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Travel Photography: How to Make the Most of Your Cellphone Camera
A cellphone allows travelers to have a camera always at the ready. The latest phones offer multiple lenses with better resolution and enhanced macro and telephoto capabilities, enabling virtually every moment to be captured for
posterity. This can be both a blessing and a curse. When should we be taking a photograph and when should we simply be taking the time to look and wonder at the world around us? From The New York Times, here are a few tips on when and what to shoot, and how to better frame what we see when we travel.
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Your Travel Checklist Needs a Disaster Plan. Here’s How to Make One. Deadly wildfires, raging floods, dangerous heat waves, powerful storms — they’ve all been unleashed in busy travel destinations as this overheated summer sets grim record after record. Experts
say travelers should not assume they will be unscathed by natural disasters and that preparing for them is now an essential part of travel planning. From the Washington Post, here are some ways to prepare and respond in worst-case scenarios.
The Great Artdoors: 12 Captivating Art Trails and Sculpture Parks Around the World In Europe and around the world there is plenty of art outside, and a plethora of ways to enjoy it. Wanderlust Magazine has picked out a dozen inspirational art trails across the globe: urban street murals to site specific rural installations; prehistoric rock art to contemporary sculpture parks. Find a walk of art to suit you.
You Can Now Chat With a Pilot to Help Ease Your Fear of Flying Thanks to a group of pilots who started offering anxious friends — and friends of friends — 15-minute calls to explain everything that happens
on a flight from takeoff to landing, a bigger idea was born. Introducing Dial a Pilot, a service that connects pilots with nervous fliers to discuss any of their concerns. From Travel+Leisure, here's how Dial a Pilot works.
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Overbooked Rental Cars Are Now a Thing You've heard of overbooked flights and overbooked hotels. According to Autoslash, we’re now seeing a lot of overbooked rental cars at some major rental car companies. This creates a problem for many travelers who show up at the rental car desk only to be told their reserved car has been given to
somebody else. Here are tried-and-true tips to make sure this doesn’t happen to you.
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Eating Alone Is Easy When You Know
How Eating alone is one aspect of solo travel that some people really don’t like. Here are a variety of options and ways to enjoy dining alone.
Bare Minimum Packing: Here’s Your Packing List Here’s your packing list for traveling light. From organizing your clothes to technology, gear and medication. This is what you need to know.