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Lonely Planet Community Highlights : traveller-tips

Playing it safe

 

Buying travel insurance is one of those necessary evils. But even though common sense dictates it's the responsible thing to do, sometimes we figure we can live without and just risk it.

 

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Toronto lowdown from Broken Social Scene

 

When travelling, it always helps to ask a local for the inside scoop.

 

Toronto band Broken Social Scene, part of the Lonely Planet travel family, share some of their townie secrets with us.

 

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Creative Travel

 

Lonely Planet Community member Elena Paschinger is a passionate traveller who likes to experience a destination as richly as she can.

 

She tells us how getting in touch with your creative side while travelling can shed a whole new light on your destination (and quite possibly, yourself).

 

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