Australian women are travelling

Women – young, old, single, married, widowed, mothers, active working women, adventurous grandmothers - Australian women are travelling overseas in ever-increasing numbers.

Here are some interesting observations:
Of those who currently take nature, adventure or cultural trips, 75% are women.
The average adventure traveller is not a 28-year old male, but a 47-year-old female.
70% of all travel decisions are made by women,
Regardless of:
who they travel with,
who pays for the trip,
or where they go,
A woman is the decision maker.

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Making Connections

When on holiday, leave those business cards behind. Instead carry colourful postcards from home and give your new acquaintances a glimpse of where you live. Relevant contact info can be printed on the reverse.

Carry ball-point pens for the kiddies you meet. In some Third World destinations young irresistible children will beg you for candy. Why help to rot their teeth? Instead, before you leave home, check your local phone book for those companies that personalize ball-point pens. They generally have no use for their misprinted stock and will be happy to give you some free of charge. Bright texta colours and blank exercise books are also well received by the children.

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Backpacks - a female invention?

The backpack is probably the most practical piece of luggage ever invented by man. Or more likely woman, who probably devised the first one to lug babies around in. Consider the advantages of a backpack:
· It leaves your hands free so you can fumble around for your tickets and passport more easily.
· It usually has neat little pockets that are ideal for hiding dirty socks.
· It can often pass the carry-on-luggage test at airports.
· And you don't have to put it down on wet dirty floors whenever (and however) nature calls
(Source: Paul Waters, Travel Editor, Montreal Gazette, May 1998)

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