travel plans due to the Covid-19 pandemic. In hopes of slowing the virus transmittal across borders, not traveling is a necessary precaution. For many of us, travel means freedom, exploration, education, social connection, and healthful living. Putting these personal pursuits on hold is jarring, but a mild sacrifice compared to what some…

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Travel Anxiety: 5 Ways to Beat Airport Stress

If you have travel anxiety, the airport can be the most stressful and frustrating part of the journey. Pre-travel anxiety can start in the airport and it is important to reduce stress. Here are a few ways to combat travel anxiety and beat airport stress while waiting for your flight.

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Traveling with Friends? Avoid These Mistakes.

Planning a trip with friends? Traveling with friends can be an amazing experience with memories for a lifetime. But how do you travel with friends without jeopardizing the friendship? Friendship breakups often happen after traveling, so if you’re planning on taking a vacation with friends, it is important to plan ahead, be open minded, communicate and choose the right people to travel with in the first place!

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5 Caribbean Island Vacations to Put on Your Bucket List.

Canadians spend much of our time wondering where to go in the Caribbean to escape the dreadful six (or seven…or eight) months of winter, am I right? Most importantly, we live to find the best vacation deals, whether it’s discounted airfare or a cheap all-inclusive resort deal. Eavesdrop on any water cooler discussion and folks are talking about a great deal they found on their airfare or all-inclusive trip.  Where to go in the Caribbean?…

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Scary travel experiences (and how to be prepared)

Travel is fun, but scary situations can happen. Traveling is exciting!  I would guess that 99% of the time, a trip will go as planned and, even if it doesn’t go perfectly, the experience will still be wonderful and fulfilling. However, some stressful things can happen while traveling such as illness, an accident, theft, security issues, or even political turmoil. Most travelers are caught off guard when things take a turn for the worse, being…

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5 helpful travel websites that make trip planning easier!

Looking for the best travel websites for planning your next trip? There are so many awesome and handy travel websites, beyond the usual booking websites, that will help you through the entire process of traveling. From finding the best seat on the plane to making sure you are safe and healthy when traveling abroad, here are my favorite travel websites that are serious game-changers even for the most seasoned travelers! Seat Guru Seatguru.com takes the…

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What is the best age to travel with baby?

Is traveling with a baby hard? If you’re a new parent, thinking about traveling with a newborn or infant is probably the furthest thing from your mind. Many new parents assume their days of travel will be put on hold when the baby arrives. Obviously, there are many reasons for this, with the major ones being the amount of care and attention a baby needs! Any parent can attest that the sleepless nights, endless diapers…

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Travel Hygiene for Women
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Travel Hygiene for Women

Contributed by TripaSista. Let’s face it – travel connects you with people (and their germs!). I’m loving this great #packlist from Tripasista to keep it clean while you’re on an adventure. Never expect that the country you are travelling in to have the same “hygiene standards” that you would find at home. Warning – this story is not pretty! There is nothing like a pilgrimage through India to break down a Westerner’s expectation that toilet…

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