• Travel

    Best Travel Tips for Beginners – Things You Should Keep In Mind

    Traveling for beginners can be overwhelming at times. It is indeed quite a daunting task, and you might get stressed out as well as irritated if you do not know the right tricks and tips.

    There are plenty of incidents you may come across while traveling –and some of them may not give you a pleasant experience. However, you still have to be able to deal with those experiences and learn from them. Here, you find a few traveling tips for the ones who are going to travel for the first time –

    • Be Flexible – While traveling it is always advisable to be flexible and open-minded towards things. Something may come up and you may not be able to depart or return the same day you wanted to, but that doesn’t mean you will get frustrated. The first rule of traveling is to be patient.
    • Learn to make THE LIST – One week prior to the day of your departure, come up with a list of what are the things you may forget and what are the things you do not want to forget. It doesn’t have to be a comprehensive or pen and paper list; you can just make the list in your mind.

    • Learn Some Common Phrases – If you are traveling to a place that doesn’t speak your native language, you should make sure that you learn a few common phrases of the local language of the place. For example learn how to say “Thank You”, “Sorry”, “Pardon” and some others like these.
    • Look For Some Deals – When you are traveling, you should try and get some of the best deals online – it may be on flight tickets, hotel rooms or others such as the Booking.com secret deals which will help you save a lot of money while you are traveling.
    • Keep All The Photocopies Of Your Important Documents – Make photocopies of all your documents while traveling. These will come handy during credential checks. As the routine, as it may seem, it is one of the most important things you should keep in mind.
    • Know The Weather Before You Pack – Packing is important and one more thing you should keep in mind is the right kind of clothes to pack. Keep an eye on the weather of the place so that you do not carry the wrong clothes. Pre-plan your outfits so that you don’t have to worry about any kind of crisis there.
    • Put Your Hotel Name and Room Number in your Phone – To keep yourself safe from any mishaps, you should keep the hotel name and room number on your phone. In case you forget it, you can just look at your phone and get the information.
    • Inform Your Bank And Credit Card – It is important for you to keep your bank and credit card company informed about your travel plans, especially when you are traveling overseas.

    These are a few tiny tips to keep in mind while you are traveling. Make sure you don’t miss any of these.

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    Innovative And Creative Gifting Ideas

    India being a land filled with festivals, culture, and traditions, gifting is a ritual followed by everyone. Be it a birthday, or an anniversary or a festival, people love giving gifts. It is a sweet and a kind gesture. Be it a corporate or an individual or a client, everyone gifts their family members, employees, clients, business partners, friends one day or another. A recent trend that has come up is to gift foreigners or NRI’s or tourist people when they visit India.

    Now the big question is what can we gift people? How can we be different from the rest? Why is it necessary to gift the same old boring items? It is time to make your gift interesting and creative. A gift is something that will be kept as a souvenir and that can be cherished forever. So it is good to give something which rich, traditional and classic. People love traditional products and culture influenced items. Let’s make a trend of gifting Indian handmade products. These have a lot of value and people receiving the gift will cherish it for a lifetime.

    Few of the handmade items that can be gifted are as follows:

    1. House décor: It always nice to gift handmade lamps, wall décor, candles, hand-woven bed linen or cloth décor, idols to people. These can be gifted to people as a housewarming present or people who got recently married. These things look gorgeous when decorated in the house. The house will have a classic vintage traditional décor. Handmade house décor will add color to the house.
    2. Handmade textiles, sarees, and ethnic wear: This is the best gift to give the special lady in your life. You can gift it to your mother, sister, and wife’s birthday. You can gift your wife on your wedding anniversary. Ladies love handmade attires. It adds value and color to their wardrobe.
    3. Jewellery: Gifting jewellery is the safest bet. A lady can never say no to jewellery. You can be creative when you are gifting jewellery. You can gift beautiful earrings, rings, neckpieces, bracelets etc. Handmade earrings and bracelets will be really something special to gift. Instead of spending on one expensive piece, you can always gift them an assortment of different colorful earrings, bracelets, neckpieces. There are beautiful quilling jhumkas online for you to choose from.
    4. Customized figurines or idols: This again is a creative gifting idea. This can be gifted especially as a corporate gift or if you have to gift for a large group. It is good to make a customized figurine that can look good on a desk. It is easy to order these figurines and idols in bulk. These figurines will give an emphasis on the rich culture and tradition.
    5. Handicrafts: There are different types of handicrafts available such as metal, silver, brass, antique etc. These are the best gifts to give NRI’s friends and families or to your foreigner friend who recently visited India. You can give these to keep it as a souvenir. This will remind them of the Indian rich culture and traditions.

    These are some of the basic yet unique gifting ideas that you can use. It is always good to make your gift personal, creative and innovative. These gifts will be cherished for a lifetime and will have its value.