Stress-Free Summer Travel Plus Voluntourism

ASTA Offers Tips for Stress-Free Summer Travel

Alexandria, Va., May 8, 2008 - Memorial Day will kick off the summer travel season for Americans and with the usual trips to the beach and lazy days spent by the pool come dire warnings of high gas prices and economic recession, not to mention overbooked flights and long delays at check-in and lost luggage. So what's a traveler to do?

Some tips for air travel include booking your tickets in advance, arriving early and knowing the rules for luggage and security.

To read more on ASTA’s travel tips, visit their website at http://www.asta.org/News/PRDetail.cfm?ItemNumber=3810.

Also check out TravelSense.org, a consumer Web site chock full of helpful travel advice and tips to make sure it's only the weather making people hot under the collar.

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Voluntourism: Part 2

In this section, I’m following up to a posting I put up in February. I personally believe that the world would be a better place if we just lend a hand to help someone or something. Whether that’s volunteering at the local shelter or going global by empowering children at an African orphanage. And the benefits should not just be for yourself but in the fact that you truly want to make someone else’s life better. In the May issue of Conde Nast Traveler, writers embarked on several “Do-Good” trips all across the world, from building homes in Peru, to teaching children in Cambodia and even nursing a coral reef. They also include names of profit and non-profit organizations, as well as tips to get you started should you decide to embark on one of these excursions.

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Bougainvillea Beach Resort, Jamaica - Summer Family Offer
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Point Village Resort, Negril, Jamaica - Spring Sale
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