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Travel Tips
General Travel Tips
- Check luggage well in advance of trip incase there are any needed repairs, which our Luggage Doctors can help you with. Also check your luggage immediately after flying for any damage. If there is damage, file a claim with the airlines before you leave the airport.
- Obtain or renew your passport 6-8 weeks prior to traveling abroad. Always make duplicate copies and keep protected in a secure passport cover.
- Often, many bags look alike. Use colorful tags to easily identify your luggage.
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Always use TSA approved locks for airport security ease.
- If your flight is over 5 hours wear loose fitting clothes and compression socks to help avoid blood clots.
- Keep all valuables in your carry-on bag.
- To pack lite: layer your clothing. Try our ultimate 8 oz travel jacket. Coordinate 2 colors from the waist down and a variety of colors from the waist up. You should be able to wear each item 2-3 times.
- Security wallets are a must. ATMs offer good rates. Keep a few crisp US dollar bills for tips in foreign countries.
- Travel with a fold-up tote for ease of carrying items through customs.
Taken from seeamerica.org
Train Travel Tips
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Arrive to the train station at least 30 minutes before departure time. If you need to purchase a ticket or check baggage, get to the station an hour ahead.
- Bring photo ID. You’ll need it to check in.
- Make sure all of your bags, both carry-on and checked, have identification labels inside and out.
- Families with children are allowed to pre-board the train.
- Pack wisely. Carry-on luggage is limited to two bags per person. You can check larger items at the station.
- When on the train, keep track of your belongings. Just like in a plane, you can store carry-on items in overhead luggage compartments.
- If you are on a long-distance train, be sure to bring reading materials or a laptop equipped with a DVD player. If the kids are along for the ride, be sure to bring along iPods, electronic games, board games and cards, and coloring books. Many long-distance trains do offer video entertainment to pass the time. For example, Superliner passengers can enjoy a rightly feature movie in the Lounge Car.
- On long-distance trains, service attendants are there to assist passengers around the clock. Tipping is not required, but if you are especially pleased with the service, it’s a nice gesture.
- You can bring your own food, but almost every Amtrak train features a Café’ Car, offering a variety of sandwiches, snacks and beverages. On long-distance trains, the Dining Car is a family-style restaurant serving freshly prepared food. Dome of the trains can accommodate certain special dietary needs, including vegetarian and kosher meals. Three days advance notice is required to take advantage of this service. Even if you plan to eat every meal in the Dining Car, bring along nibbles for between-meal hunger pangs.
- Many Northeast and West Coast corridor trains have a Quiet Car where customers cannot use cell phones, pagers, or the sound feature of laptop computers. If this is your idea of heaven, check with an attendant to see where the car is located. You may also try our Austin House or Eagle Creek Earplanes.
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