Using your frequent-flier miles to get to Europe can save you a bundle, if you know the ropes and plan ahead.
You'll never meet a traveler who, after five trips, brags, "Every year I pack heavier." The measure of a good traveler is how light he or she travels. You can't travel heavy, happy and cheap. Pick two.
Each summer, Europe greets a stampede of sightseers and shoppers with eager cash registers. Before jumping into the peak-season pig pile, consider the advantages of an off-season trip.
Like a German child's fantasy, Nurnberg's fairy-godmother-like teenage angel stretched out her arms and said, "If you're very, very gentle, you can touch my wings." I stayed seated while little Bavarian preschoolers mobbed the stage to touch their Christkind.
American businesspeople have it pretty easy, at least in terms of communicating when doing business abroad.
Your bags are packed. You're ready to go -- cross that border, that ocean, that sea. Foreign countries and new adventures await you.
Using your frequent-flier miles to get to Europe can save you a bundle, if you know the ropes and plan ahead.
You'll never meet a traveler who, after five trips, brags, "Every year I pack heavier." The measure of a good traveler is how light he or she travels. You can't travel heavy, happy and cheap. Pick two.
Each summer, Europe greets a stampede of sightseers and shoppers with eager cash registers. Before jumping into the peak-season pig pile, consider the advantages of an off-season trip.
Like a German child's fantasy, Nurnberg's fairy-godmother-like teenage angel stretched out her arms and said, "If you're very, very gentle, you can touch my wings." I stayed seated while little Bavarian preschoolers mobbed the stage to touch their Christkind.
American businesspeople have it pretty easy, at least in terms of communicating when doing business abroad.
Your bags are packed. You're ready to go -- cross that border, that ocean, that sea. Foreign countries and new adventures await you.
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