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Angela Lansbury.
Travel writer and photographer. Author and speaker.
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Saturday, November 21, 2015
Thursday, January 1, 2015
New Year Resolutions For Travellers
Ten Commandments For Travellers
1 LABEL PHOTOS
You will label every travel photo with the place and names of people in the photo - with correct spellings
2 NOTE ADDRESSES AND OPENING TIMES
You will check address, phone, email, opening times of every place you intend to visit
3 SEND PHOTOS AS THANKS
You will send photos of people taken to their phone the day you took the photo - better still within ten minutes of taking the photo (because you won't have time later and will not have their details)
4 PLAN GIFTS
You will ask people you are visiting their favourite foods or desired gifts from your point of departure
5 RECORD GOODS TO REPORT LOSS AND CLAIM INSURANCE
You will record all make, model and serial numbers of cameras phones and laptops you might lose travelling, and send a duplicate to another office or person not travelling with you, and at a different home/office address. Keep copies of insurance on fridge at home in case you end up in hospital.
6 STORE TRAVEL CLOTHES SEASONALLY IN ORDER
You will store summer clothes on the left (in wardrobe/closet/basement/attic), also grouped by colour for quick retrieval and quick packing
7 DUPLICATE DOCUMENTS AT SECOND LOCATION
Your passport and travel documents will be in a place for everything and everything in its place.
8 STORE PACKING LIST VISIBLY
Your packing list will be typed and printed and fixed to your suitcase lid, with a duplicate on the back of your wardrobe door at home, and a duplicate photographed and stored on iCloud
9 PACK LANGUAGE LISTS OR BOOKS
You will travel with a phrase book for every country you are visiting
10 LEARN A LANGUAGE
You will learn 1000 words of a new language each year (3 words a day every day of the year) so each year of your life you can speak enough to get by in a new language. (For me this year it is Spanish.)
1 LABEL PHOTOS
You will label every travel photo with the place and names of people in the photo - with correct spellings
2 NOTE ADDRESSES AND OPENING TIMES
You will check address, phone, email, opening times of every place you intend to visit
3 SEND PHOTOS AS THANKS
You will send photos of people taken to their phone the day you took the photo - better still within ten minutes of taking the photo (because you won't have time later and will not have their details)
4 PLAN GIFTS
You will ask people you are visiting their favourite foods or desired gifts from your point of departure
5 RECORD GOODS TO REPORT LOSS AND CLAIM INSURANCE
You will record all make, model and serial numbers of cameras phones and laptops you might lose travelling, and send a duplicate to another office or person not travelling with you, and at a different home/office address. Keep copies of insurance on fridge at home in case you end up in hospital.
6 STORE TRAVEL CLOTHES SEASONALLY IN ORDER
You will store summer clothes on the left (in wardrobe/closet/basement/attic), also grouped by colour for quick retrieval and quick packing
7 DUPLICATE DOCUMENTS AT SECOND LOCATION
Your passport and travel documents will be in a place for everything and everything in its place.
8 STORE PACKING LIST VISIBLY
Your packing list will be typed and printed and fixed to your suitcase lid, with a duplicate on the back of your wardrobe door at home, and a duplicate photographed and stored on iCloud
9 PACK LANGUAGE LISTS OR BOOKS
You will travel with a phrase book for every country you are visiting
10 LEARN A LANGUAGE
You will learn 1000 words of a new language each year (3 words a day every day of the year) so each year of your life you can speak enough to get by in a new language. (For me this year it is Spanish.)
Let's do something. Next post on Spanish words.
What are your new year resolutions? Mine include finishing my two books of the year, a Quotations Calendar and my unpublished best selling novel.
Wednesday, November 19, 2014
Using your phone as a memory aid
In the previous post I described how you can use your iPhone to take a picture of a new friend and attach it to their email.
You can also use your mobile phone as a memory aid. For example:
1 The name of the car park, the floor and the position of the car.
2 Your own car numberplate - especially in a hire car overseas, or a friend's car. You also know the car model and colour.
3 The shop opening hours.
4 The bank opening hours if you go to get money out or pay a cheque in.
5 The restaurant phone number on their menu, or the shopfront above the window, if you want to phone them later.
6 The dress or other item in the shop, or shop window, so you can remember to buy when they are open next day, or check on the internet later if you can get something online.
7 The hotel where you are staying, especially if you have trouble remembering or pronouncing the name.
8 Your own family, so if you are looking for your husband or children in a restaurant you can ask, 'Have you seen this person?'
Email yourself the address of your destination. If you can't remember the postcode, just check today's emails to find the address.
You can also use your mobile phone as a memory aid. For example:
1 The name of the car park, the floor and the position of the car.
2 Your own car numberplate - especially in a hire car overseas, or a friend's car. You also know the car model and colour.
3 The shop opening hours.
4 The bank opening hours if you go to get money out or pay a cheque in.
5 The restaurant phone number on their menu, or the shopfront above the window, if you want to phone them later.
6 The dress or other item in the shop, or shop window, so you can remember to buy when they are open next day, or check on the internet later if you can get something online.
7 The hotel where you are staying, especially if you have trouble remembering or pronouncing the name.
8 Your own family, so if you are looking for your husband or children in a restaurant you can ask, 'Have you seen this person?'
Email yourself the address of your destination. If you can't remember the postcode, just check today's emails to find the address.
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