Travel Tips for dummies

<p>One GREAT thing to consider doing is mailing a priority flat rate box to yourself (call the hotel ahead & alert them). This will allow you to ship all the things you want without worrying about TSA security or anything else. You can double-wrap your liquids & put them in, put your dead cell phones and everything else you might want to pack. The box should be waiting for you at your hotel (provided you mail it enough in advance of your arrival). I have found it a great way to get things to & from the hotel (sometimes I mail stuff home & don’t have to hassle with bringing it back on the plane).</p>

<p>The price of flat rate boxes is very reasonable as well–just under $11 or $14. I have found it a great way to get things where I want them without having to wrangle a lot of stuff around the airport.</p>

<p>You can also catch BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit, which is quite reasonable & goes from the airport into downtown SF–ask your hotel how to get to their place from the airport BART station & they should be able to give you directions if you’re adventurous enough not to want to use SuperShuttle).</p>

<p>We shipped D2’s ballet stuff to our hotel in CA for her summer intensive. We planned for two weeks for the boxes to arrive. We were traveling overseas prior to our arrival to her summer intensive. They literally arrived 1 days before we did. H lost the tracking number and we thought they were lost. Needless to say, we were stressed.</p>