Travel Talk Tuesday: Travel Tips for the Summer, Traveling with Pets and How to Find Restaurants while Traveling

In this week’s Travel Talk Tuesday segment, we’re bringing you the best travel tips for cheap summer travel and Anthony Bourdain’s best food advice for travelers. In addition, we’ll best way to travel safely with your pets and the best Amazon travel accessories to buy for your next getaway. Check them all out below!

Anthony Bourdain’s Best Travel and Food Advice

June 25th, 2019 (today!) is the inaugural “Bourdain Day”. On this day we celebrate the late chef and avid traveler on what would have been his 63rd birthday. Bourdain’s friends, also famous chefs, Eric Ripert and José Andrés are hoping everyone will “Toast Tony” today. The best way to do that? Read his best travel tips and food advice. The first part of this article focuses on how you can travel like Bourdain. This quote from the late great chef pretty much sums it up: “If I’m an advocate for anything, it’s to move. As far as you can, as much as you can. Across the ocean, or simply across the river. The extent to which you can walk in someone else’s shoes or at least eat their food, it’s a plus for everybody. Open your mind, get up off the couch, move.” Head to the link below to read more.

Source: https://uproxx.com/life/bourdainday-anthony-bourdain-travel-food-advice/

Cheapest Summer Travel Tips: 24 Best Places to go to Save Money

Forbes gathered insight from several travel experts in order to share their tips for the best places to travel this summer that won’t break the bank. The list includes cities in the United States, such as Caroline Beach, North Carolina and Boise, Idaho. In addition, cities like Antigua in Guatemala and Tulum in Mexico made the list. Want to head to Europe? Consider checking out Porto in Portugal, where Ashley Renne, founder of Hey Ashley Renne, a sustainable travel, vegan lifestyle and smart tech blog, says you can enjoy a five-course meal for under $25. Plus, this city was a big inspiration for the Harry Potter Series. Check out the full list of budget-friendly destinations at the link below.

Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurabegleybloom/2019/06/17/cheap-summer-travel-best-places-to-go-now/amp/

How Chefs Find Restaurants When they Travel

This article from the Washington Post compiles tips from chefs including Éric Ripert, Jenny Gao, Andy Ricker and Kris Yenbamroong on how to find the best restaurants while on vacation. Their first tip for finding the best restaurants is to do your research. Not sure where to begin? This article provides a great list of the right research tools that can help you. First and foremost, follow chefs, food writers and food travelers on Instagram and save their posts to look back on later. You can even organize them by destination in the Instagram app. Another helpful tip: find the Yelp-equivalent app in the destination you are traveling to. For instance, Wongnai is the app to turn to in Thailand. In France, it’s Le Fooding. To read more, head to the link below.

Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/tips/how-chefs-find-restaurants-when-they-travel/?utm_term=.5198524c27c8

11 Tips for Traveling with your Pet, According to a Veterinarian

Being aware of the precautions you need to take when traveling with your pet can make for a more stress-free experience. Dr. Danielle Bernal, a veterinarian with Wellness Natural Pet Food, shares her travel tips for hitting the road with your beloved beast. Her tips include keeping your pets comfortable in a travel create. Not only will this make your pet feel more comfortable (even in a car), but is is much safer to have them in a durable crate rather than sliding around in the backseat of a car. Another big tip is to make sure you have all the correct paperwork. Many destinations require you have an up-to-date health certificate signed by an accredited vet. If you’re flying, be sure to contact the airline to make sure you have any additional paperwork required to transport your animal.

Source: http://mentalfloss.com/article/586073/pet-travel-safety-tips

The Best Travel Accessories to Make your Hotel Room feel Like Home

Even some of the best hotels can have scarce counter space, faulty mirrors, shoddy curtains, or loud street noises. If you pine for the comforts of home on vacation, these travel accessories can help you feel cozy while away. This article from Curbed puts everything into helpful categories like Packing, Hygeiene and Cosmetics, On the Go, Sleeping, and Relaxation. Head to the link below to read their top picks for a comfortable experience on your next getaway.

Source: https://www.curbed.com/platform/amp/2019/6/21/18700993/best-travel-accessories-amazon-to-buy-shop

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There’s something about Thanksgiving being so close to Christmas this year that is making me absolutely dread heading to the airport again. While traveling during these busy times can be stressful, we’ve come up with some great holiday travel tips to ease some of your pain.

Read on for our list of holiday travel tips.

1. Go Early

We realize you are smart enough to get to the airport early during holiday season, but that’s not what we mean by “go early” (although this really could be on our list of holiday travel tips). What we mean to say is that you should consider taking the earliest flight in the morning. The reason is that early flights are the most likely to depart on time. Plus, if you get word of bad weather heading your way, getting out in the morning may save you from a cancelled or delayed flight.

2. Get Clear to Get Through Security Faster

On busy travel days, TSA PreCheck doesn’t always cut it. In fact, I’ve been in security lines where it seemed the TSA PreCheck line was actually longer than the regular line. If you want to be sure to get through security as fast as possible, consider applying for Clear. Basically how Clear works is that instead of a TSA agent inspecting your ID and boarding pass, those with Clear use a kiosk that ID’s them by their fingerprint or eye scan. Unfortunately, not all airports have Clear yet. O’Hare has it, but I am an avid Southwest Airlines supporter so I almost always fly through Midway, which does not have it yet.

3. Think Before You Wrap and Pack

This holiday travel tip is twofold: First off, don’t wrap gifts to put in either your carry-on or your checked luggage. TSA has the right to unwrap and inspect all packages. Secondly, it is always better to ship your gifts rather than carry them with you. This is especially helpful if you are ordering gifts online anyways. Just have the gifts shipped directly to your destination to avoid the hassle and possible expense of checking them on your flight.

4. Utilize Helpful Travel Apps

Before you leave for the airport, download a few very handy apps that will make your life a lot less stressful. GateGuru shows you the estimated times you’ll spend in security, so get this if you are heading to a busy airport or traveling with a notoriously late packer. If you’re driving, you can use GasBuddy to find the cheapest gas on your route and SitOrSquat to find the cleanest bathrooms based on reliable user reviews.

5. Prepare Your Carry-On

Nothing annoys me more than sitting near a person on a long flight who seemingly brought NOTHING to entertain themselves. Please don’t be that person. Nowadays, you have endless opportunities to keep yourself busy on an airplane. I always make sure to download a couple of books on my Kindle app and charge my AirPods so I can zone out to a podcast or watch shows on my phone. In addition, my biggest fear is being hungry on a flight so I pack snacks that I know I’ll enjoy and won’t make me feel like garbage.

6. Drive Late

Now I know our first rule above was to “go early”, but that was referring to those flying home for the holidays. If you are driving, however, it may be best to try the opposite approach and hit the road after dark. The roads will be emptier and if you’re traveling with kids they can hopefully snooze better in a dark car than in broad daylight surrounded by windows.

7. Consider Flying on Christmas Eve night or Christmas Day

This will probably make your mom cry, but just tell her it’s self-care. This would never be an option for me because Christmas lasts from December 20th through New Year’s Eve in my family and there are LOTS. OF MANDATORY. ACTIVITIES. If you can swing it though, you’ll probably find a cheaper flight and a much less crowded airport.

8. Consider an Alternate Christmas Experience

Who says you have to go home every single year for Christmas? We just had Thanksgiving! Like I said above, my mother’s heart would break into pieces if I ever skipped out on the 10 days of Christmas we celebrate. However, if you can’t bare another holiday with your in-laws or sleeping on your childhood bed at age 30, then don’t! Book a vacation and feel your stress melt away as soon as Thanksgiving ends.

9. Above All Else, Be Patient, Kind and Understanding

No one wants to be at the airport when it’s an absolute zoo, and the holidays aren’t great for a lot of people for reasons that have nothing to do with a long security line. Take deep breaths and remember that this too shall pass. Until next year. And the year after that. But still! Happy holidays!

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