Travel Tip Tuesday

Never over pack! Not sure what amenities your hotels or cruise ships provide? Ask! First check their web site or any confirmation paperwork you have. If you can't find it there e-mail or call them. This way you don't fill your suitcase with unnecessary items like shampoo, shower gel or blow dryers.

I stayed at a hotel in Venice, Italy that said the rooms were supplied with a hair dryer. Well, what it should have said is there was one hair dryer at the front counter that you could borrow. Just one… for all to share. I was glad it was a small hotel and it always seemed to be available. I chalked it up to lost in translation, but it worked and I never went out with wet hair.