Vaccines for travel to Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paolo and the Amazon

Yellow fever is highly recommended, but not required, along with typhoid, hepatitis A and a tetanus booster. The vaccine against the yellow fever virus must be given 3 weeks before travel to affected areas in order to be effective. The vaccine is a single injection of 0.5 mL of reconstituted virus. In other words, it’s a live virus vaccine so there is a tiny risk of developing the disease from it. The total cost for these vaccines, plus the office visit to review traveler’s health tips, will cost about $500 cash.

How to pack a travel toiletry bag to carry on an airplane

Carry on luggage means following TSA rules on liquids. Packing a travel toiletry bag to carry on is essential to breeze through security and to a successful trip. In this post, I’ll show you how to make the most of travel toiletries in a quart size bag.

What to do in Lahaina

My brother is currently hanging out on Maui for a week vacation. He’s on his own and I told him I would ask you for any recommendations of your favorite restaurants and activities. Would you mind sharing any not-to-be-missed places/things for him to do/see in between his moments of relaxing on the beach? He doesn’t have a car. Thanks!

Maui vacation advice: snorkeling, hiking, cheap places to stay

Travel advice covering where to snorkel, hike, stay and eat in Maui. Find out where to go to avoid the crowds and enjoy nature.

Hawaiian Airlines removes an exit row on Mainland flight

Hawaiian Airlines removed one of the two exit rows on its Boeing 767-300 flight 16 bound today from Honolulu to San Diego and replace it with at least two more standard coach rows.