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you're about to discover a packing tip
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for a cruise that's not only going to
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make you have a better cruise that's
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probably going to save you money and a
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lot of stress I go Belgian this is
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another of my tips for travelers now we
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don't go on vacation we don't go on a
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cruise and plan to be ill however 50% of
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cruises will suffer from some kind of
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problem or medical issue that requires
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some kind of attention but by packing a
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personalized first-aid kit you are going
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to have a much less stressful time and
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also you are going to save money so
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that's why I recommend bring your own so
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you have to run the medical center the
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shops on board or local pharmacies in
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the ports you call on there are 10
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things that you need to be prepared for
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that could possibly happen to you or
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your partner or your kids and that's
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what I think you should really address
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in this personalized first-aid kit if
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there's only one thing that you remember
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it is a dental repair kit there are no
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dental facilities on board whatsoever so
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if you have a filling fall out or a
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crown come off or some problem like that
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having a little dental repair kit that
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you get from the pharmacy which will
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enable you to fill a whole stick back a
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crown so it can tide you over to get to
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a portion you can perhaps find an
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emergency dentist or even wait until the
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end of the cruise I have been saved a
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number of times on cruises by taking a
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kid with me when something has happened
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or someone I know has had a dental
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problem no one really knows when
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seasickness is going to hit them or
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whether it's going to hit them and even
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people who have had no incidents of
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seasickness could suffer from
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seasickness on a cruise so make sure
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that you in your kit have something to
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deal with seasickness that you know
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works for you so if you have been on
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cruise before talk to your pharmacist or
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talk to friends and find out what worked
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best for them also take products for
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gastro problems so for example diarrhea
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and some of the consequences of diarrhea
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so for example products like imodium
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it's also a really good idea
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take rehydrating products with you so
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you can buy products like dyra light for
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example which will help reboost and get
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you back the minerals and the water the
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chief at lost if you do suffer from that
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particular problem leader though it's
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very important to take a hand sanitizer
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prior to hand sanitizer wipes because
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although the most important way to
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prevent getting things like norovirus if
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it is spreading around the ship is to
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wash your hands with soap and water for
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at least 20 seconds having hand gel with
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you as you go out on tours or rather
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ship is a very good idea just to keep
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your hands as clean as possible because
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actually the way that coughs calls and
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things that letter spread but also the
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norovirus to spread is through touching
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products and then do things like
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touching your mouth so wash your hands
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really important but have hand sanitizer
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Gel pain relief is really important to
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have now of course you may need it
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because you've self inflicted it from
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over indulging and partying too much so
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you might have a bit of a hangover or
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headache but penry was really important
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if you get a headache or some other bang
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scrapes or whatever so whatever you
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prefer whether it's ibuprofen or
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paracetamol personally I like to take
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both because ibuprofen is really good it
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has an anti-inflammatory and of course
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paracetamol is pretty good in terms of
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pain management but of course in
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different countries there are all sorts
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of brand names advil tylenol aspirin
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whatever works for you next make sure
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that you've taken something for coughs
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colds and sore throats so it's a really
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good idea to pack some throat lozenges
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or even some cough mixture or some sort
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of pill or thing that you like to take
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if you find yourself coming down with
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sort of flu type symptoms so for example
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some products in some countries or
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things like lemsip night nurse or dana's
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so products that help deal with
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outbreaks of cough colds or sore throats
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getting sunburned and quite severely
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sunburned is a problem that happens on
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many cruises to warmer climates people
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day on vacation and they're excited and
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they don't really think about it so very
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important make sure that you've packed
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lots of sunscreen and of course the
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higher the factor the better but also
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make sure that you've packed things to
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deal if you do get sunburned so for
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example things like aloe vera gel which
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are very good if you do get sunburned
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but the most important thing to have in
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that kit is really really good sunscreen
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now depending on where you're cruising
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to is also a really good idea to have
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something to help prevent bites and
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things so mosquitoes or flies or
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whatever there are so of course it
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depends a little cruising tube so in
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some parts of the world for example when
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there's a Zika threat you know from
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mosquitoes really really important to
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make sure that you have really good
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protection so if you travel in those
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regions really important that you've
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packed in that little first-aid kit some
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mosquito or insect repellents that you
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know is really good use it both with
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sunscreen itself to put sunscreen on and
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then apply that afterwards one of the
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areas that certainly I found very
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helpful Nets helped me out a lot on
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cruises is by packing my first aid kit
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things to deal with wounds so obviously
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adhesive plasters of all different
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shapes and sizes if you cut yourself
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bang yourself basically buy one of those
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packs which has all different sizes in
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the other thing which is really
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important is adhesive tape or bandages
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and that my son could have done a little
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bit extreme however if you're quite
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clumsy like me it's very easy to perhaps
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actually break your toe so twice on
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trips I've actually broken my toe from
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stubbing it out and about there's
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nothing to do if you've done that
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however all you have to do is strap it
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up so of course if you've got that handy
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you can just strap it up and carry on
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also you know that of the wood kit pack
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some antiseptic cream as well so if you
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have cut yourself or damaged yourself or
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for injured yourself out and about you
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can then pass apply some antiseptic
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cream before you put on the plaster now
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if you know that you suffer from hay
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fever or allergies really important that
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in that kitchen have some antihistamines
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and products to deal with that
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particularly if you're heading off into
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warmer climates so whether it's in the
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Caribbean with lots of flowers out in
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the back you might find that your hay
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fever actually kicks in so really
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important make sure that if you do ever
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suffer from that you have some of those
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to get those you're going to find it
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very difficult because if you're not
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going to sell in the shop you don't have
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to go to the medical center and pay to
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see a doctor to get that or even
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wrestled with going to a pharmacy make
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sure you get an antihistamine that you
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know works for you another thing of
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course although it's probably not
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strictly related to first-aid it's
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probably more fun aid is if you're a
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sexually active don't forget to bring
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along things like condoms the travel
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medical liens reports that 50%
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cruisers will experience some kind of
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medical related issue on a cruise so if
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you're talking as a couple it's like
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that one of you is going to need
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something now hopefully it's not
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something severe it's going to be
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something relatively minor not if you've
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packed a personalized first etiquette
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covering the 10 main things that you
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could suffer with you're going to save
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yourself a lot of stress a lot of strain
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and a lot of money because you're going
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to be able to deal with things yourself
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I hope you found that helpful and if you
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did I'd love it if you watched many more
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of my tips for travellers videos because
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they will give you inspiration advice
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and tips on how you can make much more
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of your very precious travel time and
