Traveling with your cat can bring a lot of stress if you are not prepared. These air travel tips for traveling with your cat will help to ease your anxiety.  Your trip may include travel by planes, trains and automobiles.  My goal is to help you fly stress free!  These tips by Krissi Ann will help.

Some animals love to ride in the car; others leave the house only when they have to (usually to visit the vet for their annual shots). Regardless if you are going on holiday vacation, relocating across the nation or just taking your cat to the vet, most likely you’ll need to take a trip with your pet at some point.

Here are some tips to make traveling with your pet fun and easy:

Make sure your pet is in good health before traveling. If you have a cat who is older, ill or pregnant, it may not always be safe for them to travel. If uncertain, take your pet to the veterinarian for a checkup prior to departing on your trip. You should also make sure your pet is current on all of her vaccinations, including rabies shots.

Along with your typical cat travel items (food, water, bed, cat carrier, etc.) you may need to provide documents showing your pet is up to date on her vaccinations (if traveling by air). If your pet isn’t used to traveling, consider taking her on short trips prior to going on a long trip.

Having proper id tags on your family pet is important when traveling. Pets could get separated from their owners when traveling by air, thus it is critical to have current tags on your cat or perhaps a microchip to ensure that your cat can be identified and returned to you should you be separated.

Microchip procedures are safe, quick and becoming more popular as cat hospitals, animal shelters and kennels are utilizing scanning equipment to read microchips and help reunite pets and owners.

Have additional supplies for your cat handy in the car and when you arrive at your destination. Along with your pet’s favorite toys, here are some other important pet supplies to take on your trip: extra leashes and collars, an old blanket or towel to set underneath your pet’s carrier for easy clean-up, your pet’s bed if she has one, a food and water bowl set, extra treats, cat grooming supplies, extra litter and litter pans for cats, and a first aid kit for pets.

Remember to bring extra food for your cat in case their favorite brand is not for sale where you are traveling to. In the event that you have to switch your pet’s food, do it gradually over several days rather than all at one time. Also, be sure you provide your cat fresh drinking water at every opportunity.

Lastly, be sure you use a durable cat carrier for your cat. If you are traveling by airplane, make certain you have an airline approved cat carrier that meets the airline’s specifications.

In general pet carriers for cats should be sturdy (hard sided or durable plastic), and properly ventilated. It should be adequate size to allow your pet to stand up, turn around, and lie down in comfortably. Be sure the door to the crate is secure so your cat can’t get free from the carrier. It’s also a good idea to line the bottom of the cat carrier with a towel to help keep your pet comfortable and to keep the carrier from leaking. And of course, make certain the carrier has both your pet’s name and your name, as well as contact details so that you can be reached in the event your cat becomes separated from you.

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My wife and I love to travel. Even though we live in Florida, we still enjoy a tropical destination.  Here are some hotel travel tips so that you can enjoy a beautiful ocean view by getting what you want.

You might have been browsing through magazines or online and find yourself drawn to a spectacular resort. Before booking, I suggest that you carefully read the description.

You must learn to read between the lines. In one national magazine, I saw an advertisement for a luxurious resort hotel in Weston, Florida. Well they don’t call it WESTon without a reason. The city was named Weston because it was so far west of the ocean. The resort described it’s location as ‘near the beaches’. They said it was only eighteen miles from the beach.

I don’t know about you, but I do not consider eighteen miles from the beach to be close enough. For me to consider a hotel to be near the beach, I must be able to walk to the beach…in my flip flops.

I would rather be ON the beach!

Any room with a view of the ocean will be the most popular in any hotel. There is nothing quite like seeing the beautiful water right outside your window.

If you, like me, enjoy a balcony, be sure to check to see if your hotel room will have one.  Many hotels don’t.  I’m really not sure why. I think it has to do with the fact that some are in hurricane areas. Others are in areas with large Spring Break parties and college students are known to jump from balcony to balcony, sometimes missing their target.

I like to sit on my balcony and unwind while I listen to the peaceful sound of the ocean crashing to the shore. It’s the first thing I do in the morning and the last thing I do before going to bed. I can’t imagine having a room without a balcony.

The better views will come with a premium.

City View

A city view will be the least expensive and it may really mean ‘parking lot view’ so be careful.

Ocean View

Ocean view means that you may get just a peek of the ocean. You might have to stand up and lean out a little bit.

Ocean Front

Ocean front is my absolute favorite view. Of course we want to be directly on the beach with a direct ocean front view.

Maybe that doesn’t matter so much to you because you will hardly even be in your room.  Is it more important to just pick up your towel and head to the beach with the kids?

Is it also important to be near shopping, restaurants and popular tourist attractions?

Maybe you just want a pool with lounge chairs and a hot tub.

In order to travel stress free, you’ll want to think about all these hotel travel tips before making your reservations.

That way you’ll get exactly what you want.

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Here are some fun Spain travel tips you’ll enjoy. If you are in Spain at the end of August, you won’t want to miss the biggest food fight in the world.  It happens only in the town of Bunol, Valencia each year.

Around 30,000 people from all over Spain and the world flock to this town just to throw at each other more than two hundred thousand pounds of tomatoes that are dumped from the backs of huge trucks.

The Tomatina festival starts with a contest where players race up a pole to get a smoked leg of a spanish ham. It was officially recognized in 1959 when the government relented due to popular demand. The trucks that carry the massive amounts of tomatoes go around the streets dumping their squishy cargo. The people then go crazy and start throwing tomatoes at each other until there is nothing left to throw.

It is a town-wide tomato fight that escalated into large proportions when the rest of the world found out how much fun it was.  Legend has it that this tradition started in 1945 when a fight erupted between two young people who were attending the carnival in the town square.

The following year, a different group of young people came together at the square and started a tomato fight using their own tomatoes that they brought. Many copycats followed suit but were prevented by the local police and eventually it was banned. The people could not get enough of the tomato fights and they clamored for it to be brought back. The government now fully supports the festival.

Spain Travel Tips For The Best Tomato Fight:

• Have protection for important body parts because you might never know what will happen.
• A shockproof and waterproof camera is great for the memories.
• Bring some pain medication too. You might need it.
• Bring with a good pair of goggles for eye protection.
• It is best that you wear old clothing so that you can just throw them away after the festival.
• Enjoy every moment!

Participants put on goggles and start shouting for the throwing to begin.

They start and stop the tomato throwing at a given time announced by a ‘banger’ or bells. When they hear the signal, they start pelting each other with the squishy tomatoes.

Not only will you get wonderful memories, you will also get better skin because tomatoes are well known for being great antioxidants. While you are there try the acorn cured hams (which are cured with, you guessed it…tomatoes).

Of course you need to get there first. If you are looking for cheap tickets you’ll want to learn how to avoid all those fees that airlines keep adding to your ticket price.  This Fly Cheap Guide shows you back door secrets to fly cheap.

Here are some air travel tips to help you with lost luggage.  It’s become a hassle for so many people so it’s a good idea to prepare for it just in case.

Can you believe this?

My pilot friend Joe, was flying from Orlando to Miami and guess what?

The airline lost his luggage!

It was a half hour flight.  It just doesn’t seem possible.

Unfortunately, it IS possible and it even happens to pilots while on the job.

I want to give you some air travel tips to help you in case it happens to you. I’ve included an article below from Arun G. Chitnis because I couldn’t have said it any better myself.

Lost Luggage: Air Travel Tips For Surviving An Emergency

Knowing what to do if you have lost luggage in transit is one of the most vital travel tips you will ever learn. You can lose luggage anywhere and at any time during a long trip, no matter how you travel.

Tourists lose luggage regularly in taxis, on buses and trains and anywhere in between a trip. Sometimes, luggage is stolen. However, lost luggage is a problem most commonly associated with airline travel.

So what do you do if your bag fails to appear on the airline’s baggage carousel? The first point on your agenda is to report this fact to the airline’s baggage office or window. This is usually where lost luggage reports are recorded and addressed. It is bound to be on the same level as the baggage conveyor.

Once there, you locate the baggage clerk and hand him your baggage stub. Do keep your cool and avoid panicking or blowing up at the poor fellow. Sometimes luggage for one flight arrives on another flight because of logistical problems.

Once you have reported lost luggage at the airline’s baggage claim counter or office, a clerk will attempt to track your bag on the computer. If it turns out that your luggage is not arriving on another flight, another search level kicks in.

The clerk will start making calls at all possible locations where your lost luggage may have wound up. If this yields no results, he will mobilize the baggage handlers to make a search for it.

At this point, input from you will be very useful. You should offer a detailed description of your individual luggage pieces. If you have a picture of your stuff – even one taken of you by a friend that shows your luggage too – give it to the baggage handlers.

After you have done this, do something to divert yourself. The matter is now out of your hands and there is no point in stewing or getting in their way!

Next, you will need to fill out a claim form in which you will need to give some personal information. This will include a description of your lost luggage. Give the baggage clerk contact details of wherever you will be over the next few days. Ensure that you ask for and stash away a photocopy of this form, too!

You will receive assurances to the effect that the airline will try to trace your lost baggage, and that you will receive it if it turns up. Listening to that can be pretty discouraging, because it confirms that your luggage is now officially lost.

There is, of course, an off-chance that the baggage clerk will find that your luggage had arrived on the baggage carousel. If this is the case, your baggage is most probably stolen. This then becomes a case for the police and insurance company.

If your lost luggage is traced, the airline company will definitely intimate you and return it to you. If not, most large airlines will do what they can to replace your lost luggage itself. They might offer to give you luggage pieces that match your lost ones closely (however, do not count on it!).

It is your legal right to receive compensation for the contents of your luggage. There is a limit to your entitlement, of course. It varies according to the airline in question. In any case, find out the airline’s reimbursement policy should you choose to purchase replacements for items lost in your luggage during transit.

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© Arun Chitnis is a professional content and copywriter, proof-reader and editor. He wields his pen on a diverse range of topics, but his primary areas of interest are medical and lifestyle issues, family dynamics, parenting, natural health, home improvement, real estate, humor and fiction.

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Saturday Night Live took an interesting look at the latest TSA controversy.  It’s a funny look at something that is causing a lot of concern for the traveling public and flying fears that people have about traveling.

Watch and enjoy this seldom seen cockpit perspective to help lower flying anxiety. This is a picture perfect approach and landing on a beautiful day at London, England’s Stansted International Airport. Watching this behind the scenes approach and landing sometimes helps people on the road to overcome fear of flying without medication or alcohol.

With Spirit Airlines unveiling their recent fee for using the overhead bin, flying anxiety about what’s next for airlines to charge for is building. Here’s a humorous look at what other possibilities could be next as air travel gets crazier for all the fees they are now charging passengers and hopefully people won’t begin to fear flying by all the things they point out in this very funny video.

Pilot DJ Frost helps lower flying anxiety as he talks about and explains the recent airplane turbulence incident. He also explains some of the causes of airplane turbulence and other aviation interests in a very interesting interview with the legendary Bill Cunningham of WLW 700 in Cincinnati.

Pilot DJ Frost is interviewed on The G.Gordon Liddy Show as he helps lower flying anxiety by talking about his aircraft problems and fixes in Kabul, Afghanistan, how he was rescued from the airport and who he’s been helping lately in the field of PTSD therapy. See pictures from Afghanistan as you listen to DJ’s description about his adventure.

Watch this skit from the old Carol Burnett Show to help lower your flying anxiety. This skit from the ’70s is not far from what’s happening with some of the airlines today as they cut back on the frills and charge for just about anything, including the restroom on Ryan Air in Europe. Some people feel humor helps them overcome fear of flying with a good laugh. Enjoy.