So you’ve successfully packed everything you need for your trip into your carry-on and now you’re off galavanting around at your destination. As happens very often, you find yourself in a store, and your eyes glaze over as you start thinking about all the wonderful things you can buy and take home for your living …
L.L.Bean Offers Free Shipping to Customers (and a huge bonus to its employees) http://bit.ly/hN3Mja
Big news for L.L.Bean fans: Starting today, the clothing and luggage company is offering free shipping on everything. As their Web site says, “no minimum order, no end date, just free.” This is a pretty big deal when the added cost of shipping on mail orders can often add up to an extra 10% or …
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Rick Steves is offering 20 percent off his carry-on travel bags at his Web site, including a terrific $63.95 price tag on his Classic Back Door Bag (regularly $79.95). Rick Steves’ Classic Back Door Bag. Image courtesy RickSteves.com. If the classic is a wee too small for you (although if you’re a true light traveler, …
If you’re a fan of Tom Bihn’s popular Tri-Star travelpack like I am and you’ve been thinking of getting yourself one of them in the red crimson version, you better order yours now. Earlier today, the folks at Tom Bihn tweeted that they’d shipped their very last one in indigo, and that they just had …
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Tall people often feel very cramped in coach seats on the airplane because they don’t have enough leg room. Short folks like me, on the other hand, have a different problem altogether: Our feet don’t really touch the floor, making long flights especially uncomfortable. It’s hard to recline comfortably when your feet are dangling, and …
Last week, my husband and I went on the maiden voyage of the Disney Dream cruise ship to the Bahamas. It was just a four-day cruise out of Florida, but we had a wonderful (albeit short) vacation that reminded me that I really do enjoy these cruises. I always think I’ll wind up being bored, …
Packing for your trip starts way before your actual travel day. The process starts from the moment you start picking clothes to add to your wardrobe. Here are some tips to help you build a travel-friendly wardrobe: Stick to a color scheme One of the easiest ways to build a travel-friendly wardrobe is to pick …
Kevin over at the Practical Hacks blog has posted a fantastic deal, but you have to jump on it right away. Lands’ End is offering targeted sales of 40 percent off an item in their online catalog, which means you can purchase their travelpack for an amazing price of less than $38. Kevin has posted …
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[Travelite classic tips are updates to my published articles available at the archive pages.] Clothing Clothing is probably the toughest for anyone who wants to learn how to travelite. The two biggest tips to packing the right clothings, is to color coordinate, and to layer for a versatile look. Coordinating Colors Remember the old “Garanimals” …
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