Travel Tips
There are so many things that you could buy from Italy as souvenirs for your friends and family back in your home country. For me as a budget traveler, I only buy those small and light (of course cheap also) souvenirs which can be easily carried on board of my flight without incurring extra freight and protection charges. I still remembered those souvenirs that I bought in Bali broke in the course of my Airasia flight after checking in as hold baggage. Travel tips: Never check in fragile items during your flight. You can’t imagine how rough and careless the flight crews treat those hold baggage. They simply throw and stack your baggage without taking a single care of them, and no matter how many “Fragile” warning stickers you have put on!
By the way, these were what I bought on my travel to Italy, which are great for souvenirs for friends, office colleagues or family members.
1) Baratti & Milano chocolate is one of the oldest chocolate maker in Italy. Established in Torino, Italy since 1858, I would say it’s the best milk chocolate I had ever eaten so far. These chocolate is as good as, if not better than, those top favourite chocolate makers from Europe, such as Lindt from Switzerland, Thorntons from UK, or Neuhaus from Brussels. You must buy home some Baratti & Milano chocolates or at least try them while you are in Italy. I bought the souvenir pack with an assortment of varieties in Rome Ciampino Airport.
2) The miniature replica of Pisa Tower. There are in many different sizes and materials and of course prices. The best I found is this one that I bought in Pisa, from one of the stalls located beside the real Pisa Tower. Its made of some sort of composite material (I don’t know what is that, it feels like plastic but weigh like stone). It is about 12 inch tall and carved with sufficient details of the architecture of Pisa Tower. The whole piece is in milky white colour with brown highlights to details. It is best for souvenir to be put in your living room.
3) Need we say more? Fridge magnets are among the top tourists favourite souvenir items on travel. There is an abundance of choice for these fridge magnets found in every tourists spots in Italy, with different design and price. Generally, you can get 1 for 2 Euro or less. Of course, higher price is always justified by its quality, albeit you have to look for bargain for the same type of design from different places. I bought these magnets in Rome, my last stop in Europe, just before my flight.
Always plan what to buy when for souvenirs. The best is to buy it just before your flight home. However, you have to make sure the souvenirs that you want to buy is available at your last stop. For example, you need to buy Neuhaus Belgian chocolate in Brussel eventhough Brussels is not your last stop in Europe, just because you won’t be able to find one elsewhere. Otherwise, you can buy Guylian belgian chocolates instead which are widely available in European airports. 
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Travel insurance is getting more important for travelers nowadays. The world is sick. New virus outbreaks, unprecedented heat and snow storms, public riot, earthquakes and hurricanes are happening around the world. More importantly, slumping economy in US and Europe have caused many social issues and public safety. All in all, the safety for travelers are now being threatened.
Beside that, ever rising cost of medication and hospitalization has become an extra burden to travelers when traveling abroad in countries with different weather and culture. Even though you may think yourself to be fit and in good health, there are always unexpected accidents waiting to happen especially in an unfamiliar environment, and the medical costs involved could be thousands!
These are when travel insurance comes in. If you love to travel as much as I do, travel insurance could let you enjoy your holidays with total piece of mind, for a small fraction of the cost and time you may need to spend if unfortunately. It’s much better to be safe than sorry to buy a travel insurance before departure.
There are many different types of travel insurance on offer and they are much competitive nowadays. You can choose the plan that suit you best and have your money well spent. If you’re making a long haul journey or planning a round the world trip you can consider a worldwide travel insurance to ensure all your worldwide destinations are covered by the single policy. If you are traveling to different countries at a different time of the year, getting a multi trip insurance plan can always save more on insurance and enjoy more on your travel!
What if you love to travel in a group of your family? Now you can also buy a family travel insurance plan to cover all your family members on travel under one policy and it is the most economic option to travel safely!
The cost might not be your main issue but the time and embarrassment involved definitely are, especially when unexpected events happened such as loss of baggage or delay of flights. For travelers sake, these are normally covered by travel insurances as well! And these are what I concern most since I’ve been flying around frequently with low cost airlines and my travel itineraries are always tightly planned with little room for delay!
To buy a travel insurance, you can either get quote from your travel agency or specialized travel insurance agents. Beside that, your existing life insurance agents or booked airlines can also help you on this. Spend some times studying the plans against your traveling needs is always worth more than spending time choosing your travel outfits!
No holiday would be complete and enjoyable if we need to worry about safety and unexpected cost. To reduce our fear to the minimum, it’s worth thousands to buy a travel insurance before your travel for a fraction of a thousand. Don’t risk your precious travel moment by saving little money on travel insurance. Don’t you think so? – Travel Feeder, your ultimate photo travel guide to Europe
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