Author: The Traveling Professor/Tuesday, September 26, 2017/Categories: Travel Tips
Get a Credit Card Covering Health Care and Emergency Evacuation: First of all, you have to be OUT OF YOUR MIND to travel overseas without health coverage and emergency evacuation insurance. It can be expensive to purchase this insurance on a trip-by-trip case. Some credit cards cover health and emergency evacuation insurance like the Chase Sapphire Card. They can cover other things too like trip interruption/cancellation.
Travel Off-Season: You can see the same things with less crowds and spend less money on hotels and airfare if traveling off-season.
Buy the City Museum Pass: Most cities like Paris, Rome, Florence, Oslo, Verona, Bergen and others offer a city pass providing free admission to museums and in most cases, unlimited public transportation. Who wants to wait in line on vacation? Besides, we find if travelers don't need to shell out cash for each museum they want to visit, they tend to go to sites they normally would not go to, revealing some surprise gems in cities.
Negotiate with Hotels Directly Instead of Using Booking Sites: Did you know hotels pay about 20% to booking sites like Booking.Com or Hotels.Com? So, if a hotel room is $200 a night, $40 might go to the booking company. Don't be afraid to contact a hotel and ask them their BEST rate, especially if staying on a long-term basis.
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