Posted by David Porter on September 2, 2015 · 1 Comment
When traveling overseas, powering your electrical devices is one of the very important considerations to be made. You see, each country around the world has its own standard electrical plug with varying amounts of voltage coming out of the wall.
If you don’t have the right adapter, you won’t be able to plug your devices into the electrical outlet. And, if your electrical device can’t handle the voltage coming out of the wall, you may also wind up destroying valuable electronics.
When it comes to deciding which type of electrical travel adapter is needed, or the amount of voltage coming out of the wall in each of the countries around the world, we’ve written an article for you on the subject: click here.
By clicking the link above, you’ll learn the necessary electrical travel adapter required for your trip. But now, we’d like to share with you the best electrical travel adapters that we’ve come across.
In the past, we’ve purchased those multi-country adapters, or cheapo adapters for five bucks and have wound up very disappointed. The cheap adapters tend to fall apart. But most importantly, they tend to fall out of the wall when you’re trying to use them.
Our advice? Spend a few dollars more and buy a well-crafted electrical travel adapter. Our favorite is pictured above. Here’s a few things we like about it:
- It’s purple. This helps us to see them and not leave ’em behind.
- You can plug two devices into this one unit.
- They are well crafted and fit tightly into the wall receptacles. In other words, they won’t be constantly falling out of the wall.
You can find these adapters on Amazon by clicking here.
Another Electrical Travel Tip
When you travel overseas, you’re going to have a lot of electrical devices to plug into the wall. We recommend that you have two of the proper electrical adapters with you: one for the bathroom, and one for the living area.
Because you’re going to want to charge cell phones, cameras, and computers in the living area, we recommend that you also purchase one of these travel power strips. Just plug this into your purple electrical adapter, and you’ll be able to charge 5 devices at once: four on the power strip, and one in the extra plug on the adapter.
To purchase the electrical power strip on Amazon, click here.
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Posted by David Porter on September 1, 2015 · 2 Comments
Did you know that you can earn free travel experiences as a Pied Piper?
Are you a person with the ability to connect groups of people around a particular group travel experience? Do you have lots of friends, a large family, or belong to a civic group or organization? If so, you might qualify to have all, or part of your trip paid for as a pied piper.
Let’s say you have a group of folks that would love to do a wine country river cruise in the Bordeaux region of France. Sounds fun, right?
If that’s the case, then with the right amount of people (generally 5-6 couples) you can earn a complimentary booking (or partial booking) for yourself for simply putting the group of people together.
All you need to do is gather the group of people together, and we’ll do everything else?
Put a group of travelers together and earn free travel!
Here are some popular group travel experiences to consider:
- Holy land tours
- Culinary group tours, river cruises, and ocean cruises
- Wine group tours, river cruises, and ocean cruises
- Adventure group tours, river cruises, and ocean cruises
- Large family group tours, river cruises, and ocean cruises
- Group tours, river cruises, or ocean cruises that you organize through a civic group, or organization.
- National sporting events (think Kentucky Derby, Superbowl, etc.)
- Golf outings at the world’s best golf courses
- Girlfriend getaways, and guys getaways. (think spas, fishing, hunting, etc.)
- Destination hotels and resorts all over the world
- If you can dream it, it’s likely possible to earn a complimentary travel dollars
How is this possible? Well, at the end of the day, you’re being rewarded for putting the group of paying travelers together. People absolutely love to travel together, and this just might be a fun way for you to travel with a complimentary booking to boot! Plus, there are generally additional perks offered to each of the participating group members.
Sound fun?
If you have a group travel idea that you would like to explore, just give us a call at (480) 550-1235, and we’ll explain the details.
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Posted by David Porter on August 29, 2015 · Leave a Comment
Click photo for larger view. ©2015, David A. Porter
Saguaro in bloom. Click photo for larger view. ©2015, David A. Porter
Lately, I’ve been growing tired of looking at the background photographs that come installed on my iMac. While they’re beautiful, with nearly 30,000 of my own photographs installed on my hard drive, I figured it was time to daily gaze upon some of my own work. For now, I’ve settled on some greens and blues from the tiptop of this saguaro I shot right in our backyard.
The saguaro flower, which blooms in May and June, is the state flower of Arizona. Just before these beautiful white flowers adorn the top of every saguaro in the Sonoran Desert, we first witness these vibrant green buds. This particular saguaro is roughly 10 ft high. In the background, providing what photographers call bokeh (out of focus points of light), is a massive Mesquite tree that provides a wonderful place for our saguaro to grow.
I hope you my photograph as much as I’ve enjoyed sharing it with you! 🙂
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Posted by David Porter on August 26, 2015 · Leave a Comment
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The Roaming Boomers
When you travel overseas, you’re going to have a lot of electrical devices to plug into the wall. We recommend that you have two of the proper electrical adapters with you: one for the bathroom, and one for the living area.
