The Adventures of Cindy Li

Travel Tips

September 18 , 2005

Lessons I learned while traveling:

After talking to Melissa, who is traveling to Europe. I realized that some tips may be in order.

In case your wondering how good your seat is: Seatguru
Don’t forget to get frequent mileage miles for your travels and check the airline’s site for some specials on mileage that you have to sign up for.

They don�t sign you up automatically.. well United Airlines doesn't anyway.

Things to bring on the plane:

• Comfy shoes you can slip off, they will swell on a long flight (Get up and walk to the bathroom so you don�t cramp up when you land or while on the plane)
• A toothbrush and toothpaste (�cause people will like you better)
• A change of clothes whether or not it is just underwear (yes they do loose luggage sometimes, ask my Uncle)
• Pillow that inflates (the one that looks stupid goes around your neck like a U but hey no neck cramps)
• Water bottle (they give you cups of water and sometimes like when you have your laptop you don�t want an open cup around it, plus its handy to drink and you don�t have to have that lap tray down in your way)
• Jacket in case it gets cold� but they usually have a blanket

Things that might come in handy on the trip:

• Photocopy your passport, put phone numbers that you might need for instance: American Embassy website
• Call your credit card companies and tell them you are leaving the country, where you are going (I had mine turned off when I went to Brazil.. not fun; why? cause they think someone stole my credit card.)
• Vaccination shots? Depends on where you are going: Center for Disease Control website