Travel Tips & Tricks
Over time we've mastered what must come and what can stay. Here are a few travel tips, tricks and essentials. Check out our travel destination page to see additional tips for a specific city!
Tat's Pick
Travel Tip
Whilst abroad, always have access to enough money so you can get back home. My dad told me this on my first international trip and it has stuck with me ever since. So if I booked an international flight for $1,000USD… I make sure I have at minimum double that prior to leaving the country. Now, I don't travel with all that money on myself. However, I ensure I have access to that amount of liquid. If that means I have to withdraw cash from a foreign financial establishment, I have access to it.
Jai's Pick
Travel Tip
Do you like twiddling your fingers like Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum? Well, me neither sis! The number one travel tip that I can offer you is to build a travel itinerary. In order to maximize your time and not waste it, have some idea about the things that you want to do, the places that you want to go, and the food that you want to eat. Make sure that you include costs, travel means, and business hours for each plan on your itinerary. For me, there was no way possible that I was going to London without hitting up Buckingham Palace or to Japan without getting my jiggly pancakes, and y’all already know what I did, slapped those plans right on my itineraries.
Tat's Pick
Travel Trick
Keep your coins, sis! Carry a coin purse and/or wallet. In some countries, a coin can equate to US dollar amounts. For instance, 500 Japanese yen (¥500) is the highest coin denomination in Japan. ¥500 equals to almost $5 USD. Chile, you'll want to hang on to that and not lose it!
Jai's Pick
Travel Trick
Talk it like you walk it Ladies!!! My travel trick, learn some basic words in the native language of wherever you’re going. Words like “Hello, thank you, excuse me, please, and bathroom” are just a few of many that I recommend learning. You can even get extra spicy by learning compete sentences. Knowing different languages is a super useful quality not only while traveling, but in life in general. Plus let’s admit it, it’s super sexy!
Tat's Pick
Travel Essential
The whole medicine cabinet! In the current covid climate this should be a no brainer. From emergency for immunity upkeep--to orajel for the retainer knicks. Or the time when you're leisurely chillin on a private island and the mosquitos chillin with you--benadryl and hydrocortisone to the rescue. Trust me, the last thing you want to be is ill or uncomfortable while on vacation. I'll give y’all a bonus essential for free. I keep soap paper or 3oz bottle of antibacterial soap in my carry-on. Proper hand washing is not universal. You’d be surprised at how many times I’ve been left soapless after using a foreign restroom. Ps… hand sanitizer does not count. You can’t sanitize dirty hands!
Jai's Pick
Travel Essential
I be wearing my best friend out with the “Tat, can you take my picture real quick?” so guess what, I ordered a selfie stick that extends to a tripod with a Bluetooth remote. This is a huge travel essential because, let’s face it, we all like to get that perfect picture in front of some cool monument or photo op! Also, it’s kind of risky handing your phone over to a complete stranger, they could run off with your phone and you could be phoneless and pictureless (whomp whomp). But wait, there’s more, you ready for a double feature sis?! A rechargeable battery pack is just as essential. You can’t take photos with a dead phone or even worse, you can’t make emergency calls!!!