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European train travel on the right track.
Reflecting on our recent 5 week journey through Europe – Switzerland, France & Italy – my wife and I agreed our decision to choose a train for all of our intercity travel, and most of our day trips, was a major contributor to what proved to be a thoroughly...
Cyber safety concerns for travellers
As the latest example of the need for constant concern for your cyber security while travelling, another massive data breach made headlines this week, again affecting holiday and business travellers. The hotel chain Marriott International disclosed a massive data...
Cyber Safety for travellers.
Perhaps the greatest disadvantage of today’s mind-boggling array of technology is the need to be increasingly vigilant to online attack from a never-ending line up of “faceless bad guys” wanting to do us, and our financial assets, as much damage as they can inflict....
Home Security while travelling — Social Media dangers.
Home security while travelling must be an important part of planning any holiday, regardless of duration or destination. Increasingly the cause of home security issues is in the hands of the travellers themselves. This topic has been aired many times, but a recent...
Why travellers worry about electricity blackouts
Any traveller who has arrived home to the dreadful smell of a freezer full of rotting food knows why electricity blackouts are a real worry. This can occur through a widespread blackout ( which continue to increase in frequency, duration and numbers of affected...
Healthy reasons to have a Pet
As a follow-up to the recent blog post “Pet Owners live longer”, the Animal Welfare League has supplied the following facts on the health benefits of owning a pet:- Seniors who own dogs go to the doctor less than those who do not. In a study of 100 Medicare patients,...
Pet Owners live longer: It must be all the extra love
One of the benefits of the work we do at 1 Call Holiday Arrangements is to see the joy that family pets bring to their owners – of all ages. However, it seems the age group that receives the most joy from their pets is the over 50’s. For this reason the following item...
Dog breeds to make you smile!
Our daughter recently added a Labradoodle to her family, and this caused me to think about the many new breeds that are possible via creative cross breeding. Here’s a few to hopefully make you smile:- Collie + Lhasa Apso Collapso, a dog that folds up for easy...
Be More Dog
Without wishing to offend any of our feline Clients, or their human family members, today’s challenging times seem to demand more dogged action. Here’s a bit of fun, with a serious message. Enjoy!
The benefits of local holidays
Adelaide’s daily and weekly newspapers are currently running a concerted and very worthwhile campaign, Shop in SA, to promote the benefits of SA residents shopping locally. Of even more potential economic benefit is the need to convince SA residents to spend their...
Expert Tips to Guarantee Peace of Mind When Away From Home
After successfully completing hundreds of assignments to ensure “total peace of mind” for 1Call’s Clients when they are away from home, we have compiled the best Travel Preparation ideas practised by these regular travellers. While no single Client does everything...
Traveller Apps
Q. How do Frequent Travellers stay connected? A. Per-Apps. Whether the motivation for your frequent travel is to enjoy a holiday, or to earn a dollar, the ability to keep connected to home-base, via smartphone and tablet apps from the iTunes store, has never been...
What does “Pet-Friendly Accommodation” really mean?
In response to increasing demand from pet owners, more and more holiday accommodation operators are ticking the ‘pet friendly” box in their facilities list. Often that is the truth, with genuine pet lovers operating pet friendly facilities, with offerings to guarantee...
What To Take With You For Your Travelling Pet
Travelling with your pet is a situation where you are wise to “Expect the best time, and prepare for the worst”. Take it, and you hopefully won’t need it. Here is a starting Check List of what to take for your travelling pet, for you to consider and add to depending...
Don’t Tell The World Your Travel Plans
A high-value Client benefit of the 1-Call service offering is maintaining the “someone’s home” look of our Clients’ home while they are away. This is achieved, among other activities, by promptly collecting Australia Post, junk mail and local papers, and moving...
The Positives For Young Pet Owners
While watching a recent segment on current affairs television, detailing yet again the alarming statistics on Childhood Obesity, I found myself shouting at the TV – “ Fix the problem! Buy every kid a dog, and encourage them to play and exercise with it every day”....
Over-65’s too engaged to quit workforce
Appearing on the front page of News Ltd’s papers nationally a few weeks ago was an article on the increasing numbers of Australians over age 65 remaining in the workforce. The headline read “Over-65’s too broke to quit workforce”. Does this include Rupert Murdoch and...
Hope I die before I get old – or my super runs out!
In their 1965 hit My Generation, British group The Who sang one of Rock’s most famous lines — “ I hope I die before I get old”. The teenage fans of 1965 are today’s leading-edge Baby Boomers, who have seemingly changed the lyrics to “ I hope I die before my super runs...
The Benefits of becoming an Encore Entrepreneur
Yet another study by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, involving 2.6 million mature-age workers, has found 13% never want to retire, and 41% intend to transition into part-time work before they retire. That’s over 1 million people hoping to leave full-time work and...