How organized of a traveler are you?

Do you have plans for traveling any time soon? Many people like to escape the rainy Bellingham weather this time of year and seek out warmer climates. Others travel for business all year round. Everyone who travels knows how important it is to be organized. An organized start to any trip can help to make the entire vacation a success. 

Here is a packing list to help you figure out what to bring and what to leave at home. Having a list can assure you of the fact that you won't forget to pack something essential and can help save you time as you to try to figure out what is most important and what you can live without.

Try to pack your bags a couple of days in advance. This will help you discover if you happen to be out of something important such as a medication or if you need to buy a new scarf or shirt for your trip. It also gives you time to relax before heading on vacation and it lets you have time to deal with last minute details should something come-up. 

Arrange for transportation a few days in advance as well. Don't wait until the morning of your departure to call a taxi or town car service. Many of these companies can not service you on a moments notice or do not offer 24 hour service. Call Best Limousines and Sedans 360-734-8889 for reliable and luxury transportation to the airport. 

Do you agree with the items on this packing list? What would you add or subtract? Leave us a comment or email us at info@kings-coaches.com

Luggage Features for Hassle-free Travels

By Andrew Connor

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You'll only ensure hassle-free trips if you have everything you'll need with you and then some. Frequent travelers know the importance of organization and portability, especially when trips involve hustling between hotels, airports, and destinations. With these considered, nothing really beats good luggage as the most important personal effect you'll ever have. Think about it: your stuff has to go through the security checks and handling, and it'll surely have its fair share of tumbles on the cargo hold and on the conveyor belts. Good luggage is an investment, and even if you maintain that your weathered, trusty set doesn't need replacements anytime soon, it's better to be safe and replace it than to be sorry and regret the neglect.

Mind the Features

The features that make up good luggage may already be familiar, but few people actually scrutinize luggage for all its worth. It pays to be finicky with the details, though, especially when it comes to the build. You have to ensure everything stays intact when the going gets tough. It only takes a small tear to lose your personal effects. You can't afford to have your bags carried aside and sorted because the flaps and seams tore open like a sack of potatoes. You should look for durable, double stitching. If the luggage comes as an assembly of pouches and flaps, it's better if each part is stitched separately to ensure the pieces hold. Some manufacturers scrimp on quality by running everything in one stitch, and seams are only as strong as the weakest part.

Rolling Bags Ensures Ease of Travel


Luggage is built to meet different needs, so you'll have to invest in several pieces for your travels. Rolling bags are very versatile, especially if you're constantly on the move and you just can't carry all that dead weight. Make sure the bag's wheels have sturdy casters that will bear full loads, though. Rubber-on-metal casters are better than plastic. Choose a retractable handle of reinforced steel, and check the make to ensure reliability with repeated use. Inferior quality is usually indicated by a rickety handle or wobbly wheels. The best rolling bags feel like a breeze to lug around; anything less than this and you should look for something better.

Duffels and Shoulder Bags for Mobility

Rolling bags may be convenient, but you really can't pull those casters on any surface. You'll have to consider a duffel or shoulder bag if you're traveling on cobblestone or dirt. Shoulder bags and duffels have to be durable on the straps and seams, and the buckles and clasps should hold. Separate compartments ensure your stuff is organized and easily accessible.

Get Rugged with a Daypack

If you'd rather have both hands free to move or carry additional luggage, then go for a good-sized daypack. Check for durable zippers and shoulder straps, and it's better if the pack has front and side buckles so everything's compact and clinging to your body. You can check Jetsettr if you want to complete your travel gear with essential accessories, especially if you're traveling overseas and security is an issue. Tags, locks, and labels ensure everything's where they should be. You'll also hustle between destinations easier if you can spot your luggage coming at you ten yards away.

32 Words That Can Change Your Life

By: Carina MacInnes

We all have ways of testing opportunities that enter our lives. Some of us just dive right in based on feeling, others walk straight into what they know is right by a gut feeling or intuition. And if it's not gut feelings or emotions that are the tests of opportunities, it is the logical mind persuading us to ignore those feelings and emotions and test it with our reality of reason.

Most of us do not have a predetermined strategy for testing opportunities, or even more generally to test the actions we take and the choices we make in our lives.

There is an easier way to determine if our choices we make and the opportunities we receive 'pass the test'. This simple 32 word statement of business ethics was first created in the 1930s and used to turn around a failing company. These four questions were applied by each employee to each and to every minute detail of the company's workings. This little list of four questions from Rotary International, a humanitarian business organization, is the most widely printed, translated and reproduced piece of business ethics today:

"Of the things we say, think or do:
1. Is it the TRUTH?
2. Is it FAIR to all concerned?
3. Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?"

If we built businesses and our lives based on these very simple 4 questions we would be coming from a place completely the opposite of the competitive mind and the lack mentality. As you can see, these questions prompt you to choose what is true, fair, and good, making choices that can build friendships and goodwill. It helps us to see how the choices we make can be beneficial to all concerned.

Because of our societal influences, we most often are inclined to make choices and act based on a competitive mind. This comes from the perspective of lack, scarcity, and ultimately greed.

Any opportunity based on the model of competition and lack will simply not pass the test. Competition promotes strife. It embodies winning one spot, taking it away from all the other people who want it. It misleads people to believing there is only one chance for success, when in reality there is plenty for all.

The competitive model encourages people to rely on a source outside of themselves to give them what they need. This denies the power of their own ability to create what they want. This narrow focus shows they are choosing to ignore the possibility of creating this opportunity in their own lives, instead of trying to win the spot from millions of others.

This simple testing technique takes us completely out of the competitive mind of greed, scarcity and lack. It turns our thoughts and choices toward the positive, realizing there are opportunities we can take that can provide increase for all concerned.

I invite you to use these questions to test your actions and opportunities in your life. If you are seeking opportunity, these questions may help you see things in a different way. In doing this, perhaps you might find an opportunity in your life which truly allows you to benefit the world, while at the same time reaching whatever your dreams, goals, and desires are.

Author Bio
Carina MacInnes is an author and entrepreneur, currently offering a free in-depth e-course on wealth building secrets by her favorite mentor, get it here: milliondollarsecret@robotreply.com She also offers a powerful opportunity to increase health, wealth and vitality in your own life. Visit her site here: imagineacai.com

 When to Rent a Limo

Not sure what you want to do while you're inside of a limo? Here are some ideas from our Pinterest board. Here are some of the highlights.

1.  Hire a limousine for a ride to and from a major league game. Ride in comfort and style to Seahawk, Mariner and Sounder games. Don't worry about finding parking or having a designated driver, we'll be there for you so you can worry about the game.
2. Use a limousine to travel to the airport. Start your vacation early by concerning yourself with relaxing rather than navigating, parking or traffic. Use a limo or van for a larger group or a sedan for a single traveler.
3. Holidays such as New Year's and Valentine's are the perfect to surprise loved-ones with a luxury ride in a stretch SUV, limousine or limo bus. 
4. Of course, weddings require special transportation and limousines are the best way to whisk the bride and groom away for their honeymoon. 
5. Teens can use a limo for prom or graduation. Tolo and other dances are also a great time to get pampered and feel like a star.

Check out other ideas from our Pinterest board.

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