It’s easy to lose a travel partner in the crowd. But how do you find them? A little pre-planning will go a long way.

If you lose part of your travel party, or you have become separated from someone there are a few things you can do. Sending a text to them asking where they are might work however you may get a non-helpful response (I’m at the gift shop, for instance whereas to you the whole area looks like one gift shop after another). Having the ability to track each other via your cell phone will help. Another solution would be to drop a pin in Google maps and then forward it to the other party. They can then use Google maps to find you.

TIP:  to drop a pin and forward it open Google maps and zoom in on the screen to get more accurate location. Touch and hold your location (the blue dot) until Google indicates a pin has been dropped. Then on the  menu items scroll to the right until SHARE appears. Click the SHARE button and forward it with any text such as, “Meet me here”.

TIP:  agree upon a meeting point and time in advance just in case you get sepearated