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Travel Tips Index


   


Tip 150: The Final Tip

Tip 149: Postcards as navigation

Tip 148: Crown Royal your shoes

Tip 147: Why you should wear two watches

Tip 146: Pack your dongle

Tip 145: Always bring your swimsuit

Tip 144: Shaving cream portability

Tip 143: Personalize a magnet

Tip 142: Using a European rail schedule

Tip 141: Power conversion

Tip 140: E-mail to yourself

Tip 139: Traveler's forecast

Tip 138: Security on the cheap

Tip 137: Used clothes, good cause

Tip 136: Iron your map

Tip 135: Fear of flying photo solution

Tip 134: Keeping your credit

Tip 133: Transporting purchased artwork

Tip 132: The matching funds jar

Tip 131: Avoid the Times Square ticket booth

Tip 130: Leave the jewelry at home

Tip 129: Flight tracking made easy

Tip 128: Number all correspondence

Tip 127: Student discounts!

Tip 126: No printer, no problem

Tip 125: Exercise sans health club

Tip 124: Bathtub as humidifier

Tip 123: Photos of collectibles

Tip 122: Keeping your batteries fresh

Tip 121: Making a "mobile" phone

Tip 120: Automated airport check-in

Tip 119: One word: shoelaces

Tip 118: Always carry super glue

Tip 117: Keeping tabs on teens

Tip 116: Squirrelz in the 'hood

Tip 115: Silk pajamas save space

Tip 114: Thrift shop suitcase

Tip 113: A novel use for magazine perfume cards

Tip 112: Gym in a suitcase

Tip 111: Masking tape is indispensable

Tip 110: Bookmarking your vacation

Tip 109: Check the clock radio in your hotel room

Tip 108: Overall child control

Tip 107: Unruly Kids? Make 'em sign a contract

Tip 106: Shell Game

Tip 105: Post it!

Tip 104: Preserving postcards

Tip 103: Extra film? Take inventory

Tip 102: Ziploc bags and bathroom sinks

Tip 101: Keeping the kids quiet with quarters

Tip 100: The Travel Tips contest

Tip 99: Inflatable toys save space

Tip 98: Drying clothes on the road

Tip 97: Towelette as aromatherapy

Tip 96: A makeshift sleep mask

Tip 95: Creating white noise

Tip 94: Enlarge your map

Tip 93: Crushed posters? Bring your own tube

Tip 92: Blow dryers from many lands

Tip 91: Bag o' crosswords

Tip 90: Scarf of all trades

Tip 89: Shipping your luggage ahead

Tip 88: Remembering your hotel room

Tip 87: Why to buy fabric on your trip

Tip 86: Dirty hotel, clean pillowcase

Tip 85: Clogs make a comeback

Tip 84: Children's books vs. travel books

Tip 83: The milk brick

Tip 82: Artist at work

Tip 81: Earplugs and airlines

Tip 80: Keeping the coat in the bag

Tip 79: Frequently used numbers

Tip 78: The Swiss Army bandanna

Tip 77: Photographic memories

Tip 76: Toilet paper rolls and wrinkle-free ties

Tip 75: Travel tips make a lovely gift

Tip 74: An instant geography lesson

Tip 73: A novel use for airsickness bags

Tip 72: Keep your backpack smelling fresh

Tip 71: Make your rental car look local

Tip 70: Toothbrush, meet dishwasher

Tip 69: Liquor as souvenir

Tip 68: The old inside-out trick

Tip 67: Picture your gifts

Tip 66: How to keep the empty seat next to you

Tip 65: The tie that binds

Tip 64: Ornaments as souvenirs

Tip 63: Guidebook or cookbook?

Tip 62: Make a picture postcard

Tip 61: When in a church, stop and pray

Tip 60: Pack your cosmetics in a cooler

Tip 59: Oranges as air freshener

Tip 58: Uses for an old duffle bag

Tip 57: Whisk that sand out

Tip 56: Apply suction to tray tables

Tip 55: Send a postcard puzzle

Tip 54: It's not how much you tip, it's when

Tip 53: Postcards as place cards

Tip 52: Remembering PIN numbers

Tip 51: How to make 'artificial darkness'

Tip 50: Sharing travel appliances

Tip 49: Scented hiking boots

Tip 48: Many uses for Band-Aids

Tip 47: Silencing noisy vending machines

Tip 46: Use stickers to identify photo albums

Tip 45: Carry a painter's cap

Tip 44: Rental car? What rental car?

Tip 43: Create a 'reentry packet' before you leave

Tip 42: Screaming child? Offer to help

Tip 41: Ask the back-stair employees

Tip 40: Put your photo on your luggage tag

Tip 39: Using a still camera and tape recorder

Tip 38: Carry a clothespin to close hotel room drapes

Tip 37: Take a photo of your luggage

Tip 36: How to make hotel bathrooms safer

Tip 35: The old two-wallet trick

Tip 34: Scented candles for smelly hotel rooms

Tip 33: Tag your children

Tip 32: Ask the airline for a special meal

Tip 31: Keeping your carry-ons secure

Tip 30: Stealth tourist with a grocery bag

Tip 29: Currency conversion crib sheet

Tip 28: Stealth tourist with a map

Tip 27: Edibles make great gifts

Tip 26: Swimming with glasses

Tip 25: Water bottles make good packing material

Tip 24: Aroma therapy for jet lag

Tip 23: Bored children? Create your own treasure hunt

Tip 22: Carry a bicycle pump

Tip 21: Room not ready? Park on the sofa

Tip 20: Store your earrings in a film cannister

Tip 19: Need a printout? Send yourself a fax

Tip 18: Prepack your pills

Tip 17: A novel use for dental floss

Tip 16: Using a taxi for directions

Tip 15: Beanbag in place of tripod

Tip 14: Dive mask defogging made easy

Tip 13: Ice cream diverts children

Tip 12: Carry-on footstool

Tip 10: When you must remove your shoes

Tip 9: Send postcards to yourself

Tip 8: Travel without a camera

Tip 7: Safe street crossing: follow a stroller

Tip 6: Ceiling fan clothes dryer

Tip 5: Using a car as a washing machine

Tip 4: Rubber bands keep a wallet secure

Tip 3: Carry resealable bags

Tip 2: A matchbook helps you find your hotel

Tip 1: Leave your old socks and underwear there

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