Your travel4seniors.com editor recently visited the exciting city, and greatly enjoyed its hospitality, dining, people, markets, scenery and much more.

We don’t have to remind seasoned senior travelers that basic costs keep rising everywhere. Piled on are also the surprise add-ons.

The quoted prices don’t tell all, such as promising a Las Vegas hotel suite for just $99.99 a night; or fly to Europe for merely $399.99, or sail on a Caribbean cruise for a bargain $999.99. What’s not advertised is that you’ll actually pay another 25% or more in not-so-hidden charges.

In hotels, aboard cruise ships and at other vacation havens, there are even more surprise charges, such as a resort fee of $20 or more a night. Another add-on could be a $5 turn-down service (replacing the free chocolate candy you used to find on your pillow). There may also be an internet charge, valet fee, honor bar and others, even if you don’t use them.

Hey, every senior has to head heavenward at some time, but why book an earlier angel flight by doing stupid things to mind and body? National Cancer Institute nerds watched over 221,000 people, aged 50 to 71. When the study started 20 years ago, all were considered normally healthy.

During the research, those who watched seven or more hours of TV daily were 47% more likely to die, compared to those who watched TV for less than an hour. Of course, seniors, especially retirees with no fixed daily schedule, are being bombarded with more TV with ever-expanding 24-7 and 100s of stations.