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Top 25 Dive Travel Questions, I feel “rusty” about my Diving before my Dive Vacation, What Should I Do?

Top 25 Dive Travel Questions: #19 I haven’t diving in awhile and feel “rusty” and nervous about my dive vacation. What should I do? If it’s been awhile since you’ve been diving, you are not alone by any means. The majority of traveling divers dive once or twice a year and for many it’s two [...]

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Top 25 Dive Travel Questions, What is a Live Aboard?

Top 25 Dive Travel Questions, #12 I’ve heard the term “live aboard”, can you explain? If you are new to the diving scene, it would be good to have a definition of what a live aboard dive boat is and if you are a dive veteran you may find that the term has now expanded. [...]

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Top 25 dive travel questions, #16 Should I get certified before or on my vacation?

Whether or not to get certified before or on your vacation is a great question which is asked very often. And there are really three options here, getting fully certified at home before you go, doing the entire thing on your vacation or doing half and half. Let’s take a look at these options separately. [...]

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Top 25 Questions on Dive Travel, #17, Does my certification expire and what if I don’t have it on Vacation?

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Does my certification card (c-card) expire?  I have lost my certification card (c-card) or have forgotten it on my vacation.  It shouldn’t be a problem to dive right?  I can just show them a few skills. These questions often come together.  Divers misplace their c-cards and assume they probably have expired.  Then they travel on [...]

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Top 25 questions on Dive Travel, #15, how do I try scuba diving on my vacation?

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I am not a certified diver but I would like to try scuba diving.  What are my options on vacation? If you are not yet a diver but would like the opportunity to try diving while on vacation it’s a GREAT opportunity to see if you like it!  Here are a couple of things to [...]

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Top 25 Dive Travel Questions, #13 Live Aboard or Land Based?

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Should I dive land based or live aboard? THIS is the age old diving question isn’t it and why it is one of our top 25 most asked questions.  I think I would answer this question with more questions… Do you have a non diving partner/spouse? If so and they want to do ANYTHING besides [...]

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Top 25 Dive Travel Questions, #4 How do I pack to keep my luggage under 50 lbs with dive gear?

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On our list of the top 25 questions asked about dive travel, the luggage question is high on the list, especially with baggage fees going up and up and up! The first question is do you want to? Depending on the airline and the cost, it may simply be easier for you to mentally add [...]

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The Gift of Summer

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Summer always has a certain feel. It reminds me of the smell of the public library, when as a kid Mom would to pick out our summer reading books. After the difficulty of limiting my selections down to five or six, then I could spend the entire day laying in the grass savoring other people’s [...]

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Airline Baggage Fees – Are they ever going to end?

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A Very Brief History of Airline Baggage Fees United Airlines started the party in 2005 by instituting airline baggage fees but things didn’t go into full swing until 2008.  Two years later, the airline industry has more than 7.8 BILLION reasons annually to continue charging ancillary fees and a proven business model to do so.  [...]

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Top 10 Benefits of Guided Group Travel

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Are You a Good Candidate for Guided Group Travel?  You Might Surprise Yourself! Is guided group travel for you? Or group travel in general? These days most people spend so much time in the office stressed out, they simply don’t have time, don’t take the time, or don’t want to hassle with planning a dive [...]

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