Travel Tips and Smart Advice for Safer, More Comfortable, and Worry-Free Travel.

The Best Money Belts to Hide Money, Credit Cards, and Passports Travel Smart and Keep Valuables Close and Secure The best travel money belt is a security money belt or pouch and it can be your most important travel accessory, especially when visiting busy and popular tourist attractions. It is in these locations where pickpockets and thieves target tourists. Shield and protect your valuables from...

No passport? No problem! Places you can travel to without a passport include the tropical locations of Guam, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands. If you are starting your travel from a US location and want to visit a tropical destination that is a US territory you can travel without a passport. Places You Can Travel to Without a Passport Consider the below tropical...

Sleeping with the hotel balcony door open is not the safest option, even on a high floor. Perhaps you’ve stayed at hotels with a nice balcony overlooking the ocean or with a view of the city and keep the sliding door open to hear the sounds. You also might want to keep the sliding door open for ventilation. Either way, keeping the balcony door open...

The Mandatory Deadline for Presenting a REAL ID-Compliant License to TSA is Now May 7, 2025 Will the TSA accept your driver’s license as ID for domestic travel? Due to circumstances resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of Homeland Security has extended the REAL ID enforcement deadline. The new deadline for REAL ID is now May 7, 2025.  The TSA will continue to accept...

A portable travel carbon monoxide detector is a must-have and must-pack travel accessory. News reports of vacationers killed while sleeping due to Carbon Monoxide poisoning are rare. But they do happen even in luxury hotel rooms, vacation rental homes, and villas. Carbon monoxide poisoning can even happen at home. What is carbon monoxide? Carbon monoxide (CO) is an odorless and colorless gas. You can’t see...

The amount of travelers is up and so are the wait times to get through the TSA security lines at the airport. If you don’t leave enough time to get through security checkpoints you stand a good chance of missing flights and in some cases sleeping overnight in the airport. Get through TSA security faster Recent news headlines are full of record numbers of passengers...