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Travel Tips: Solo with Keys!

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Some small hotels in Europe still use this wonderful way of keeping your keys safe.

“Life is really simple but we insist on making it complicated.” Confucius

If you get a key that’s looks like this:  big key                                    Instead of this:                                              key

DON’T  try to put it in your pocket!  And don’t put it in your purse either!  These huge key “bobbs” are meant to take to your room and then surrender at the front desk everyday when you leave.  No lost keys!!!

And, it’s a type of communication system!  When the key is at the front desk, the chamber maid knows you’re out and can clean your room.  So 2 huge benefits, no lost keys and no unnecessary knocks on your door to see if your room needs cleaning!!

I love it.  Let’s go back to this system I say!

chamber maid keys

 

Copyright 2015 Marion O’Grady

Traveling Solo

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My best advice for your first “solo” trip is to select a place you’re familiar with.  For me, that was Nantucket Island in Massachusetts.  I had spent many Augusts vacationing on Nantucket, as a child.  It held memories and enchantment at the same time.  So this was a natural and easy first choice.  I knew that I would feel at ease on the island, while traveling alone.

“In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count, it’s the life in your years.”                               Abraham Lincoln            

I decided to take the “slow” ferry over from Hyannis.  The longer crossing set a relaxed pace from the start.  You’re never really alone, there are so many people everywhere you go.  But the experience of traveling on your own is truly unique.  You have the opportunity to observe more and stretch your imagination.  You are free to make your own plans and go where you want to  go, without consulting others.

You may even find that going on a vacation alone gives you more opportunity to meet other people!  At the very least, you will find that you have more time to explore your surroundings. You’re free to chose exactly what you’d like to do.  Chose a place you know you like first.  There will be plenty of chances to find new destinations, once you’ve experienced your first “A Table For One” vacation.

Copyright 2015 Marion O’Grady