C6-Sunday News, May 4, 1980

Put a zipper on a pocket when you travel

I know that movies are
very popular with airline
travellers — to the extent
that some people change
airlines when they don’t like
the show. Up uatil now,
movies have mostly been
available on  wide-bodied
aircraft such as the 747’s and

trayel-
wise

by Barbara
McCreadie

DC-10’s but Air Canada has
just announced that, come
July, eight of their DC-8's
will be fitted with movie
equipment.

That should please a lot of
movie addicts however I've
got to confess that those
plastic earphones drive me
nuts. After a few minutes my
ears start to itch, the rubber
earplugs drop out and roll
under the next seat and my
individual speaker develops
a case of terminal static.
With all our modern
technology, why can’t some
company develop a better
set of headphones?

Here's a travel tip I've

mentioned before but it
bears repeating. Before
leaving home with a

pocketfull of credit cards,
lay them out on a piece of
paper and photocopy them.
Leave one copy at home, put
one copy in your suitcase
(not your wallet, silly — it
would make good reading
material far the thief who
lifts the whole thing) and
maybe give a copy to your
travel companion.

Speaking of credit cards,
leave home the ones you
won't likely use. Eaton's and
the Bay don't have too many
branches in Greece

roseway travel

Eltle Hender, CTC
Manager

If your husband is plan-
ning to carry documents or
money in an inside jacket
pocket, foil thieves by
sewing a zipper on the
pocket. I was just checking
my husband's jackets to
decide the neatest way of
installing a zipper when I
discovered that his newest
suit came equipped with a
buttoned flap on _ that
pocket. Somewhere, there is
a brilliant designer of men’s
wear going unappluaded!

If you are staying in any
hotel above the first floor
PLEASE check for the
location of the fire exits
before you go to bed. I read
a real horror story the other
day about a hotel fire. When
one woman tried to get out
of her room, the hallway was
full of smoke and the red
lights on the “fire exit” signs
were out. She managed to
find her way on hands and
knees but only because she
knew the way. Others didn't
make it.

If you are making a spur-
of-the-moment trip and
haven't time to buy a small
sewing kit, an old wine cork
makes a good substitute.
Skewer it with a few pins, a
needle and wind several
lengths of thread around the
middle. You can even add a
couple of buttons, secured
with straight pins.

A reader sent me a helpful
hint, learned at some cost!

DEAR BARBARA: I am in
my 60’s and unfortunately
my kidneys aren't what they
used to be — meaning that I
make several visits to the
facilities during the night.
My wife is a light sleeper and
hits the roof if I wake her up
by turning on a hight. She
cannot sleep if I leave the
light on in the bathroom. On
one occasion I groped
around in the dark, finally
walking head-first into the
edge of the bathroom door. |]
nearly knocked myself cold!

Next day, I purchased a
tiny flashlight and a roll of
tape. Now, before I go to
bed in a strange hotel, I tape
the little flashlight to the
edge of the bathroom door
and | haven't collided with
one since

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If you are a dedicated
shopper and plan to buy Buy
BUY while out of the
country, carry an ordinary
envelope im your purse and
file all your receipts in it.
Before filing each receipt
make a note of the price in
Canadian dollars under the
amount. You will probably
be carrying travellers’
cheques in American dollars
so be careful to translate into
Canadian.

It really simplifies your
return through customs,
especially if you have been
to several different coun-
tries.

Your own “calling cards”
are a pleasure when it comes
to exchanging addresses with
people you meet on
vacations. Glue a small
envelope at the back of your
address book or diary so you
can file the ones you receive
from other people.

A set of these cards makes
a good gift for someone you
know who plans to travel.

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Without my _ glasses, I
need a Boy Scout to help me
across the street. My
greatest fear is breaking
them in some foreign place.
Should such a catastrophy
occur, my prescription is
stapled to the back page of
my immunization record,
along with my I.A.M.A.T.
membership card.

Lens prescriptions are
standard all over the worid.

Did you know that the
three most common places
people leave articles in hotel
rooms are: under the bed, on
the back of the bathroom
door and in dresser drawers?
We always check these

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places twice before checking
out. Maid service in some
hotels is just awful — I can't
begin to tell you how many
strange socks I've unearthed

from under beds’ when
checking for our own
belongings.

The only time I've ever
left anything behind was in a
motel in San Francisco — a
very comfortable old pink
nightgown on the back of the
bathroom door. When I got
home I wrote the motel,
enclosed a dollar for postage
and before long was reunited
with my bed-pal. Most hotels
will do this — it's part of
their public relations.

Have you seen those small
ball-point pens that are
attached to a clip and have a

retractable cord? One of
those pinned just inside the
top of your purse saves
rummaging and saves loss.

Many visa applications
require a  passport-type
photograph. For any
backpackers or ordinary
tourists who are making
unregulated journeys, it

helps to carry a couple of
extras along. You never
know when you might
decide to make a visit to
some place unexpected and

have to make a visa ap-
plication.
Many people have

suggested different brands of
earplugs to aid sleep in noisy
hotels. I cannot recommend
them for two reasons: First,
should a fire alarm sound the

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second, several doctors have
said that the prolonged use
of these can lead to ear
infections of the itchy, scaly
type. Apparently these little
plastic plugs harbor germs
and if your own breed of
germs isn't enough, never
borrow anyone else's.

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