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The internet is full of lists for travelers….top things to pack,  top sites for deals, etc. etc.; but, I just ran across a good, quick-read article from Matt Long on Landlopers.com<\/a> blog.  It’s entitled Five Things Your Should Do on Every Trip.  It’s worth a look here: http:\/\/ht.ly\/7No1T<\/a> .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  The internet is full of lists for travelers….top things to pack,  top sites for deals, etc. etc.; but, I just ran across a good, quick-read article from Matt Long on Landlopers.com blog.  It’s entitled Five Things Your Should Do on Every Trip.  It’s worth a look here: http:\/\/ht.ly\/7No1T .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","cos_headline_score":0,"cos_seo_score":0,"cos_headline_text":"","cos_headline_has_been_analyzed":false,"cos_last_analyzed_headline":[],"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[608,3],"tags":[586,3644,605,585],"class_list":["post-341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-latest-news-blog","category-travel","tag-advice","tag-travel","tag-travel-articles","tag-trip-planning"],"featured_image_urls_v2":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","rpg_gallery_admin_thumb":"","rpg_gallery_thumb":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","gb-block-post-grid-landscape":"","gb-block-post-grid-square":"","et-pb-post-main-image":"","et-pb-post-main-image-fullwidth":"","et-pb-portfolio-image":"","et-pb-portfolio-module-image":"","et-pb-portfolio-image-single":"","et-pb-gallery-module-image-portrait":"","et-pb-post-main-image-fullwidth-large":"","et-pb-image--responsive--desktop":"","et-pb-image--responsive--tablet":"","et-pb-image--responsive--phone":""},"post_excerpt_stackable_v2":"

  The internet is full of lists for travelers….top things to pack,  top sites for deals, etc. etc.; but, I just ran across a good, quick-read article from Matt Long on Landlopers.com blog.  It’s entitled Five Things Your Should Do on Every Trip.  It’s worth a look here: http:\/\/ht.ly\/7No1T .<\/p>\n","category_list_v2":"Blog<\/a>, Travel<\/a>","author_info_v2":{"name":"Doug","url":"https:\/\/dougbardwell.com\/db\/author\/admindoug\/"},"comments_num_v2":"0 comments","author_meta":{"display_name":"Doug","author_link":"https:\/\/dougbardwell.com\/db\/author\/admindoug\/"},"featured_img":null,"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Doug","author_link":"https:\/\/dougbardwell.com\/db\/author\/admindoug\/"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["Blog<\/a>","Travel<\/a>"],"unlinked":["Blog<\/span>","Travel<\/span>"]},"tags":{"linked":["advice<\/a>","Travel<\/a>","Travel Articles<\/a>","Trip Planning<\/a>"],"unlinked":["advice<\/span>","Travel<\/span>","Travel Articles<\/span>","Trip Planning<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":0,"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 14 years ago","modified":"Updated 13 years ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on December 5, 2011","modified":"Updated on September 23, 2013"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on December 5, 2011 10:10 am","modified":"Updated on September 23, 2013 7:01 am"},"featured_img_caption":"","series_order":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p21Ejy-5v","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":105399,"url":"https:\/\/dougbardwell.com\/db\/travel-hell-proven-2022-was-a-disaster-the-worst-i-ever-saw\/","url_meta":{"origin":341,"position":0},"title":"Travel Hell – proven! 2022 was a disaster – the worst I ever saw","author":"Doug","date":"August 25, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Almost everybody knows somebody that went through travel hell this year. 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