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It’s Us! Babcia and YiaYia! We are here to give you every hot tip, great travel hack, hidden gem, and experience based itinerary you are looking for. We’ve traveled all over Europe and we want to share our experience and expertise with you!

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Our answer is simple!!! USE A TRAVEL AGENT TO BOOK YOUR AIR!!!!

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It’s Us! Babcia and YiaYia! We are here to give you every hot tip, great travel hack, hidden gem, and experience based itinerary you are looking for. We’ve traveled all over Europe and we want to share our experience and expertise with you!

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It sounds like such a great deal! But there a couple of things you should know when it comes to those too good to be true travel deals.

     You pay for how your time is used and keep that in mind for everything that you do.

Getting a group rate airfare means that there is no upgrading and not many options. In short, the control of your flights does not belong to you.

You can’t use points or miles for upgrades

You can add the trip to your account though

If there is any delay or cancellations, the tour company or cruise line will be in charge of how the problem gets remedied.

The before and after

Choose to fly in early and explore something close by or stay on later to enjoy after your tour. A few examples are PARIS, ROME, A GREEK ISLAND

Even cruises are jumping on board the extended stays! Often, these are offered as an add on but look closely and you will see that they often easily arranged and cover simple venues and activities.

The Layover

The art of the layover has been analyzed from every angle possible!!! From Anthony Bourdain’s show to movies about airport life. The Layover is a great way to capitalize on your time. 

Airport Layovers like Munich or Istanbul

Get out layovers like copenhagen or Heathrow

Airports that might have a tougher layover: Dublin, Paris, Amsterdam You need MORE than 10 hours to make these worth it. 

You have the options!

It’s Us! Babcia and YiaYia! We are here to give you every hot tip, great travel hack, hidden gem, and experience based itinerary you are looking for. We’ve traveled all over Europe and we want to share our experience and expertise with you!

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Zakopane

Hydra

Kinderdijk

Brugges

Lucerne

Stirling

Milan

Giverny

And more!!!

It’s Us! Babcia and YiaYia! We are here to give you every hot tip, great travel hack, hidden gem, and experience based itinerary you are looking for. We’ve traveled all over Europe and we want to share our experience and expertise with you!

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Dear Babcia and YiaYia-

I’ve been researching trips to Italy and Ireland. I don’t want to plan an entire trip DIY style but I don’t want to follow a package deal on a crowded bus either. So far, I haven’t found something that takes into account everything that I’m hoping to do. With so many travel and tour companies to choose from, how do I know that I’m investing my time and money correctly? I don’t want to be disappointed in the end and I don’t want to waste my time. Can you give me some advice?

Lets breakdown all the different tour packages that you can use to experience 

The first rule of travel is that you will always pay for your time. Without a slower travel pace and a flexible calendar you are not going to see a huge savings. This is especially true

Add on to one of those?

The second rule of travel is that something will go wrong

Often from a church or a community group (bus tours of ___) 

 The third rule of travel is that you’ll NEVER, EVER get to everything on your bucket list

Not the “best of”

The fourth rule of travel is that DIY isn’t always the best option (Christmas cookie ingredient analogy)

It’s Us! Babcia and YiaYia! We are here to give you every hot tip, great travel hack, hidden gem, and experience based itinerary you are looking for. We’ve traveled all over Europe and we want to share our experience and expertise with you!

Thanks for joining us today! As always, we hope that our travel nonsense translates into your travel success! For more on traveling to Venice as well as your other travel options like small group travel when traveling to Europe or any of our other show notes, click here!

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It’s Us! Babcia and YiaYia! We are here to give you every hot tip, great travel hack, hidden gem, and experience based itinerary you are looking for. We’ve traveled all over Europe and we want to share our experience and expertise with you!

Thanks for joining us today! As always, we hope that our travel nonsense translates into your travel success! For more on traveling to Venice as well as your other travel options like small group travel when traveling to Europe or any of our other show notes, click here!

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It’s Us! Babcia and YiaYia! We are here to give you every hot tip, great travel hack, hidden gem, and experience based itinerary you are looking for. We’ve traveled all over Europe and we want to share our experience and expertise with you!

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Not editing your trip well.

Not taking the time to Journal

Not pre booking the big draws

Not leaving the good stuff at home

Being the target

Additionally, things like statement tees (especially offensive ones) are frowned upon. This isn't a judgement thing, it's simply a safety thing. Take this statement "we love when Americans visit! They spend so much money!" Remember those pick pockets.

Lastly, the number one cause of death for tourists is car accident. Predictable. The number two? Accidental falls and drownings. In other words... death by selfie.

Not paying attention to the calendarNot Shopping around.Thinking that cheaper is always betterRenting a car for the whole time Not Booking as directly as possible. Breakfast plans, anyone? Not thinking through your breakfast optionsNot putting in the Research time.Not  Finding a playground.Not  Booking some downtime.

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