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Do you happen to possess a TomTom navigation device? If your answer to that question is ‘yes’, then it would be a good idea for you to download and install the MyTomTom application onto your navigation device (if you haven’t already done so). This is because once downloaded and installed, the MyTomTom application will make it possible for you to keep your TomTom device and maps up to date.

What downloading the MyTomTom application entails, at a glance

Downloading the MyTomTom application mainly entails going to the TomTom website (specifically to the MyTomTom page on the TomTom website), clicking to indicate that you wish to ‘Get Started’, specifying the version of MyTomTom application you wish to download – and proceeding to download the same. Once the MyTomTom application is downloaded, you install it onto the TomTom device and the software starts serving you right away, in terms of keeping the TomTom device and the maps up to date.

Things you need to have, to download the MyTomTom application

To download the MyTomTom application, you need to have a computing device that is connected to the Internet — and which meets the minimum system requirements for the specific version of MyTomTom application you wish to download. You also need to have the TomTom navigation device, onto which you would proceed to install the MyTomTom application, once you manage to download it.

The website you need to visit, to download the MyTomTom application

To download the MyTomTom application, you need to visit the TomTom website (specifically the MyTomTom page on the TomTom website). The address for the MyTomTom page/Getting Started page on the TomTom website is indicated below, in the ‘links to help you’ section.

Steps you need to follow, to download the MyTomTom application

• Check in the ‘links to help you’ section below, and you will see that we have indicated the address for the MyTomTom page/Getting Started page on the TomTom website. Now enter that address (for the MyTomTom/Getting Started page of the TomTom website) into your browser, for the browser to take you to that specific page.
• When you get to the MyTomTom/Getting Started page of the TomTom website, you will first of all be required to specify your country.
• After specifying your country, click on the ‘Get Started’ button that is to be found on the screen you are transferred to.
• On the next screen, specify the version of the MyTomTom application you wish to download (by clicking on the appropriate button).
• Once the MyTomTom application is fully downloaded onto your computer, transfer and install it onto your TomTom device. The software with henceforth keep your device and maps up to date.

Links to help you

1. TomTom website (MyTomTom page): http://www.tomtom.com/getstarted
2. MyTomTom application download start page: https://www.tomtom.com/en_us/mytomtom/getstarted/deviceselector.jsp

Are you planning on traveling with Thomson Airways? Have you, subsequently, booked a Thomson Airways flight? If your answers to these questions are in the affirmative, then you can now proceed to book flight extras and select seats online. That way, you can have yourself allocated a seat before you leave for the airport where you will be catching the Thomson Airways flight. If you have lots of stuff to carry, you can book the extra kilos before departing to the airport where you would be catching the Thomson Airways flight. This way, you’d get to avoid being penalized with ‘excess luggage fees’. The opportunity to book flight extras and select seats on Thomson Airways online also means that you can actually go as far as upgrading your seat(s) that way. That is, you can upgrade your plane seats while still at home, before departing for the airport where you would be catching your Thomson Airways flight.

What booking flight extras and selecting seats on Thomson Airways entails, at a glance

Booking flight extras and selecting seats on Thomson Airways mainly entails going to the Thomson Airways website (specifically to the online check-in and flight extras booking page), and simply going ahead to book the flight extras and select seats there. Before being allowed to book the flight extras and select seats though, you do have to first enter some basic details from your Thomson Airways flight booking conformation email. That is the email you received when you booked the Thomson Airways flight: so you enter some details from it, and then go ahead to book the flight extras and select your preferred seats.

Things you need to have, to book flight extras and select seats on Thomson Airways

To book flight extras and select seats on Thomson Airways, you need to have the booking confirmation email (that is, the email you received when you booked the Thomson Airways flight) with you. You also need to have access to a computing device that is connected to the Internet.

The website you need to visit, to book flight extras and select seats on Thomson Airways

To book flight extras and select seats on Thomson Airways, you need to go to the Thomson Airways website (specifically to the online check-in and flight extras booking page of the Thomson Airways website). The address that can get you to the said online check-in and flight extras booking page of the Thomson Airways website is provided below, in the ‘links to help you’ section.

Steps you need to follow, to book flight extras and select seats on Thomson Airways

• Get the browser application on your computing device up and running. Then enter (into the browser), the address for the online check-in and flight extras booking page of the Thomson Airways website. That address, for the online check-in and flight extras booking page of the Thomson Airways website is provided below, in the ‘links to help you’ section.
• When you get to the online check-in and flight extras booking page of the Thomson Airways website, enter the required details: namely the booking number, the surname of the lead passenger and the travel date. All these are details you can obtain from the email you received when you made the flight booking (that is, the booking confirmation email). The information to be filled in is to be found on the ‘flight details’ section of your booking confirmation email. So you enter those details, then click on the ‘Find Booking’ button.
• Follow the instructions in the subsequent screens that you are take to, and within a few minutes, you should be through with the exercise of booking flight extras and selecting seats on Thomson Airways.

Links to help you

1. Thomson Airways website (online check-in and flight extras booking page): http://flightextras.thomson.co.uk

Are you a Garmin device user who is interested in knowing how you can be getting map updates for the device? If your answer to that question is ‘yes’, then please read on, as we will shortly explain how you can go about getting map updates for your Garmin device. As it turns out, the makers of Garmin devices have created software, known as Garmin Express software, which you can use to manage your Garmin device – by, among other things, getting the map updates. In this regard, the Garmin Express software effectively takes the place of nuMaps Lifetime Updater – which is what you’d previously have used to get map updates for your Garmin device. Thus, as a modern user of a Garmin device, you need to utilize the Garmin Express software, to get the map updates you need for your Garmin device.

What using Garmin Express software to get map updates entails, at a glance

Using Garmin Express software to get map updates for a Garmin device mainly entails downloading the software, installing it on the Garmin device and proceeding to register the device. Once the Garmin Express software is installed and the device registered, you can start getting all the map updates you need.

Things you need to have, to use Garmin Express software to get map updates

In order to download the Garmin Express software, you need to have access to a computing device that is connected to the Internet (and which meets the minimum system requirements for the download). You also need to have the Garmin device with you, alongside the USB cable or ANT stick needed to connect it to a computer.

The website you need to visit, to download Garmin Express software for map updates

To download the Garmin Express software so as to start getting map updates, you need to visit the Garmin website – specifically the Garmin Express page on the Garmin website. The address that previously took you to the nuMaps Lifetime Updater page now takes you to the Garmin Express software page on the Garmin website. The address you can use to get to that particular page is provided below, in the ‘links to help you’ section.

Steps you need to follow, in using Garmin Express software to get map updates

• In the ‘links to help you’ section below, we have provided the address you can use to get to the Garmin Express Software page (on the Garmin website). This is the address that would previously have taken you to the nuMaps Lifetime Updater page on the Garmin website. Enter the said address, and you will be redirected to the Garmin Express Software page.
• As per the instructions on the page, connect your Garmin device to the computer, using a USB cable or a ANT stick. Then click on the appropriate link to download the software (that link is under the ‘Download & Install’ section.
• With the software downloaded and installed, as per the instructions on the Garmin Express page, open the application (on the device), and go through the motions of registering the device. Once you are through with the registration of the Garmin device, you can henceforth be using the Garmin Express software to get map updates for it.

Links to help you

1. Garmin Express software page (previously nuMaps Lifetime Updater page): http://www.garmin.com/lifetimeupdater
2. Garmin support online: http://www.garmin.com/us/support/

Do you work for Hilton, or one of Hilton’s subsidiaries? Are you aware that you can enjoy discounted room rates by virtue of you being a person who works for Hilton or one of its subsidiaries? The program that makes you, as someone who works for Hilton to be eligible for discounted room rates is known as the ‘Hilton Team Member and Hilton Family Travel Program’. Through that program, you can enjoy discounted rates at establishments bearing brand names such as Hilton, Conrad Hotels & Resorts, Embassy Suites, Hilton Garden Hill and Double Tree by Hilton. Other establishments where you can enjoy discounted room rates thanks to the Hilton Team Member and Hilton Family Travel Program are those bearing brand names such as Astoria Hotel and Resorts, Homewood Suites and Hampton by Hilton. The discounts that are available to people who work for Hilton and its subsidiaries through the Hilton Team Member and Hilton Family Travel program are rather huge.

What using the Hilton Team Member Travel Program entails, at a glance

Using the Hilton Team Member Travel program mainly entails confirming your work location, carrying out a search for available hotels, selecting the hotel you’d wish to stay at, making a room reservation and finally going ahead to secure your passport. Most of these are things that you get to do on the Hilton website (specifically on the page dedicated to the Team Member Travel program on the Hilton website). So you just go to that webpage, click on a ‘Begin Here’ link, and you are guided through the process. It is only the final step, of securing your passport, which may have to be done offline. That is because this step entails having to present your reservation details to your HR department or to your general manager.

Things you need to have, to use the Hilton Team Member Travel program

To use the Hilton Team Member Travel program, you need to be a bona fide Hilton team member: that is, someone who works for Hilton or one of its subsidiaries. To be able to use the program online, you need to have access to a computing device that is connected to the Internet. Only then can you visit the Hilton Team Member Travel program page  (on the Hilton website) and go through the respective steps there.

The website you need to visit, to use the Hilton Team Member Travel program

To use the Hilton Team Member Travel Program, you need to visit the Hilton website (specifically the Team Member Travel Program page on the Hilton website). The address that can get you to the Team Member Travel Program page on the Hilton website is provided below, in the ‘links to help you’ section.

Steps you need to follow, to use the Hilton Team Member Travel Program

• Get the application you normally use to access the Internet on your computer (that is, the browser application) running. Then once that application is up and running, enter the address for the Hilton Team Member Travel Program webpage, in order to be taken to that particular page of the Hilton website. The address in question, which can get you to the Hilton Website (Team Member Travel Program page) is provided below, in the ‘links to help you’ section.
• When you get to the Hilton Website (Team Member Travel Program page), read through the instructions on how the program works. Then check toward the middle of the page, and you will see somewhere where it is conspicuously written ‘Treat yourself in the same fine accommodation and care you offer our guests every day’. Next to that is a ‘Begin Here’ link, which is set against a grey background. Click on the ‘Begin Here’ link.
• On the page that you are taken to (after clicking on the ‘Begin Here’ link on the first screen), go ahead to confirm your work location. You will then be taken through the motions of searching for available hotels. Then you will be given a chance to choose a hotel that appeals to you, and subsequently to reserve a room at that particular hotel.
• With your reservation details at hand, you will need to go ahead and secure your passport (with your HR department or general manager), in order to complete the exercise. Having done so, you will be eligible to enjoy discounted room rates,  under the Hilton Team Member Travel Program, when the date you wish to travel finally arrives.

Links to help you

1. Hilton Website (Team Member Travel Program page): http://www.hilton.com/tmtp
2. Hilton Team Member Travel program FAQs: http://tm.hilton.com/en/tm/help/tmtp_faq.jhtml