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• Make a green travel plan and save money on fuel
  (NC) – More and more Canadians are thinking outside the gear box and looking for ways to travel green. Reducing the time you travel in your vehicle by even 10 per cent (with an annual fuel consumption of 2,000 litres costing $1 a litre), according to Natural Resources Canada, will:
• Plan for a quick recovery from loss, or theft
  (NC)—Guard against the loss or theft of your travel documents. Resort specialist, Club Med, suggests: When packing, keep all important papers and documents with you in your hand luggage. Never check anything that you simply cannot afford to lose. Before you leave home, take at least two photocopies of your passport, air tickets, medical insurance, driver's license, and credit cards. Leave a copy at home and put a copy in the bag that does not contain the originals.
• Try these tips when travelling with teens
  (NC)—World experiences present the perfect opportunity to bond with our teenage kids—and yet counsellors often joke that if you give most parents a choice of traveling with moody teenagers or with a pack of hungry bears, they'll choose the hungry bears nine times out of 10.
• Where else can a kid go to circus school?
  (NC)—It's not unusual for resorts in Mexico and the Caribbean to load up on kid-approved activities in an attempt to compete for vacationing families. Everywhere, kids and teens get to swim, participate in pool games and water sports often in supervised day-clubs of their own.
• Travel Safety Quick Tip: Protect your eyes properly in the sun
  (NC)—Remember that eyesight protection in the tropical sunshine is as important as skin protection. Resorting specialists, Club Med, suggests the following when purchasing sunglasses: Insist that the lens is free of distortion and imperfection and will block out 99 to 100 percent of both UV-A and UV-B radiation. Sunglasses don't have to be expensive as long as the label states this protection clearly.
• Resort Deals: Haute cuisine is the bonus at these popular resorts
  (NC)—Club Med, kingpin of the all-inclusive, is highlighting food and wine as its raison d'être.
• Travel Trends: At these 80 resorts sophistication meets fun
  (NC)—The sense of luxury is not always underscored by the amenities in a suite, or by the butler service, plunge pool, or the thread count of the sheets. With sun and fun seekers, for example, true happiness is often just the chance to kick off our shoes in a tropical setting, for a more intimate experience with the entire surroundings. The joys of freedom, sun and sand are sheer luxury.
• Aviation industry to become more accountable for flight safety
  (NC)—Although the accident rate in Canada has been decreasing over the last five years, additional regulations designed to make the aviation industry more accountable recently took effect.
• Jobs at Transport Canada – did you know?
  (NC)—Transport Canada has an on-going need for people with technical and professional expertise in various fields of transportation. To help managers fill these positions, the department maintains an electronic inventory of applicants. Some of the jobs at Transport Canada include:
• How to reduce the ecological footprint of a large building
  (NC)—The new airport terminal in the northern Quebec community of Kuujjuaq, inspired by the First Nations culture, is winning accolades for its green design and reduced environmental footprint.
• Transport Canada using Bullfrog Power to power its Sudbury facility
  (NC)—If going green is de rigueur these days, then Transport Canada workers in Sudbury, Ontario are surely among the trendiest federal workers in Canada. The building where they work, the Transport Canada Centre, is now being powered entirely from cleaner and greener renewable resources such as wind and water.
• Ocean polluters beware
  (NC)—Vessels that dump bilge oil illegally into Canadian waters should be afraid. If they see a red surveillance aircraft flying in the sky – it is probably too late.
• Ottawa encouraging greener shipping through cash incentives
  (NC)—Transportation is one of the leading sources of air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions in Canada. In a country the size of Canada, Canadians rely heavily on air, rail, road and water for the transport of goods they need to maintain their quality of life.
• Achieving financial goals is easier than you think
  (NC)—How many times have you said you'll go on that dream trip to Europe that you've been talking about for years, or that you're finally going to renovate your basement so that you can have that games room you've always wanted? There always seems to be another bill to pay and saving money for these lofty goals can sometimes seem impossible. But it can be done!
• Dos and don'ts of travel insurance
  (NC)—What do seniors need to know before they head south for the winter? AIG Travel Guard (www.travelguard.ca) offers some dos and don'ts for Snowbirds.
• Top five travel insurance tips for Snowbirds
  (NC)—Travel insurance can seem very complicated, but it doesn't have to be. Good travel insurers, such as AIG Travel Guard, work to ensure their customers know what their insurance plans will and will not cover, and how to get the protection they need.
• Ask an expert: Travel insurance expert answers Snowbirds' biggest questions
  (NC)—Joel Donin, director, AIG Travel Guard shares his advice for seniors to get the most protection – and peace of mind – from their travel insurance.
• Travel Tips: Comparison shop for the best supplementary medical insurance
  (NC)—Illness can strike and accidents can happen, even during a very short business trip or recreational getaway. While your Ontario health card entitles you to certain out-of-country emergency health care services, the coverage is limited.
• Travel Tips: Insurance products to consider when away from home
  (NC)—It's important for all the vacationers, business travelers, cottagers, and snowbirds, to consider the following insurance tips before travelling outside Ontario:
• Canadians still taking financial risk when travelling to US
  (NC)—A new survey by RBC Insurance® and Ipsos Reid suggests that Canadians continue to potentially expose themselves to the high costs of the U.S. healthcare system. The survey reports that 37 per cent of Canadians never purchase travel insurance when vacationing or taking day trips to the United States, a country where medical costs are among t