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- Avoid flight-cancellation
hassles by booking the earliest flight of the day. If your flight is
canceled, you're most likely to get another flight the same day. If
you're on the last flight, you could be stuck overnight.
- Pack light. First, whittle
your clothes from War and Peace-size down to haiku by laying out what
you hope to tote. Then pick only half of them! Women travelers should
build a wardrobe around one color, such as black or navy, so everything
matches. Avoid white; it stains. Fashion writers live in black because
the stylish, seasonless color is easy to keep clean and works day or
night.
- When you're aboard an
airplane, do your eyes sting, blur, get red? These reactions commonly
occur because cabin air is extremely dry. For relief, use artificial
tears to lubricate your eyes. Don't use vasoconstrictors, such as
Visine, which alleviate redness only temporarily and don't replenish
moisture. In fact, repeated use of vasoconstrictors can increase
redness. Also, avoid wearing contact lenses on long plane trips.
- The best way to photograph
a city? Make a shot list: skylines, street scenes, people, recreation,
arts and entertainment, monuments, buildings. Before you head out to
shoot, however, get oriented. The easiest method is to take a one- to
three-hour city bus tour. You probably won't get any good photography
done, but you'll learn the lay of the land.
- To fight wrinkling,
separate clothes with dry-cleaners' bags or, in humid climates, tissue
paper. Button jackets and shirts; zip trousers and skirts. Put shoes,
umbrellas, and other heavy items at the back of the suitcase, opposite
the handle.
- Philippine language is Filipino.
- Philippine Currency is Peso (Php).
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