Holiday Traveling Tips

By: Sally Rutherford

The holidays certainly can be stressful, and traveling during a holiday is certainly not fun. The roads are packed, traffic is thick, and everyone is anxious to get to their destination. Traveling is also more expensive. Don't you love it when people take advantage of the holidays like that?!?

I thought I could give you some tips for when you travel this holiday. Hopefully these tips can save you some peace of mind as well as money!

• If you are flying and have presents to take ship them in advance. They will be there when you arrive and you do not have to mess with taking them on the plane. If you do take them on the plane do not wrap them. With the heightened security at airports they will probably just be unwrapped and checked anyway.
• Consider renting an apartment or condo for a week. You can find some great deals online and save a considerable amount of money over paying for a hotel. Depending on the size of your family you may want to look into renting a vacation home.
• Don't eat out anymore than you have to. Eating out is expensive. Use your rental to its full advantage and go to the grocery store and buy what you need to cook your own meals. Get the kids involved and let them help pick the meals and even help cook them.
• Recreation during the holidays is one of the great benefits of having a family. You can play board games or card games. Take along a Frisbee or football and get outside and throw them around. When you rent a place for the week it offers you all kinds of ways to save money. You can take along your favorite DVDs and have some family movie time everyday.
• If you rent a vacation home you might want to share it with another family. Being able to split the costs with someone you enjoy being around during the holidays can save you a lot of money as well. This idea may or may not work for you depending on the ages of your kids and the common interests of the family you travel with.

These are just a few holiday travel tips if you are on a budget. Even if you are not on a budget you can save some money during the holidays and have some quality time with your family that you might not get staying with a relative or in a hotel.

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Making Friends Online

Ever thought of making friends with people you do not know? It might sound intimidating to think of establishing relationship with strangers, especially with all the cases of road rage, spousal abuse, stalkers and various other social ills taking rounds. The world seems to be moving faster and faster each day without any sign of slowing down in the near future.

In the good old days, your school, your workplace and the church were the common places where you met people. These were far more secure places than bars or clubs. However, since work places have lost their reputation for being safe due to increased problems with sexual harassment, they are no longer considered a practical option for many.

School, in particular college, remains one of the most likely places for two people to become friends or establish a relationship. However, balancing the high demands of coursework along with the stresses that go along with a relationship can be demanding. Due to the high pressure placed upon young adults to succeed in their careers, the importance of friendship and relationships has diminished considerably.

Church has also ceased being a good place to meet people if for no other reason than the fact that so few people are attending on a regular basis. This is especially true for young adults so there remains few options for meeting people in a relatively safe manner and having the possibility of establishing a relationship.

Although many people attach a certain stigma to meeting other people online, the fact remains that it is one of the best ways to talk with other people like yourself in hopes of making a connection. There are literally millions of people out there using cyberspace in hopes of making a connection.

There are a number of services that allow people to set up a profile and meet other people with similar interests and tastes. For people considering this option, be sure to use a service that has been around for awhile and has a large number of members. Because these sites often charge money for their service, you definitely want to find sites with as many people, male. & female, young & old, native & foreigner, Asian & Caucasian, etc. as possible to increase your odds of making a connection.

Of course, chatting remains an option and sites like Yahoo offer this service for free and it has thousands of people chatting on its site at all hours of the day, and night! Plus, Yahoo even offers chatting rooms that are specially created for individual states and regions so there is a good chance of meeting someone within your area. Even if you don't make any long lasting connections, the chances are pretty good that you will at least get to spend the night communicating with new people instead of just lounging around watching television.

Meeting people online is a different ballgame altogether. Unlike a superficial encounter over dinner and a movie it allows you to have an intimate conversation with the other person to get to know each other. The only disadvantage of online chatting is the risk of spending your time chatting with someone who is pretending to be someone else. In all other respects it is one of the safest and most effective ways of meeting friends that might lead to a long lasting relationship.

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