Whenever I travel outside of the country, I tend to think about all the “what ifs”. What if a poisonous spider bites me? What if a snake strangles me? You don’t even want to know some of the other concerns that run wild in my mind; some of it’s just demented stuff. But, I don’t think I’m alone in this. The best way to ease your fears is preparation. Here’s a website that has all kinds of information on emergency and first-aid care, from general tips to prevention, to questions to ask yourself or a healthcare professional, should you find yourself in an emergency situation. The website addresses an assortment of potential incidences from animal bites and sunburn to frostbite and drowning. Hopefully, none of us will ever need this information but it’s good to know where it is, just in case. As the old adage goes, better safe than sorry. Travel safe.
A new website called InsideTrip.com debuted this week. It’s your standard online booking tool but with a twist. It not only provides fares, but also factors in and evaluates some important particulars that the novice traveler might not be aware of. InsideTrip rates the amount of legroom on the plane, how often a particular flight is on time, the aircraft type, how crowded the flight typically is, connection times and so on. I wasn’t able to give it a good whirl as I’m traveling and when I pulled the site up, the homepage screen greeted me with an error message: “Sorry, your web browser is not yet supported. You need to download a new version of Firefox or Internet Explorer.” What the blank?! I’ve never seen that one before. Let’s just hope they have better luck rating flights.
