Easy Quick Travel Tips

How to buy a tcket What to bring Having grown older and wiser, here are some tips to have the least hassle free trip.

Buying a ticket 🛩 🚃

1) Check Out Student Universe for cheap rates -- take advantage of being young!

2) Try to look up flights and quote prices on a private browser. On a public browser, they can keep track of what rates you have been checking, for how long, and based on such search history, they raise the prices of the flights.

Thighs rubbing together from a lot of walking? Put deodorant on the inside of your thighs where they rub so to prevent rubbing!

Do noooot pack the things that you never or hardly use at home. At the end of the trip, you probably still wouldn’t have used them and then they just become a load, taking up space in your luggage and preventing you from doing a little more shopping. So don’t play yourself, pack only what you practically use daily.

BASICS BASICS BASICS You need to have clothes that make versatile combinations with each other, because by the end of the trip, you will have an overly packed suitcase from all the shopping ranging from food to clothes, even if you only really packed ½ a suitcase of clothes (like I did).

But bring your nice dress! Bring that party dress you love! Just don’t bring a poofy prom dress. But just because the majority of your clothes need to be basics (unless you don’t really care about carrying tons of luggage), doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t have those super cute pieces you love or a couple dresses for when there’s a nice dinner to attend, for a party, dancing, etc.

Be prepared for the different electrical outlets. You’ll have to buy a power converter or plug adapter based on the country you’re going to since the outlets are different. You can get them from amazon.

Use a small backpack to carry your camera and things. It’s good to bring a purse for when you go out for dinner and such, but it’s much more comfortable and practical to use a small backpack to carry those basic necessities like sunscreen, deodorant, the camera, toiletries, a scarf or cloth, etc.

If you’re traveling to a country where there is a lot of art and churches, and where a lot of that art is in churches, then a knee length skirt or two would be a great investment. That is, you cannot enter the grand majority of churches if you are showing lots of leg and/or shoulders. Since churches in the US don’t have a dress code, I found this out the hard way; I got to the entrance of an Italian cathedral and They said I had to cover up a bit more before I could enter since I was wearing a short skirt. I ended up having to spend on a really ugly polyester scarf to wrap over my skirt and legs. So save yourself the 10-15 euros for some coffee or food and get yourself a pretty mid-length skirt (The one in the photo is from NaninVintage)! Sure there is a dress code for the historical cathedrals, but that doesn’t mean you have to dress like the nuns ;) And of course, you can always wear pants, but when it’s really hot and you need to wear something light, this is the perfect way to go!

If you’re like me, you like wearing shorts or mini skirts on hot days, and that’s perfectly ok! I just wished I thought of bringing my own scarf or thin cloth. Do that, and you can just tie the clothe on the waist/hips to cover your legs whenever you want to enter someplace that catches your eye. It should be easy to fit in your backpack/purse while you’re out and about; that way it’ll be easy to carry, and so you’ll be prepared to see anything! Yes, dress codes suck a lot, but don’t let that prevent you from learning new stuff and having amazing new experiences.

Check out the summer wardrobe article for what's hot this summer 🔥