JOE LAUFER'S TOP TEN TRAVEL SECRETS:
1. Travel
light – whatever you need is available where you’re going.
2. Forget
about language lessons – smile, point and try English.
3. Do your
homework before you go – but leave room for surprises.
4. Choose at
least one exotic place you never thought you’d visit.
5. Best kept
secret travel location: Puerto Rico – out on the island.
6. Cruises are
the best travel buy – if you don’t waste money on “optionals”.
7. Practice
frugality in moderation. Don’t be
afraid to pay for amenities.
8. At least
TRY their food.
9. Group
travel beats getting lost on a back road in Ireland.
10. If you
MUST buy souvenirs, make it one Christmas tree ornament (or equivalent in your
culture)!
OK – TEN weren’t
enough….
11.
Think “SAFETY”,
but don’t be paranoid.
12.
Bring a broad
sense of humor.
13.
Don’t sweat the
exchange rates – get money where convenient.
14.
I don’t send
postcards anymore (but I use cyber cafes!).
15.
Keep a Journal!
16.
Travel while
your legs still work.
17.
Live now. Spend the inheritance.
18.
Hotels on tour:
all you need is a bed, clean linens and a shower.
19. Good for tips anywhere in the world: bring
at least fifty U.S. $1.00 bills.
20. Travel: our best weapon against terrorism.