You are all set to go to Cabo San Lucas. You have sexy swimming attire, good beach reading, and your driver's license and birth certificate. Well, good luck on traveling if you are one of the 73% of eligible Americans without a passport. (A true savionaire carries the 48-page frequent traveler passport.) Beginning today, all U.S. citizens, including children, traveling by air … [Read more...]

To take a vacation of a lifetime is on every savionaire's to-do list. Travel + Leisure's The 100 Greatest Trips (DK Publishing; Hardcover; 288 pages; $34.95) offers many ideas on where to go. For example, this book covers which arrondissements you should visit just in case you decide that you want to show your style in the City of Light. Just remember that while in Paris, it's … [Read more...]

Savionaires love to travel, but some are anxious about flying. In Fly without Fear: Proven Breathing Techniques for In-Flight Relaxation (Sounds True; CD; 1.25 hours; $15.95), psychologist Gay Hendricks offers a guided session for overcoming anxiety. He explains how to use breathing and visualization techniques to calm the nerves, unlock the diaphragm, and loosen tense muscles. … [Read more...]

It's cold outside. Your car won't start. What do you do? Forget about fooling around with jumper cables. Instead, use Easy Quick Jumper by WAGAN. Simply plug one end of the Easy Quick Jumper into your dead car's 12V cigarette lighter. Then stretch the 18ft power cord and plug the other end into the working car's cigarette lighter. In about 5 to 10 minutes, the LED indicator … [Read more...]

Staying at a chic hotel in Berlin is nice, but what happens when the bellboy looks confused when you say, "Where's my Gopack?" To avoid awkward situations when traveling, always carry the Franklin 12-Language Translator. It translates over 400,000 words and phrases in 12 languages: Czech, Dutch, English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish … [Read more...]