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Travel tips: currency converters, travel insurance, time zones, and other practicalities.

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International Travel Tips
Currency converters, time zones, dial codes, metric conversion...

Travel Tips: the Ultimate Packing List
From money and documents to toiletries, theme park gear, baby gear...

Travel Tips: Trip Insurance
Travel insurance is especially important when your kids are young and might, for example, get chicken pox at just the wrong moment. Think about whether you need: trip cancellation insurance, trip interruption insurance, out-of-country medical insurance, or weather insurance (i.e. compensation in case of bad weather-- many resorts offer weather guarantees.)

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