ADVICE COLUMN / ASK ANITA!

Dear Anita,

My wife and I are planning to travel to Japan in a few months and we are both very excited about it. We have our suitcases, passports, and a long list of places to visit and things to do. However, we can’t agree on one thing. My wife wants us to join a tour group. In her opinion, it will be more fun to travel with other people and she thinks that without a tour guide we might get lost. But, in my opinion, we will probably see more things and have more fun if we just take a map, a phrase book and travel by ourselves. Who do you think is right: my wife or me?

Evan

 

Dear Anita,

I’m seventeen years old and my best friends and I want to back pack around Europe for the summer. We plan to stay in hostels, so it won’t be too expensive. But my parents are worried that it’s too dangerous – they worry that we’ll have problems with different cultures and customs and maybe even pickpockets. They want me to wait until I’m older before I travel, but my friends are going this summer, with me or without me. What do you think, Anita?

David