Mother/Daughter trip to Portugal Hi. I am meeting my mid-twenties daughter in Lisbon at the end of March. I will have 8 days and already booked 3 nights in Lisbon. I am debating whether to go North to Porto or whether to fly to Madeira or go to Lagos. I like to avoid touristy sites and love nature so hoping to have a combination of city and nature. If we go to Porto any nearby …

Looking for a travel backpack Any recommendations on a backpack that I can CHECK IN to an airline. 50 L + would be ideal. Im just worried about the straps, interested to know if there’s any designed for check in. I could carry on but will be taking lots of bug spray submitted by /u/JaynaBeeJules

Should I cancel my trip to Guatemala? I have flights booked for this Saturday, for a trip I’ve been planning for a couple months to Guatemala. We were planning to hike Volcan Acatenango. Recently I’ve read that Fuego has been inactive for the last few weeks, and the last time this happened was right before it blew in 2018 (killing many people). It sounds like there’s some safety con…

Thoughts on this 2 week Taiwan itinerary? We have to be in Taipei for an event during the middle of the trip, otherwise it probably would have been more efficient to do Taipei at the beginning or end. The only thing I am wondering about is missing Alishan — the train ride seems cool but we will be doing quite a bit of nature travel on the east coast at the end, so maybe it’s okay. Curi…

Will I fit in a modern plane seat? Some context: It has been around 10 years since I’ve been on a plane. A big part of the reason is my height – I am 6’6”, and even back then my knees were absolutely jammed into the seat in front of me from the moment I sat down. From what I’ve heard from friends and family, plane seats have only gotten more and more cramped since I last flew. N…

Girls trip, help us to decide on destination please Hi everyone, there is 6 of us heading on a girls weekend at the start of April. One of the girls is celebrating turning 30 and the rest of us and mid to late 30s. The following destinations match up with flights, accomodations budget etc. Does anyone have any suggestions as to which would be best for this time of year? We all have different opin…

Dangerous travel destinations Hey guys, I want to hear your stories about the worst or most dangerous experiences you’ve had while traveling. So, why am I asking this? Recently, I visited Australia, which is my 94th country. I’m relatively young, but I travel a lot. I get a certain thrill when I visit places that are a bit more dangerous. My girlfriend has confronted me a fe…

Cusco, peru favorite things to do around the city? Ive heard about the markets but id love to hear people’s experiences for things like live music, museums, food, anything cultural. I get that it’s a touristy spot but id love to get as authentic as I can within the general area while we acclimate. Thank you submitted by /u/cass_a_frass0

Suggestions for May trip? Hey all! Me and my girlfriend are looking for a place to travel from May 11-May 18 of this year for my 30th birthday trip preferably outside of the USA. We would be flying out of Miami or Fort Lauderdale. We definitely want to keep budget, safety, and weather in mind. Here are some specifics: 1) 4k max budget for both 2) Gay friendly as we are a…

EF TOURS–Tipping in Japan EDITED TO ADD: Their website says it is customary to tip and has recommended rates, which is fine. But EF is telling us how much we have to pay and 3 months in advance. They should have just included it in the original booking price. So my daughter’s school is going to Japan for 2 weeks over the summer. We’ve been paying it off for a couple of …

Best museum I’ve been to in each US state, and the few other countries I’ve been to, thoughts? AZ AZ-Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson CA La Brea Tar Pits, LA CO Denver Museum of Nature and Science CT Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History, New Haven DC National Air and Space Museum DE Winterthur Museum, Wilmington FL Miami Science Museum GA Telfair Museum, Savannah IL Field Museum, Chicago KS Oz Museum, Wamego MD American Visionary Art Museum…

Lake Tahoe and Reno I am going to Lake Tahoe and Reno in April. I am a historian but not very familiar with the area. Does anyone have ideas of interesting historical places or history stories? submitted by /u/Available-Pride2960

Summer 2024 Balkans roadtrip with photos and practical advice Me and my SO spent about a month roadtripping in the Balkans. Here are some of the experiences and some practical aspects that might help fellow travelers in the future. Our trip was in May/June 2024 (so yeah I’m kinda late with this post, well, better late than never). There’s probably overlapping information to what has been posted earlier, bu…

Japan itinerary review 14 full days, excluding train rides, and 2 half days in Tokyo (starting point). March 19 to April 3. Excluding the parks (not sure if I want the Universal fast pass yet), my max budget is about $1,000. Which days does it look like I can add something else? Wednesday, March 19. Day 1 (flight). -Land in Narita around 3:30 PM after a 14-hour nons…

Week-long Family Vacation in Early May: Minneapolis or Chicago We’re from Green Bay and want to take our young kids on a little trip May 5-9, ages are 2 and 6. I looked at hotels in Chicago and we’d be looking at roughly $1,500 for the week. That seems high to me. Minneapolis seems more reasonable at less than $1,000 for the week plus free parking. I know there’s a ton to do in Chicago, but for the sake of…

What place would you say that everyone you know seems to love but you didn’t like very much yourself? For someone who has more visited more countries than celebrated their own birthdays (25M been to 30 countries) I can say there’s only a few I didn’t like and for specific reasons. Croatia I did SailCroatia (booze on a boat for a week) when I was 19 and found the entire thing to be rather..eh. While I did have fun drinking with a bunch of Aussi…

Travel website to filter for 24 hour front desk? Lately I’ve had some hiccups with hotels that I thought had 24 hour reception and later found out that it’s either virtual check-in or limited hours. I hate when my flight is delayed and I come in late and have to figure out how to get into my room by myself, traveling alone as a woman. My last trip, the hotel owner said they would meet me at th…

Am I wrong for thinking quitting my job to travel for 6 months is a bad idea? Hey Reddit 🙂 My husband (33M) and I (31F) were talking about the trips we’d like to take this year, and he suggested we quit our jobs to travel for 6 months. For background, we both work remote for decently paid (low 6 figures CAD) tech jobs. We’ve got ~$700K in savings and live in a cheap rent-controlled apartment in a VHCOL area (we lucked ou…

Advice on which US city to visit in the middle of march I have business travels to multiple locations in US till March 11th and plan to stay in the US untill March 16th when I return to back home to Latvia. My last meeting will be in Louisville and I was wondering what to/which city to visit after that. I was thinking to visit some national parks in Colorado or Utah, but I realised that the weather w…

Baggage Advice Friday I have like 25 hours of flying with 3 layovers, 1 hour each Im going for 2 weeks, and so i got the 26in suitcase reccomended, It came in at around 35 lbs fully packed with everything on my list so im good. No carry on, just a backpack with my laptop, valuables, meds etc. I originally had no intention of taking a carry on. I have a backpac…