Of course, any senior who has tried to cross Broadway and 42nd Street in New York City may disagree. However, according to the Orlando Sentinel and Smart Growth America, from a total of 2,000 pedestrian accidents, more than 650 unlucky victims have died on that Florida city’s streets in the past decade. 

Advice: Seniors, when enjoying Walt Disney World and Universal Studios with family, friends or alone, should always be alert in Orlando. These days on all city streets everywhere, you don’t only need to watch out for drunken drivers, taxis, Ubers, trucks and buses. You can also suffer sudden unwelcome encounters with bikes, joggers, skateboards and e-scooters racing down streets and sidewalks.

If you’re retired, with no set work schedule, plan your traveling for the slow season, October to mid-November. Airports, cities, restaurants, shops, entertainment and all else are less crowded.

More than 32 million people visit Venice, Italy, every year. Less than 10% are there in the autumn months. France sees 82 million visitors annually, but only 14% show up in those uncrowded months. It’s the same in NYC’s Times Square. In addition to the extra freedom for roaming senior tourists, the prices for everything, including airline tickets, are much lower in autumn.

Protesting mobs continue to disrupt everything in one of the world’s most popular tourist destinations. Of course, the marchers may have legitimate reasons to protest, but their actions hurt local commerce more than the Chinese administration. If your future travel plans include Hong Kong, keep in daily touch with breaking news. Then consider changing or cancelling your visit.

The discount private rentals vs hotels offer lower-priced overnight stays. However, with success and corporate greed taking over, senior travelers should be aware of unadvertised extra Airbnb costs.

Hotels, resorts, cruises and other travel businesses have long been infamous for advertising low rates. Then at check-out time they tack on another 20 to 50% for so-called resort fees, local taxes and other rip-offs. Now the Airbnb homeowners are getting into the add-on routine.

For example, to the advertised fee of $100 a night there will be added charges for cleaning, service fees, local taxes and other extras. It could make what comes out of your pocket $150 a night or more. So, when you’re making that great Airbnb deal, always ask and hope for an honest answer: Tell me the actual total of what I’ll have to pay.