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London Daily Mail: Beggars Can Make Up To $200 A Day


I can believe it. Your travel4seniors.com editor hikes twice a day along several miles of Santa Monica Boulevard in Hollywood, California. The final 20 miles of nationwide Route 66, runs from downtown Los Angeles to the oceanfront beaches in the city of Santa Monica.

With growing numbers of homeless in the area, I encounter at least five or six beggars daily. In some locations, such as next to posh restaurants, bars and supermarkets, they get steady handouts of tax-free dollar bills and more.

Advice: Because many street people have mental and addiction problems, don’t hand out money to them in your travels. Too often it goes for drugs and alcohol. You’ll help much more effectively by contributing to your local Red Cross, Salvation Army and other agencies that help the homeless. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6791637/Homeless-beggars-making-200-DAY-reveals-ex-soldier-says-11lb-streets.html#comments

Amsterdam, The Netherlands: New Tourist Shops Verboden PDF Print E-mail


One of the world’s favorite cities of your travel4seniors.com editor is clamping down on a favorite activity. Whenever there to wander the streets, especially at holiday season, we enjoy shopping for the latest home-grown Dutch souvenirs.

However, the city council has determined there are just too many of the shops and attract too many tourists to crowd the streets. Because they declare it’s inconveniencing the local citizens, there can be no new shops. However, since Amsterdam’s economy depends on healthy tourism, the ban doesn’t make a helluva lot of sense. So, next time in Amsterdam, you’ll just have to be content to visit the oldest established permanent tourist bordellos and pot shops.

 
Philly Airport: Popeye’s Sells Emotional Support Chicken PDF Print E-mail


Making fun of the questionable practice of passengers taking dogs, cats, and other animals on flights, the airport restaurant sells a Louisiana-styled baked chicken with a therapeutic title.

The cost with a side of fries is about $10. With Philly airport’s frantic holiday crowds and uncertain schedule changes, the amount of emotional support could be helpful. You can take the fowl meal aboard or peck at it while waiting anxiously for your flight to be called.

 
How Macho Are Those Doggies In The Window? PDF Print E-mail


As your travel4seniors.com editor wandered past a pet daycare shop on touristy Hollywood Boulevard, this scene my camera captured reminded me that not only human air passengers fight for a window seat. Of course, as with airline premium seating, the winner will be required to pay more for the upgrade.

 
Pane & Vino In Miami Beach Is Best U.S. Eatery PDF Print E-mail

 

If your winter plans include visiting the Florida city, be sure to stop in for, as the name translates, some bread and wine. And, of course, you’ll have many more happy choices of delicious Italian specialties. According to TripAdvisor’s reader survey, this restaurant tops the list. So, when you go there, it’ll be buon appetito with your carpaccio and pasta alla ruota.

 
Airport To Downtown: Book Cheapest & Most Direct Way PDF Print E-mail


After landing at a busy terminal and grabbing your luggage, it’s too often an expensive hassle to get to the city. Taxis, limos and other individual auto services can be expensive, with ever-growing prices, more so at holiday season. Before you fly, research and reserve online to book the most efficient and cheapest mode of transportation. Including scheduled public buses and trains, those services are usually less expensive.

 
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