Travel Tips: Doing Research Before Going Abroad  It's T-minus 5
days until I head off to London for fourteen days straight of
music, music, and more music...with some blogging in between.
But before I go leaving on a jet plane, there are a few things
left to do. Traveling abroad is always exciting (and/or nerve-
wracking: my travel buddy is already freaking out about the ten
hour flight), but it seems like the best trips are the ones that
offer the same comforts of home while experiencing new things.
Here's one example: Let's say you use your credit card on your
trip...but then the credit card company puts a block on it
because they think someone stole your identity! No matter how
great the rest of your day was, perhaps the one thing you'll
remember is that you spent three hours on a phone being shunted
to different branches of customer service to get your credit
card sorted out. There are definitely ways--though not foolproof
--to try and avoid situations like these to make sure your
holiday abroad goes as smo