White Noise Machine Recommendations Needed At home I sleep with two fans on and they have this wonderfully deep sound. I’m trying to find that in a portable white noise machine but most I’ve seen have really treble-y, tinny, higher sounds that lack depth. I’m looking some something that can have the bassy depth of sound my big box fan has. Does that exist? submitted by /u/h4baine …

Easier hikes in the Tatras? Hello! First reddit post, please let me know if I’ve done something wrong. Anyway, as the title says, I’m looking for easy-moderate hikes in the Tatras region (open to Polish or Slovak side). I’ll be visiting in the summer with my mom, who is in the 50s. She‘s very athletic for age, but it still limits my options as far as hikes go, as I fear ma…

Submitting a Non-US Bank Statement for an Argentina Visa Application at the NYC Consulate Hi everyone, I’m applying for an Argentina visa through the NYC Consulate and need to provide proof of funds. I plan to include my bank statements, but I’ve hit a roadblock and would really appreciate some advice. Here’s my situation: I’m currently in the US on a J-1 visa for a short 4-month stay, so I decided not to open a US bank account. Inst…

Best ways to fall asleep on flights The only international flight I’ve ever taken was 8 hours Chicago to Paris, and figured I’d sleep on the way there. Two melatonin pills later and the only thing I could do was doze for about an hour. (I think it may have also disrupted my sleep the following night.) As someone who plans to do much more international travel in the future, like 10…

Bosnia and Montenegro in 1 week , help please. Hey folks . I’m planning to travel with my mother . We are not in rush but I need a plan to stick with . I say 1 week but I’m open . It Can be 5 or 8 . 1-Sarajevo 2 days, Mostar 2 days , montenegro 2-3 days . Is it too much or okey? 2- I will book return ticket . From Turkey to Bosnia and Bosnia to Turkey back . Should we do Bosnia first or se…

Forgot I had an adult passport I made a boneheaded move and didn’t realize that I had an adult US passport. Completely valid, not lost just never used it since i hadn’t left the country since my child passport had expired. Anyways, needed one for a work trip and applied for a new one and paid all the fees. This was Thursday, and today looking through my paperwork I saw it, a…

Mediterranean cruise Hello all, As it’s getting closer to the new year I was thinking about travel plans for 2025. I was thinking about trying a cruise to and around Greece as it’s high on my bucket list. I found one on NCL for 11 days and the itinerary is as follows. Start in Istanbul,Turkey Kusadasi,Turkey Athens (Piraeus),Greece Santorini,Greece Mykonos,Greece C…

Suggestions/Advice for Travel between Copenhagen and Amsterdam Hi! Starting to plan a trip to Copenhagen. My dad is interested in joining, if he can budget it. Geographically, this will be a reeeally long trip for where we’re from, so if he comes with, he’s interested in going to Amsterdam too. It’s not necessary, so I’m trying to gather info on the feasibility. Any suggestions for travel between Copenhagen…

Advice for applying for Indian e-visa as a (new) US citizen. My husband was born in India, but has gotten US citizenship. This is his first time applying for an Indian visa, and we don’t know how to answer these questions: https://preview.redd.it/0v9d3519rv6e1.png?width=1119&format=png&auto=webp&s=6f65a3c195394d49b17bc542803f3d8c8773c272 “Have you visited India before?” “Cities previously visited?”How do …

The eerie feeling of being on vacation: Classism. Anyone else? I recently got back from a month long vacation in Europe, part land, part cruise. I stayed in both hostels, regular hotels, and also on several nights, in “luxury” resorts. There was such a wide range of emotions and experiences, but one lingering feeling that stuck with me is that I didn’t enjoy the luxury/cruise accommodations as much as I tho…

Sharing my personal experience as a first timer using Grab I just returned home from a trip to Phnom Penh and Ho Chi Minh. I read a lot about Grab on Reddit prior to my trip and wanted to share my personal experience in hopes of helping someone else. I only have a US phone number and used my ATT International Day Pass (I did not buy SIM cards for each country). In order to prepare, I downloaded the ap…

Do most affordable hotels and hostels in India suck? Ok so might just be my experience but a few posts on here reminded me of this but it seems like overall hotels/hostels kinda sucked in India. Like I did Mumbai, Delhi,Agra,Jodhpur, Goa, and Kolkata so I feel like I got to see a good bit of the country but almost every hotel or hostel seemed to be dirty and run down with the worst beds you could …

travelling south east Asia for anyone that has travelled south east Asia did you book hostels and hotels in advance before you went and followed a plan on that? also, with experiences and expeditions, when did you book this? could you turn up and book it or do it before you went? submitted by /u/Fine_Damage_5485

Agoda (Bad Experience Vent) I have used the company Agoda to book hotels several times, mostly without issue. Often they have a No-Deposit required policy, where you can reserve a room and don’t need to pay the full amount until later. I recently booked a 3-day stay at a Hotel in Hong Kong through Agoda, but mistakenly booked the stay off by 1-day. For this booking full pa…

Arrived at hotel in Hyderabad and they are saying it’s for Indian nationals only. Read the fine print CAREFULLY. Just lost a lot of trust in booking . Con I made the original booking through booking . Com Nightmare scenario: imagine riding the train all day, arriving at the hotel finally at 1:30 am and they tell you they only accept Indian nationals. Has anybody else experienced this? But it’s also my fault because in the …

Which flight was the longest one you took? My longest journey by air was from London Heathrow to Los Angeles (11 hours and 15 minutes). I am now considering a trip to Hong Kong, which involves a flight lasting 12 hours and 40 minutes. Sitting in economy class is incredibly frustrating; I couldn’t get enough sleep, the legroom is too limited, and being beside someone is really uncomfort…

Rise of “Seat Squatters” On my last Delta flight, I saw not 1, not 2, but 3 different seat squatting incidents during boarding. First was a guy that was supposed to be in 28C was all the way up in 12B and was trying to argue it was his seat. The next was a lady in 18A that was being adamant with the seat holder that she needed to be by the window and not in the middle. …

Codeshare baggage experience I flew on a codeshare flight for the first time a few days ago (one ticket, booked on the website of one airline) At the check in counter, I told the agent my final destination, put my bag on the scale etc., after which they handed me a baggage tag and a boarding pass. At this point I casually ask them if my bag is checked in all the way to my …

US border question regarding visiting friends I travel to the US a couple times a year under the visa waiver programme and it’s getting increasingly harder for me each time I enter (different ports; always got proof of an outbound ticket). I’ve lived in the US for a while, many years ago and have no professional ties to the country anymode, and don’t know why I’m being given such a hard tim…

Did i mess up at border? I travelled to Europe( Latvia) almost 1 year ago, at border when they asked how long am i staying i told the officer i am applying for residency, she then asked “Ok but how long are you staying?” I replied with “3 months” since thats how long i could stay with no visa. It ended up being almost 6 months, since i was told that was allowed by immig…