(in no particular order)
In USA, tip the Concierge/Taxi/Shuttle/Bus Driver $1.00 for everybag you have.
Pack Gastrolyte, hand sanitiser, Berocca, Panadol and spare copies of your Passport and travel documents.
Let your bank know you are going overseas - there wouldn't be anything worse than your credit card declining because they thought someone in the States was fraudulently using your card to buy a Bagel.
Carry no more than the equivalent of $500 New Zealand Dollars on you in cash at a time.
Undies take two days to dry in a hotel, so save washing for the stops of two days or more.
There will always be one or two dickheads on Contiki, but a lot more that will become friends.
$185 USD is CHEAP for Hot Air Ballooning, so take up this optional extra.
Get away from the group every now and then, do your own thing, potter...
Dress in layers, then you are prepared for changeable weather.
If your hotel has a safe, leave your passport in it - just don't forget.
Look out for celebrities!
Pinch yourself, you're on holiday.
Leave a couple bucks change in your pockets, if you get pick-pocketed they will leave you alone once they've got something.
Order Duty Free online, pay for it in Auckland, then pick it up on the way home.
Get to know the locals, ask them questions...
Don't use a USD Travel Card in Canada, withdraw cash to convert, it will save you the crazy fees.
Tak up opportunities that may come about - if you are asked to be an extra in a movie - do it!
Ring Super Shuttles or Grey Line for a lift to one of the famous California beaches.
Skip into Disneyland
Try not to take a wallett if you can fit everything into something smaller, e.g. a Credit Card Holder.
Oh and lastly (apparenlty from his experience):
Boys don't buy undies in a box, you might end up in an emergency realising you've bought 3 G-Strings!
random ramblings from a girl in love with the world
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