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A travel first aid kit doesn't have to prepare you for every medical emergency. You want to travel light, after all. But it should have a few products that can guard against most travel related ailments.

Did you know that there are places where you can really take treasure hunting vacations? Did you dream of finding treasure when you were a child?

Volunteer vacations are becoming so popular, that the travel industry has coined a word for this kind of tourism. Now you can search the web for voluntourism and find hundreds of sites that provide travel with a heavy focus on volunteering.

Family vacations, multigenerational vacations, call it what you will. It seems to be one of the trends in travel that is growing.

To Americans, especially, I think finding your roots is appealing. We're a nation of immigrants for the most part. Finding your roots can be appealing to others whose ancestors have relocated... Australians, New Zealanders, many South Americans, and even Asians and Africans.

Whether you're traveling on your own or on a multigenerational vacation, finding family history can be fun. Take your family on a trail through history... your family's history.

So we've been encouraging you to make lists... lists like a travel preparation checklist and a packing list. You do it for groceries and for projects around the house. Make a list for your travel preparations too.

You might think that with all the travel we do, we would have no travel trepidation. I can see where you might be justified to assume that, but you'd be wrong. We just got back from a wonderful trip that makes for a good example.

Let's get it straight right from the beginning, economy class syndrome really has nothing to do with sitting in economy class. You don't get sick from sitting in those small seats close to other passengers... at least that's not the only reason you might get deep vein thrombosis.

I love world bazaars. Souks, suqs, markets. Call them what you will, they're just so much fun to prowl in. By definition bazaars are shopping quarters... especially in the middle east. They were probably the precursors to our flea markets, shopping malls, and supermarkets all rolled into one. The word seems to have originated in Persia, but now you find bazaars all over the world.