Updated information on ETA (electronic travel authorization) fees for the UK…
On January 7, we posted new information about the UK requiring ETAs (electronic travel authorization) even when only flying through on a...
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Part 2…Nervous about flying?…What are the most turbulent flights worldwide, outside the US?…
Factors like weather patterns, jet streams, and geographic features such as mountains or large bodies of water typically cause turbulence on flights....
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Part 1…Nervous about flying?…Most turbulent flights in the US…
As the California wildfires continue, my sister Julie, who lives in Brentwood, waits for another evacuation notice. The first notice took...
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Important news about visiting and flying to the UK!!!…Even if only a layover…Even for cruise ports…
It's good to keep an eye out for current travel news. A few days ago, I read an article about the...
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Flight delays during holidays?…What are your rights and options as a traveler?…
This morning, we encountered this article that may impact many of our readers as they go home after the Thanksgiving holiday. "Is...
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Replay of our podcast on Garage Logic….
https://garagelogic.com/episode/11-29-best-of-gl-the-traveling-lymans/ Our niece Kristi emailed us yesterday that Garage Logic posted a replay of our visit to their show in May 2022....
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We’re back…We’re booked!…
We are thrilled to have booked our flights to South Africa for March 1, 2025, 107 days from today. We'll arrive...
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Part 2…Traveling by train…
Today's post continues yesterday's post regarding vacation train travel with suggestions worldwide, including the US, as shown below. We've yet to...
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Part 1…Traveling by train…
Few words can fully describe the exquisite experience we had in early February 2020 before the pandemic hit and our touring...
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We’re off to breakfast…And other things…
The "free" breakfast at the hotel is marginal at best. The processed scrambled eggs (which I don't eat) come from a plastic...
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