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

Written By Topics: Practical Travel Strategies, Scuba Diving
top 25 dive questions

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?

Written By Topics: Practical Travel Strategies, Scuba Diving
top 25 dive travel questions

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?

Written By Topics: Practical Travel Strategies, Scuba Diving
top 25 dive travel questions

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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Airline Baggage Fees – Are they ever going to end?

Written By Topics: Practical Travel Strategies
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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

Written By Topics: Practical Travel Strategies
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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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Scuba News Flash- Where did the fun go?

Written By Topics: Scuba Diving

Breaking Scuba News! The fun seems to have drained from the scuba cylinders! His Holiness the Dalai Lama once said, “The purpose of life is to be happy” and I like to take it a step farther and say, “and have fun”. Yes, I know that, “times are hard” that “the economy is down” and [...]

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12 Tips for First Time Shark Divers

Written By Topics: Adventure Couple Favs, Scuba Diving

Ridlon (Sharkman) been writing a number of fantastic articles on shark diving and some of the best shark dives in the world.  That’s all great and people who love shark diving love the posts and those that are deathly afraid of sharks, get some weird rush of impending doom when they armchair quarterback them. But….what [...]

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Itchy for Adventure Travel?

Written By Topics: Life by Design, Practical Travel Strategies

I’ve got to ask this question, “Am I alone out here????”  Does anyone else have these damn itchy feet? I don’t mean that I need some Dr. Scholls foot powder, no I mean the inability to stay put, the insatiable need for movement, the constant curiosity for the world.  Do other people wake up and [...]

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Scuba Equipment: To rent or not to rent on my next Dive Vacation?

Written By Topics: Practical Travel Strategies, Scuba Diving

Should I rent or bring my own scuba equipment on a dive vacation? The question of renting or bringing your own scuba diving equipment on vacation becomes more and more relevant each day as the airlines keep hitting us in the wallet with fees. Here are a couple of things to consider about renting… Are [...]

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How to Choose a SCUBA Diving Destination

Written By Topics: Practical Travel Strategies, Scuba Diving

How to Choose SCUBA Diving Destination There are many things to think about when choosing a SCUBA diving destination. Here we explore the key ones including: Timing Matching location with Experience Time vs. Distance What else Do I Want to Do on My Diving Vacation? Finances TIMING is everything in choosing a diving destination There [...]

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