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Air Travel Tips
To help ease your travel experience at the airport.

  • If you're not sure whether an item will be accepted past the security checkpoint, it's probably best to either travel without it or pack it in your checked luggage.

  • Allow time for parking at the airport. In order to minimize the time you spend looking for a parking space and carrying luggage to the airport, choose to take a cab or have friend drive you to the airport.

  • Random shoe checks are being conducted so consider wearing slip-on shoes when you fly.

  • Keep all medicines - over-the-counter drugs as well as prescriptions - in their original packaging. Medication and its administering paraphernalia must be properly marked with a professionally printed label identifying the medication or manufacturer's name or pharmaceutical label.

  • Keep your jewelry, keys, wallets, eyeglasses, tickets, money, passports, cameras, and other valuables with you in your carryon luggage. Also carry on any medication that you may need during your trip.

  • Always put your name and address on the outside of all baggage, both checked and carryon. We recommend placing your name and address on the inside as well, since outside tags can come off.

  • Carefully examine any bag before you pack it. Luggage you haven't used for a while may be inadvertently hiding some things that "won't fly."

  • Buy an inexpensive, plastic watch to wear while flying. Frequent travelers know that wearing metal jewelry and big diver-type watches will set off the alarm at security. But now that the security screen devices have been set to their ultra-sensitive settings, even watches with minimal bits of metal - casing, crowns, and strap buckles, for example - are ringing the bells.

  • Be sure to remove any old destination tags from your luggage. You certainly don't want your bags to end up in the wrong city!

  • Put cosmetics, shoe polish, nail enamel, liquor, perfume, and anything else that might spill, break, and stain your clothing into resealable plastic bags or unbreakable containers. Hazardous materials are not allowed.

  • Placing garments in plastic bags (such as those that come from a dry cleaner) before folding and packing will help to prevent wrinkling.

  • Purchase travel size bottles of shampoo, conditioner, and other toiletries or place just the amounts you will need of these items in small containers to take with you.

  • The typical traveler has pockets bulging with metal: coins and money clips; keys and key chains; pens and mechanical pencils; metal-framed glasses; and even chewing gum and cigarette packs with metallic wrappers; not to mention the wireless phones, pagers and all the other pocket-size gadgets we keep close to our hearts. You can reduce minutes at the security checkpoint by using a resealable plastic sandwich bag. Rather than placing all these items into those plastic containers one item at a time, put them in the bag before you go through security. Then just put the plastic bag in your carryon or toss it in the container, go through the screening, and grab the bag when it comes through the X-ray machine.

  • Fragile items may be included in your carryon allowance and brought onboard the plane. If you decide to check a fragile item, it's important to make sure it is properly packed to withstand the normal rigors of air travel. Fragile articles are accepted as checked luggage only at the Customer's own risk.

  • Don't overpack your luggage. Overpacking can wrinkle clothing and cause baggage to rip apart or pop open during handling and transport.

  • Remove hooks and straps before checking luggage. These are easily caught in baggage handling machinery, which can cause extensive damage to your bag.

  • When you've checked your luggage, make sure you receive a separate claim check for each piece of baggage you've checked. Check to make sure that the city shown on the claim check(s) matches your final destination.

  • Never pack anything considered a hazardous material. Seemingly harmless materials can be dangerous onboard an aircraft. Leave home any flammable liquids (paints, solvents, etc.), household items that contain chemicals (bleaches, drain cleaners, and the like), matches, and other flammable or potentially toxic materials. Variations in temperature and pressure can cause such goods to leak or ignite.

  • Never leave your luggage unattended. If you must leave the area where you have placed it, even for a moment, take your luggage with you.

  • When claiming your checked baggage, check the claim check number and name tag to make sure it is yours. Many pieces of luggage look alike, and you don't want to walk off with someone else's.

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    What to do in Puerto Vallarta

  • Fiesta
  • Snorkeling
  • Visit Guadalajara
  • Shopping excursion
  • Hot springs
  • Tequila Tour
  • Horseback riding
  • Kayaking
  • Parasailing
  • Bingo
  • Hot Air Balloon ride
  • Beach under a palapa
  • Jeep trip
  • Rhythms of the Night Tour
  • Massage
  • Canopy Tour
  • Glass and Tile factories Tour
  • Just to name a few!

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    What to do in Las Vegas

  • Lion Habitat at MGM Grand
  • Fremont Street Experience
  • Fountains at Bellagio
  • M&M's World
  • Manhattan Express Roller Coaster
  • Red Rock Canyon
  • Liberace Museum
  • Shows, shows, shows!
  • Gambling
  • Cirque du Soleil
  • Shopping galore!
  • Fine Dining and Buffets

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