WEBVTT - Useful travel tips and gadgets 0:00:09.960 --> 0:00:13.160 Amazon sets a date for Prime Day twenty twenty two. 0:00:13.920 --> 0:00:17.360 My international travel tips fresh off my trip to Rome, 0:00:17.920 --> 0:00:20.239 had to opt out of t mobiles, new plan to. 0:00:20.280 --> 0:00:21.400 Sell your data? 0:00:21.960 --> 0:00:26.400 Plus your tech questions answered? What's going on on rich Damiro? 0:00:26.520 --> 0:00:28.720 And this is Rich on Tech, the podcast where I 0:00:28.760 --> 0:00:31.320 talk about the tech stuff I think you should know about. 0:00:31.720 --> 0:00:34.800 It's also the place where I answer the questions you 0:00:34.880 --> 0:00:38.480 send me. Once again. My name Rich Damiro. My name 0:00:38.560 --> 0:00:39.080 Rich Damiro. 0:00:39.360 --> 0:00:42.720 My name is Rich Dmiro, tech reporter at KTLA Channel 0:00:42.760 --> 0:00:44.400 five in Los Angeles. 0:00:45.040 --> 0:00:46.720 So, as I mentioned in. 0:00:46.720 --> 0:00:49.480 The opening, I did just get back from Rome this week, 0:00:49.640 --> 0:00:53.000 and uh, what a whirlwind trip. It's actually the longest 0:00:53.040 --> 0:00:57.200 I've ever taken off from work in my entire life. 0:00:57.520 --> 0:00:59.800 Maybe when I had my kids, I might have taken 0:00:59.840 --> 0:01:03.040 off two weeks, but well, two week vacation. 0:01:03.280 --> 0:01:07.039 So anyway, I had already It's kind of a long story, 0:01:07.080 --> 0:01:09.360 but I was already going to New York and New Jersey, 0:01:09.480 --> 0:01:12.040 and then my wife had something come up in Rome 0:01:12.240 --> 0:01:15.480 for work, and so then we decided, well, we're kind 0:01:15.480 --> 0:01:17.920 of already halfway there, so let's just go to Rome. 0:01:17.959 --> 0:01:21.720 But it required staying out for very long It required 0:01:21.760 --> 0:01:24.560 my family watching my kids while we went to Rome 0:01:24.600 --> 0:01:28.560 because their passports weren't up to date. And my family 0:01:28.600 --> 0:01:30.720 when we were leaving, like they all said they would 0:01:30.840 --> 0:01:32.840 I have a big family back in New Jersey, and 0:01:32.840 --> 0:01:34.759 they all said, yeah, yeah, we'll watch your kids, but 0:01:34.800 --> 0:01:37.760 no one would actually commit to anything specific, like where 0:01:37.760 --> 0:01:39.680 they were sleeping, what they were going to be doing, 0:01:40.160 --> 0:01:42.080 and so it was kind of a little bit of 0:01:42.080 --> 0:01:44.200 a leap of faith to say, Okay, we're gonna leave 0:01:44.200 --> 0:01:45.960 our kids here, like this is serious, Like we are 0:01:46.040 --> 0:01:48.400 leaving them here, you are responsible for them. 0:01:48.960 --> 0:01:50.880 It all worked out. They had a fantastic time. 0:01:50.920 --> 0:01:53.880 They hung out with their cousins, their aunts, their uncles, 0:01:54.600 --> 0:01:56.960 their grandparents, so it was really really kind of nice 0:01:56.960 --> 0:01:59.880 for them. We went to Rome. I had a fan 0:02:00.000 --> 0:02:03.080 fantastic time. It was amazing. It was only four days. 0:02:03.600 --> 0:02:06.440 I need way way longer in that country. But I 0:02:06.480 --> 0:02:09.560 did you know while I was there. It's just one 0:02:09.600 --> 0:02:12.120 of these things. Number One, I love international travel because 0:02:12.120 --> 0:02:14.760 it gives you so much perspective. I think any travel 0:02:14.880 --> 0:02:18.040 gives you perspective on life, and it just kind of 0:02:18.240 --> 0:02:21.240 resets you into new ways of thinking. It builds new 0:02:21.240 --> 0:02:24.160 pathways in your brain. Big fan of that kind of stuff. 0:02:24.919 --> 0:02:28.359 Any travel, I mean literally going to another city will 0:02:28.400 --> 0:02:32.600 do the same, but international is especially special because it's 0:02:32.680 --> 0:02:36.760 so different. You know, the language, the culture, the architecture, everything, 0:02:36.880 --> 0:02:39.880 the history. So it really just puts your brain into 0:02:39.960 --> 0:02:42.120 like overdrive. You're just thinking about a lot of different 0:02:42.120 --> 0:02:44.560 things all at once. So I think that's a good thing. 0:02:46.080 --> 0:02:48.640 The food was amazing. Everything was really fun. While I 0:02:48.680 --> 0:02:50.280 was over there. It just occurred to me that I 0:02:50.320 --> 0:02:53.280 should do a segment for KTLA on all of these 0:02:53.320 --> 0:02:56.560 sort of international tech tips and tricks and gadgets and 0:02:56.600 --> 0:02:58.959 things that I packed. I really tried to pack light. 0:02:59.600 --> 0:03:02.400 I tried not to bring a lot of stuff. It 0:03:02.480 --> 0:03:04.320 was one of these things where I wanted to just 0:03:04.480 --> 0:03:07.280 enjoy and just have one phone, and you know, I 0:03:07.320 --> 0:03:08.799 had to bring a tablet because I wanted to watch 0:03:08.840 --> 0:03:11.160 stuff on the long plane ride. I watched that show 0:03:11.200 --> 0:03:14.480 Severance on Apple TV plus. I binge that I haven't 0:03:14.480 --> 0:03:17.160 binged a show in a long time, and I enjoyed 0:03:17.200 --> 0:03:19.440 the show. I mean, I thought it it was good. 0:03:19.520 --> 0:03:21.760 I mean it was really weird, and I think that's 0:03:21.760 --> 0:03:23.200 what I liked about it. It was like I was just 0:03:23.240 --> 0:03:26.920 waiting for something to happen and you kind of wait 0:03:27.000 --> 0:03:28.160 until I'm not going to give away. 0:03:28.040 --> 0:03:31.400 Any spoilers, but it was a good show. All right. 0:03:31.400 --> 0:03:34.079 I'm going to talk about my international tech tips and 0:03:34.120 --> 0:03:36.480 tricks in a bit, but first let me just start 0:03:36.520 --> 0:03:41.320 with with Amazon Prime Day. So Prime Day is happening 0:03:41.360 --> 0:03:43.800 on July twelfth and thirteenth this year. 0:03:44.320 --> 0:03:46.720 And Prime Day, you know, it used to get a 0:03:46.760 --> 0:03:48.440 lot of publicity, a lot of press. 0:03:48.520 --> 0:03:52.560 It probably still will, but it's just not it seems 0:03:52.600 --> 0:03:55.280 like people are disappointed year in year out with Prime Day. 0:03:55.320 --> 0:03:57.400 It seems like, you know, like already, like one of 0:03:57.440 --> 0:03:59.240 the things I want to purchase on Amazon is like 0:03:59.280 --> 0:04:02.080 half the price, so one of their products, and so 0:04:02.200 --> 0:04:05.920 that's great. And so the thing is with Prime Day, 0:04:06.000 --> 0:04:09.560 if you need something, it's great because it might be 0:04:09.640 --> 0:04:12.360 on sale. If you don't need something, don't just go 0:04:12.400 --> 0:04:14.280 looking around for stuff to buy, because you're gonna waste 0:04:14.320 --> 0:04:17.479 your money. The forty eight hour event kicks off July 0:04:17.560 --> 0:04:21.320 twelfth at three am Eastern, which I believe is midnight Pacific, 0:04:21.720 --> 0:04:23.679 and runs through July thirteenth. 0:04:23.839 --> 0:04:25.320 This is not just in the US. They have it 0:04:25.320 --> 0:04:26.440 in a whole bunch of countries. 0:04:27.200 --> 0:04:30.839 They've got brands, their brands, it says top national brands, 0:04:30.839 --> 0:04:33.520 plus more third party sellers than last year. 0:04:34.000 --> 0:04:36.279 Which you know, that's good news. 0:04:36.640 --> 0:04:39.960 Already, Amazon devices are on sale. You can save a 0:04:39.960 --> 0:04:42.760 bunch on the Echo Show five, the Kindle Paper White, 0:04:42.839 --> 0:04:46.440 the Echo Dot, the Ring Alarm eight piece kit, and 0:04:46.680 --> 0:04:52.080 euro Mesh Wi Fi routers. They've got a lot of TVs. 0:04:52.160 --> 0:04:55.560 All the Amazon TVs are on sale wow, anywhere from 0:04:55.600 --> 0:04:58.600 thirty seven to fifty percent off. So if you're looking 0:04:58.600 --> 0:05:03.800 for a new TV, then definitely check out these Amazon TVs. 0:05:03.800 --> 0:05:06.400 They're not the best quality, but they're pretty good for 0:05:06.440 --> 0:05:08.920 the price. I mean, you can get a fifty five 0:05:08.960 --> 0:05:12.760 inch Amazon Fire TV four k UHD for two hundred 0:05:12.760 --> 0:05:16.000 and eighty four bucks two hundred and eighty four dollars 0:05:16.040 --> 0:05:18.800 for a t for a fifty five inch TV, and 0:05:18.839 --> 0:05:21.600 that includes fireTV, which I think is a great streaming service. 0:05:22.640 --> 0:05:25.520 You know, we already heard about this whole Apple Pay 0:05:25.560 --> 0:05:28.080 thing where they're letting you split payments into four equal 0:05:28.120 --> 0:05:30.840 payments with no fees, no interest. Well, it seems like 0:05:30.920 --> 0:05:34.919 that's already having some ripples through the industry because a 0:05:35.080 --> 0:05:37.040 firm which is one of those buy now pay later 0:05:37.279 --> 0:05:41.520 companies is working with Amazon to give you three monthly 0:05:41.560 --> 0:05:45.000 payments with no interest. No, well it doesn't say no fees, 0:05:45.400 --> 0:05:47.080 but it just has You could basically split up a 0:05:47.080 --> 0:05:50.000 purchase of fifty dollars or more into three equal payments, 0:05:50.240 --> 0:05:51.880 so it doesn't seem like there's any fees on that 0:05:51.960 --> 0:05:56.040 unless you default. As always my disclaimer, I like to 0:05:56.440 --> 0:05:58.359 use a debit card as much as possible, pay with 0:05:58.400 --> 0:06:00.919 cash as much as possible. Yes, I used a credit 0:06:00.920 --> 0:06:03.640 card overseas. Yes, the bill was really high and scary 0:06:03.680 --> 0:06:05.680 when I got done. That's why I like to use 0:06:05.720 --> 0:06:08.760 my debit card because the money is gone, it's done, 0:06:08.880 --> 0:06:10.599 it's spent. I don't have to look at a bill 0:06:10.839 --> 0:06:13.560 two weeks later that's really expensive and say, wow, that's 0:06:13.560 --> 0:06:15.719 how much I spent. I'd rather just spend as I 0:06:15.800 --> 0:06:18.480 go and check my balance as I go along. 0:06:18.520 --> 0:06:18.960 But I get it. 0:06:18.960 --> 0:06:21.280 Credit cards are easier in a lot of ways, especially 0:06:21.320 --> 0:06:23.320 for international travel, so I'm not going to fault you there. 0:06:23.960 --> 0:06:27.600 There's this new Amazon Fresh store Prime benefit starting June 0:06:27.640 --> 0:06:30.800 twenty ninth, which has elapsed, So now there's a twenty 0:06:30.880 --> 0:06:34.679 percent off on select everyday essentials at Amazon Fresh stores. 0:06:35.080 --> 0:06:37.960 That's kind of like what they did with with Whole Foods, 0:06:37.960 --> 0:06:40.000 where they gave the Prime I think it was ten 0:06:40.040 --> 0:06:42.160 percent off sale items. So now they're doing that at 0:06:42.160 --> 0:06:44.560 the Amazon Fresh stores. And so if you have an 0:06:44.560 --> 0:06:47.559 Amazon Fresh grocery store near you, you'll save twenty percent, 0:06:47.640 --> 0:06:50.559 not on everything, but just on certain things. And every 0:06:50.600 --> 0:06:54.120 week Prime members will receive twenty percent off on a 0:06:54.160 --> 0:06:59.120 weekly rotating selection of prepared foods and every day essentials 0:06:59.160 --> 0:06:59.960 across the aisles. 0:07:00.040 --> 0:07:00.880 So that's kind of cool. 0:07:01.680 --> 0:07:05.159 And if you want ten dollars off Amazon, you can 0:07:05.200 --> 0:07:08.560 do the Prime Stamp card. So from now through Prime 0:07:08.680 --> 0:07:11.680 Day you can receive a ten dollar credit towards a 0:07:11.720 --> 0:07:13.960 future purchase on Amazon. All you have to do is 0:07:14.040 --> 0:07:17.760 for Prime activities, stream a Prime video, listen to a 0:07:17.800 --> 0:07:22.160 Prime song, borrow a Prime reading book, and make a 0:07:22.280 --> 0:07:25.400 Prime shipping eligible purchase. Seems pretty simple. 0:07:25.840 --> 0:07:32.480 Ten dollars, pretty pretty easy to get. All right, Well, 0:07:32.520 --> 0:07:33.840 I said I was going to do my Rome. 0:07:33.720 --> 0:07:35.960 Travel tips, but first let's get to a question and 0:07:36.000 --> 0:07:38.560 then we will get to the Rome travel tips. All right, 0:07:38.600 --> 0:07:40.960 Virginia says, hey, Rich, thank you for all of your 0:07:41.000 --> 0:07:44.240 valuable tech info. My husband and I are empty nesters 0:07:44.240 --> 0:07:46.600 and not very tech savy. One of our more tech 0:07:46.640 --> 0:07:48.680 savvy sons live in northern California and they're not. 0:07:48.680 --> 0:07:49.960 Always available to help us. 0:07:50.280 --> 0:07:52.040 We just moved into a new home and it appears 0:07:52.120 --> 0:07:54.840 our vast computer protection has expired. We just want to 0:07:54.840 --> 0:07:57.640 know what's the best, non expensive program for our home computer. 0:07:58.000 --> 0:08:00.600 We don't use it for business, just household bills and info. 0:08:00.680 --> 0:08:04.800 Please advise, Sincerely, Virginia, Virginia. 0:08:04.880 --> 0:08:05.800 I don't think. 0:08:05.840 --> 0:08:07.600 I know this is a crazy thing to say, but 0:08:07.680 --> 0:08:11.080 I don't think you need a lot of extra protection 0:08:11.240 --> 0:08:15.960 on your computer outside of what Windows has with Windows Defender. 0:08:16.400 --> 0:08:19.920 So there's been this whole push for anti virus on 0:08:20.080 --> 0:08:23.040 Windows computers. I think a lot of it just kind 0:08:23.040 --> 0:08:25.840 of bogs down the computer and it makes it pop 0:08:25.920 --> 0:08:28.480 up messages all the time. It's always doing something, it's 0:08:28.520 --> 0:08:30.920 always scanning. Do you really need all that? 0:08:31.280 --> 0:08:31.720 I don't know. 0:08:31.840 --> 0:08:34.600 If you're just surfing the web and getting most of 0:08:34.640 --> 0:08:37.840 your apps from Windows or using the built in web 0:08:37.880 --> 0:08:40.800 browser or even Chrome or whatever, a lot of these 0:08:41.040 --> 0:08:44.839 systems now protect you from stuff. Realistically, the only thing 0:08:44.880 --> 0:08:47.400 you really have to worry about is when you download 0:08:47.800 --> 0:08:51.800 random files, Like if you're downloading a file from a 0:08:51.880 --> 0:08:56.160 random website, if you're clicking random links that then download malware. 0:08:56.520 --> 0:08:58.480 But a lot of times we're not doing this. 0:08:58.559 --> 0:08:59.920 I mean, you have to be on the lookout for this, 0:09:00.320 --> 0:09:03.319 but most people I think are not really doing that. 0:09:04.000 --> 0:09:05.960 Maybe they are, I don't know, but I think that 0:09:06.360 --> 0:09:08.640 Windows Defender, if you have that up to date, that 0:09:08.720 --> 0:09:11.960 is an anti virus software that is built into Windows. 0:09:12.000 --> 0:09:13.800 I think that that's probably your best bet. 0:09:14.080 --> 0:09:16.199 Now if you want to have something else on your 0:09:16.200 --> 0:09:19.400 computer as a as a backup or as an addition, 0:09:20.160 --> 0:09:25.280 if you go to av test avavsdash test dot org, 0:09:26.200 --> 0:09:28.920 you can look up the best Windows antivirus software for 0:09:29.000 --> 0:09:31.880 home users. And right now the top one is on Lab, 0:09:31.920 --> 0:09:35.120 which I've never heard of, ahn l a B. Number 0:09:35.120 --> 0:09:38.000 two is a Vast, Number three is AVG and I 0:09:38.000 --> 0:09:41.000 believe those are the same company. Now, then you've got Avira, 0:09:41.800 --> 0:09:46.440 then you've got Bitdefender. Then all the way down. It's 0:09:46.440 --> 0:09:52.000 funny it says you've got Microsoft Defender is pretty down there, 0:09:52.000 --> 0:09:53.680 but it's only a five point five out of six. 0:09:53.720 --> 0:09:57.439 The tops are six. Then you've got Norton Total av 0:09:57.679 --> 0:09:59.800 Those are at the bottom of the list. But again 0:10:00.360 --> 0:10:02.200 a lot of these products it looks like they're all 0:10:02.240 --> 0:10:06.360 about the same because the protection is almost every one 0:10:06.360 --> 0:10:09.119 of them is a six out of six in every category. 0:10:09.640 --> 0:10:12.400 So I mean, realistically, I think you'll be fine with 0:10:12.440 --> 0:10:14.320 any of these. I would just stick to something free. 0:10:14.360 --> 0:10:15.640 I don't think you need to pay a lot for 0:10:15.679 --> 0:10:18.360 this protection. I think the more important thing is to 0:10:19.880 --> 0:10:22.440 just to be aware of what you're doing online. So 0:10:22.520 --> 0:10:25.400 if you're just surfing the web, you're probably gonna be fine. 0:10:25.559 --> 0:10:28.160 It really comes into play when you're downloading stuff. And 0:10:28.200 --> 0:10:30.360 I think the bigger threat, or the biggest threat to 0:10:30.440 --> 0:10:33.839 people today is phishing schemes. And so that means when 0:10:33.840 --> 0:10:36.400 you're looking at your email and it says, hey, your 0:10:36.440 --> 0:10:41.320 Amazon account is about to be deactivated, or did you 0:10:42.000 --> 0:10:44.720 make this large purchase on your Amazon account because we're 0:10:44.720 --> 0:10:46.840 sending it to you and if not, call this number 0:10:47.240 --> 0:10:49.480 or click this link, that's what you need to be 0:10:49.679 --> 0:10:51.720 concerned about, because those are things that are trying to 0:10:51.760 --> 0:10:54.600 trick you into handing over your personal information. I think 0:10:54.640 --> 0:10:57.439 that's a bigger threat than just random things taken over 0:10:57.480 --> 0:10:59.600 your computer, which does happen. Believe me, We're gonna talk 0:10:59.600 --> 0:11:02.320 about that a little bit later in the show. But 0:11:02.400 --> 0:11:04.680 I think that that's the main thing, is just be 0:11:04.760 --> 0:11:07.320 aware of what you're doing and just be very critical 0:11:07.400 --> 0:11:09.720 of every single thing you are doing. 0:11:09.520 --> 0:11:12.120 On your computer. I'm not kidding the most the most 0:11:12.160 --> 0:11:13.200 menial tasks. 0:11:13.400 --> 0:11:16.880 Just be super aware of where you're plugging, putting in 0:11:16.920 --> 0:11:20.800 your passwords, the links that you're clicking, the software that 0:11:20.840 --> 0:11:24.200 you're downloading. I think that's the most important thing. And 0:11:24.240 --> 0:11:28.160 I think Apple really did an interesting service for people 0:11:28.200 --> 0:11:30.320 when they came up with the idea of the App store, 0:11:30.640 --> 0:11:33.520 where these the apps inside that store. I mean with 0:11:33.559 --> 0:11:36.120 Apple they're sandbox, but I mean the way that you're 0:11:36.679 --> 0:11:39.559 sort of trusting the store at large. And Windows now 0:11:39.600 --> 0:11:43.840 does this with their Windows Store, and Chrome does it 0:11:43.880 --> 0:11:46.800 with maybe their extensions. I'm not sure how vetted those are, 0:11:47.240 --> 0:11:49.319 but you know, it's just one of these things where 0:11:49.720 --> 0:11:52.439 it's just we've come a long way. But I think 0:11:52.480 --> 0:11:55.079 the biggest thing is really the social engineering. That's that's 0:11:55.160 --> 0:11:58.640 kind of the biggest problem for most people. All right, 0:11:58.760 --> 0:12:03.320 let's get to the trip. So again, takeaways from Rome. 0:12:04.200 --> 0:12:07.239 Food was awesome. I had no problems with my flights whatsoever. 0:12:07.280 --> 0:12:09.760 I know the news it's scary, scary. Scary flights are 0:12:09.760 --> 0:12:11.120 delayed flights are canceled. 0:12:11.160 --> 0:12:12.040 I had zero. 0:12:12.000 --> 0:12:15.280 Problems knock on wood. So our flights were on time, 0:12:15.400 --> 0:12:19.680 they were smooth, they were great. You know, we got 0:12:19.679 --> 0:12:23.880 the seats we wanted and it was fine. I mean, 0:12:23.880 --> 0:12:26.439 it was really overall just fine. The travel was simple, 0:12:26.480 --> 0:12:30.880 the luggage got there, and in Rome it was just 0:12:30.920 --> 0:12:34.240 such a It's been a while since I traveled because 0:12:34.240 --> 0:12:38.000 of COVID, like internationally at least, and so, you know, 0:12:38.040 --> 0:12:40.959 it's one of these things where technology has evolved. This 0:12:41.040 --> 0:12:42.400 was the first time I got to try out an 0:12:42.400 --> 0:12:46.000 e sim On I phone. I had the iPhone thirteen Pro, 0:12:46.080 --> 0:12:48.560 which is just a fantastic camera, the best camera I've 0:12:48.600 --> 0:12:51.280 ever used on a vacation. So it's just like a 0:12:51.280 --> 0:12:53.240 lot of things were new to me. And so while 0:12:53.240 --> 0:12:54.560 I was on this trip in Rome, I was like, 0:12:54.600 --> 0:12:56.319 you know what, I think I'm gonna share some of 0:12:56.360 --> 0:12:58.600 these things that I've learned. Now, let me just go 0:12:58.679 --> 0:13:02.640 through number one. I think the best trips start with 0:13:03.120 --> 0:13:05.200 a lot of planning, and I think that with the 0:13:05.240 --> 0:13:08.000 Internet and with social media, there are so many great 0:13:08.040 --> 0:13:11.520 ways to plan trips right now, and it's getting you know, 0:13:11.559 --> 0:13:13.720 it's just getting so much easier to like, go to 0:13:13.760 --> 0:13:15.880 the place you want to go, do the things that 0:13:15.920 --> 0:13:16.360 you want to. 0:13:16.360 --> 0:13:18.720 Do, avoid the tourist traps, all that good stuff. 0:13:19.040 --> 0:13:21.840 I think the best, single, best thing you can use 0:13:21.880 --> 0:13:23.560 on a trip is Google Maps. 0:13:23.640 --> 0:13:27.120 And specifically the saved feature on Google Maps. 0:13:27.120 --> 0:13:30.240 So on Google Maps, there's this little row of icons 0:13:30.240 --> 0:13:32.760 at the bottom. One of them says saved. That's where 0:13:32.800 --> 0:13:35.400 you can create lists of things that you want to do. 0:13:36.320 --> 0:13:40.079 I've got lists for restaurant recommendations. I've got lists for 0:13:40.120 --> 0:13:42.079 the cities that I'm going to that I'm planning on 0:13:42.200 --> 0:13:45.040 going to. I've got just random lists that you know, 0:13:45.040 --> 0:13:46.920 if someone tells me something you should go to with 0:13:46.960 --> 0:13:49.320 the kids, I put it in that list. And so 0:13:49.720 --> 0:13:51.880 if you're searching Google Maps, what I like to do 0:13:52.000 --> 0:13:54.320 is create a new list for the city you're going to. 0:13:54.400 --> 0:13:58.440 Let's say you're going to Paris, and then you start 0:13:58.480 --> 0:14:01.439 putting things into that list. When someone says, oh, you're 0:14:01.480 --> 0:14:03.520 going to Paris, you got to see the Eiffel Tower, 0:14:03.960 --> 0:14:06.120 bookmark the Eiffel Tower. So you go on Google Maps, 0:14:06.120 --> 0:14:09.040 you type in Eiffel Tower. It says save, and you 0:14:09.080 --> 0:14:11.400 save it to your list, and now it's in that list. 0:14:11.840 --> 0:14:13.040 Yeah, Eiffel Tower. I get it. 0:14:13.040 --> 0:14:15.040 You're not gonna forget to go to that. But then 0:14:15.080 --> 0:14:16.840 someone says, oh, you're going to Paris. I know this 0:14:16.880 --> 0:14:18.480 great little cafe. You gotta go to it, and you 0:14:18.480 --> 0:14:20.640 look it up on Google Maps, you bookmark it. Oh, 0:14:20.680 --> 0:14:23.320 this restaurant is excellent. Get the croissant there. It's the 0:14:23.320 --> 0:14:26.440 best raspberry croissant you'll ever have. I don't even know 0:14:26.440 --> 0:14:28.800 if that's a thing, but I'm just saying. And so 0:14:28.960 --> 0:14:32.000 now to take it a step further, when you bookmark 0:14:32.080 --> 0:14:34.520 that little item inside your list, there's a little place 0:14:34.560 --> 0:14:38.480 that says notes, and you can type in my friend 0:14:38.720 --> 0:14:42.920 Jan said that this has the best raspberry croissant in Paris. 0:14:43.040 --> 0:14:45.800 And now when you go there, you'll have perspective on 0:14:45.840 --> 0:14:48.720 that restaurant. Oh yeah, Jan said to get the raspberry croissant, 0:14:49.080 --> 0:14:51.960 or you know, my friend said to get this type 0:14:52.000 --> 0:14:54.920 of pasta, or get this steak or you know whatever. 0:14:55.120 --> 0:14:57.880 And so you just keep doing that and you finally 0:14:57.920 --> 0:14:59.880 have this list. I had like sixty five items on 0:15:00.160 --> 0:15:03.680 list for Rome. And when you go to these places, 0:15:03.720 --> 0:15:06.240 you can read your little notes about them. And then 0:15:06.280 --> 0:15:08.480 also you know, for me, like I pulled people on 0:15:08.520 --> 0:15:10.640 Instagram and said where should I go? You can also 0:15:10.720 --> 0:15:12.840 thank people on Instagram, like, hey, you know, I had 0:15:12.880 --> 0:15:16.160 a couple of viewers and you know followers that gave 0:15:16.160 --> 0:15:18.960 me some recommendations. I tag them on Instagram because I 0:15:18.960 --> 0:15:19.880 remember that that's where they. 0:15:19.840 --> 0:15:22.520 Told me to go. So that is my ultimate tip. 0:15:22.560 --> 0:15:26.320 The other tip is if you google whatever city things 0:15:26.360 --> 0:15:30.320 to do, there is like this magically generated Google kind 0:15:30.360 --> 0:15:33.360 of travel guide that is just I don't even want 0:15:33.360 --> 0:15:34.720 to tell you about it because I feel like it's 0:15:34.720 --> 0:15:38.120 the best kept secret online. So if you google any city, 0:15:38.160 --> 0:15:43.040 like if I put in Paris things to do, look for, 0:15:43.280 --> 0:15:45.360 scroll down a bit until you get to this top 0:15:45.440 --> 0:15:48.560 sites in Paris area on Google Search, and then you 0:15:48.600 --> 0:15:50.840 click more things to do, and it literally gives you 0:15:51.080 --> 0:15:55.360 everything in that city based on all the Google knowledge 0:15:55.400 --> 0:15:58.160 that they have from what people search and where people visit. 0:15:58.240 --> 0:16:01.520 It's just such, it's just amazing. I mean, you don't 0:16:01.520 --> 0:16:04.320 even need these travel guides in these travel books anymore 0:16:04.360 --> 0:16:07.880 because Google has so much data that's even more real 0:16:07.960 --> 0:16:09.960 time than anywhere else. I mean, if you're looking at 0:16:10.000 --> 0:16:12.240 a map of Paris, it will tell you this is 0:16:12.280 --> 0:16:14.680 a popular area because it knows that there's a bunch 0:16:14.680 --> 0:16:17.200 of cell phones in that area at any given time. 0:16:17.200 --> 0:16:19.240 I mean, it's really really fantastic stuff. 0:16:19.600 --> 0:16:20.960 All right, let's see. 0:16:20.960 --> 0:16:22.800 Oh, the one other thing I wanted to mention about 0:16:22.800 --> 0:16:25.760 that saved list thing. The best feature about it is 0:16:25.760 --> 0:16:28.320 that when you're walking around town, you look at your 0:16:28.320 --> 0:16:31.680 saved list and Google will order it based on proximity. 0:16:32.000 --> 0:16:34.480 So let's say, for instance, we got out of the Vatican, 0:16:34.600 --> 0:16:37.600 right Cistine Chapel, whatever, we were hungry. I went to 0:16:37.640 --> 0:16:40.160 my list and I saw here are the three restaurants 0:16:40.200 --> 0:16:42.600 that are closest to my list right now. Because what 0:16:42.680 --> 0:16:45.960 happens is you fall into a tourist trap because you're hungry, 0:16:46.400 --> 0:16:49.800 you're tired, you're you're hot, and you just want to 0:16:49.840 --> 0:16:52.200 duck into the first restaurant you see that has food 0:16:52.240 --> 0:16:54.440 and drink. And so that's how you get stuck with 0:16:54.480 --> 0:16:56.640 a tourist trap. And so if you have a list 0:16:56.680 --> 0:16:59.280 of places and you know, okay, this one is three 0:16:59.320 --> 0:17:02.320 blocks away from the Trevy Fountain, but it's not a 0:17:02.320 --> 0:17:05.080 tourist trap, and we can go there and someone recommended it, 0:17:05.080 --> 0:17:07.040 it's on my list. Let's go walk there, and you 0:17:07.119 --> 0:17:09.760 have kind of a purpose rather than trying to find 0:17:09.760 --> 0:17:11.280 something in the moment, which. 0:17:11.080 --> 0:17:12.160 Is very, very tricky. 0:17:13.320 --> 0:17:15.760 All right, So when you're flying, definitely download the app 0:17:15.800 --> 0:17:18.320 of the airline that you're flying, because a lot of 0:17:18.320 --> 0:17:21.240 times to get the entertainment, you have to use that. Also, 0:17:21.760 --> 0:17:24.040 I would even look into connecting to the inflight Wi 0:17:24.040 --> 0:17:26.639 Fi even if you're not using it or paying for it, 0:17:26.720 --> 0:17:30.400 because a lot of these airlines offer free messaging through 0:17:30.440 --> 0:17:34.600 apps like I Message and Telegram. It's funny even notifications 0:17:34.600 --> 0:17:36.480 will come through a lot of times on your iPhone 0:17:36.840 --> 0:17:39.960 because somehow the way the notifications are sent through it 0:17:40.080 --> 0:17:42.560 just bypasses, sort of like the paid Wi Fi. So 0:17:42.640 --> 0:17:44.760 you may not be able to like see, you know, 0:17:44.840 --> 0:17:47.240 activate your ring doorbell, but you might get a notification 0:17:47.280 --> 0:17:49.000 that someone's in front of your house and you can 0:17:49.040 --> 0:17:51.320 see that, which is kind of cool. Now, when it 0:17:51.320 --> 0:17:54.720 comes to money, I always skip the airport exchange the 0:17:54.760 --> 0:17:57.400 money exchange stations. I just don't think you need them 0:17:57.440 --> 0:17:59.920 in this modern day and age. Now here's my reason. 0:18:01.320 --> 0:18:03.520 The best way to get money out at a foreign 0:18:03.560 --> 0:18:06.560 location is to use your ATM card at a local 0:18:06.600 --> 0:18:09.639 ATM when you arrive. Now, I've only had a problem 0:18:09.640 --> 0:18:13.000 with this exactly once in my entire life, and I 0:18:13.000 --> 0:18:17.040 think it was in Japan where my ATM card was 0:18:17.080 --> 0:18:19.320 not working at the ATMs and I had to like 0:18:19.400 --> 0:18:23.480 find a specific one. But otherwise this works almost every 0:18:23.520 --> 0:18:25.840 single time. And so what I do is to make 0:18:25.840 --> 0:18:27.679 sure that you have a little cash on you just 0:18:27.720 --> 0:18:30.680 in case is I make sure I have some American 0:18:30.880 --> 0:18:34.399 dollars on my person when I fly, and so when 0:18:34.440 --> 0:18:37.679 I land, I'll bline it to the first ATM and 0:18:37.720 --> 0:18:40.680 take out local money. Now, if the ATM doesn't work, 0:18:40.760 --> 0:18:43.200 or it's out of order, or I just can't access it, whatever, 0:18:43.640 --> 0:18:47.360 I will take those American dollars and begrudgingly exchange them 0:18:47.600 --> 0:18:51.119 on the wherever I'm landing. And you're not gonna get 0:18:51.160 --> 0:18:53.240 as good as an exchange rate. You're you're gonna pay 0:18:53.280 --> 0:18:56.119 some fees. But it's just a really you know, it's 0:18:56.160 --> 0:18:58.240 a backup method that Okay, if you have a hundred 0:18:58.240 --> 0:18:59.959 bucks on you, at least that one hundred dollars can 0:19:00.080 --> 0:19:02.320 get you from the airport to your hotel. You can 0:19:02.520 --> 0:19:04.879 settle down, figure out what's going on, figure out how 0:19:04.880 --> 0:19:07.160 to get some more cash, or maybe find a different 0:19:07.200 --> 0:19:10.199 ATM that does work. One of the things about the 0:19:10.200 --> 0:19:12.359 ATM is they're going to try to trick you into 0:19:12.400 --> 0:19:16.800 taking cash out with a conversion, and when they convert 0:19:16.840 --> 0:19:19.840