Packitupwithanne

Ciao Tutti! I'm just back from a month in Italy 🇮🇹 with lots of new travel and packing tips 🧳 Join us at an upcoming AAA event near you 🌎 RSVP at AAA.com/Events.

Sharing a recent article I contributed to from Buy Side from WSJ - a great variety of Passport cases to consider for your next International trip! ✈️

Tip: Be sure to check your passport expiration date. Most countries require 3-6 months validity 🌎

The 17 Best Passport Cases, According to Travel Pros No need to fly by the seat of your pants when it comes to carrying travel documents—these secure, stylish picks will ensure you’ve got it all together.

Join me at this fun Travel Wardrobe event! Learn 12 basic items to create a travel capsule wardrobe. 👚👖🧳

Building a travel capsule wardrobe is one of the best ways to pack light. Join AAA and Travel Expert Anne McAlpin at our AAA Beaverton Service Center this week for tips on how to coordinate your travel wardrobe. Reserve your space today at AAA.com/Events 👚🧳

And I can’t wait! 🧳
Where in the world is your next vacation? 🌎 ✈️ 🚙

You rock Rachael Ray!
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Hi Travelers!
It’s Souvenir Sunday ☀️

Cookbooks are a great souvenir for anyone who loves to cook - the best part is you can make delicious dishes you enjoyed on your travels once you’re back home with family and friends 🏡 🌎

A few years ago I had so much fun in NYC filming travel and packing tips with Rachael Ray on Rachael Ray Show - I’ve never laughed so much on a TV set as I did with her. Rachael autographed a few cookbooks for me to bring home as souvenirs for friends and family and I decided to actually make - yes cook - something. Voila!! photos attached 🌟 I surprised myself how well it turned out - super easy directions and delicious! 😂 💙

Travel tip: Be sure to check out Chelsea Market when you’re in NYC. Lots of great eateries and a foodie paradise.

What type of souvenir do you like to bring home? ⬇️

Hi Everyone!
It’s Souvenir Sunday☀️

What could be better than finding a double-decker souvenir bank while cleaning out my closet? If it was full of coins and English toffee!! 🇬🇧 💂🏻‍♂️ 🇬🇧

Love this ‘money box’ from a trip to iconic Harrods of London years ago 🇬🇧 💂🏻‍♂️ ☎️

Have you been to London? 🇬🇧Share a favorite memory or souvenir ⬇️

Hi Everyone!
It’s Souvenir Sunday ☀️
I love postcards - writing them, sending them, receiving them - it’s all part of the fun of traveling for me ✍️ 📫 🧳

So - no surprise one of my favorite things about AmaWaterways river cruises is they provide complimentary post cards AND they pay the postage to mail them for you ⚓️ 🤍 How great is that?!

But wait - there’s more. I just received a thank-you postcard from my recent Dec AmaSiena cruise in the mail yesterday ⭐️ It made my day! I especially love wondering where it’s traveled to since it was mailed three months ago 😉 📫 🌍

Travel tip: AMA Christmas Market cruises sail Nov thru Dec - so pack your Christmas card list/addresses and send everyone on your list Fröhe Weihnachten Merry Christmas postcard wishes from Europe! 🌍

Do you send postcards? Have you ever mailed one to yourself?

Let’s get packing! 🧳

Before your next adventure - be sure to complete - and update - page four of your passport and put a Post-it Note on it with your cell phone number. ☎️

If your passport is misplaced along your travels - it might just catch up to you. ✈️

Let’s get packing! 🧳

Hi Travelers!

Let’s talk travel books! 📚

I recently spent some quality time at Powell's Books, Inc. in Portland looking for some new travel books 📚 I’d forgotten how much I enjoy wandering through bookshelves of inspiring travel guides and beautiful coffee table books full of photos of far away places 📚 🌎

Here are two new books I discovered:
📕Clanlands -since I’m planning a trip to Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
📕Q&A For the Traveler - a sort of journal/memoir 📓

And - I thought it would be fun to share a travel book - fiction or non-fiction- that you enjoyed or inspired you to travel📕 🌎

I’ll start: I read The Yellow Envelope ✉️ a few years ago - a true story of a couple who traveled around the world🌎 Before they left they were given an unexpected gift: a yellow envelope of money with instructions to give it away to people they encountered on their journey. I found it fascinating…

And - by the way - do you travel with an e-reader/kindle or pack actual books when you travel? I’m still packing books and would love your suggestions ⬇️

Travel Tip: Next time you’re in Portland make Powell’s a destination. Did you know their flagship downtown store is so big they actual provide a map to find your way around?! 🗺 🗺 🗺

Find your next adventure 🌎 and learn how to pack for it! Join us tomorrow Jan. 29th for Packing for Cruises and Solo Travel Tips⚓️⚓️⚓️ Let’s get planning 🗺 and packing! 🧳 Register below👇🏻

Join us for our Virtual Traveler Showcase starting January 26th! We'll be featuring webinars from our top Cruise partners, such as Princess Cruises, Royal Caribbean, Holland America Line and more. Cruise webinars run January 26th - 29th and tour webinars from February 2nd - February 5th.

Register now & find your next adventure! https://bit.ly/31qNpQj