Flying Back Home, incredible experience, New Zealand I just wanted to talk about my incredibly experience in New Zealand. I’m heading home to England today. I always wanted to visit and while I am in between jobs I decided to have my chance. I was originally meant to be spending only 19 days there but I extended my holiday to 25 days during my visit. It has been honestly a fantastic experience! …

Volunteer opportunities? Hello! I am currently in college studying environmental science and I have an entire month off for Christmas break. With this time I would love to volunteer somewhere cool for 3-4 weeks to help out with some sort of marine conservation. Preferably somewhere i can scuba dive. Time has gone by a lot faster than I had realized and so I am doing thi…

Madrid Airport Transit times Hi Everyone, This is my first post on this sub, forgive me if I am posting in the wrong place or if asking this is against mods. My wife and I are going to Portugal for a wedding. The flights from NYC to OPO Portugal has been very expensive (points and miles speaking) We decided to reposition the flight to go to Madrid then go to OPO afterwards….

Is there a travel backpack that exists that meets these 2 specific criteria? Criteria 1: has a clamshell zipper main compartment opening, with the non-opening side at the bottom of the backpack (i.e., it fully unzips around both sides and the top) Criteria 2: has bi-directional/2-way luggage handle pass through straps, so that the backpack can go either upright or sideways on a rolling luggage bag. The 2nd criteria is un…

GF and I going to Germany & Czech Republic for the first time, any advice? Hello! My gf and I are 4 days away from our first real vacation together: a 2 week trip to Europe, also our first timing traveling internationally together, my first trip to Europe, and both of our first trips to Germany + The Czech Republic. We’re flying into Frankfurt and have an hour to switch planes to fly to Berlin. We’re hanging out in Ber…

What’s the state of central Vietnam given the recent storms? In Hanoi and planning to fly down in a few days. Anything we should know? submitted by /u/tumamaesmuycaliente

Ryanair Lost Luggage Hi y’all. Ryanair lost my luggage a couple months ago. Long-story short I had to wait a few weeks for them to confirm that they can’t find my luggage and open a dispute. When I lost it, the guy at the desk said to me that they will cover all of my necessities while on my trip. I bought a couple of essential clothes and kept my receipts. When I c…

Spring Break Ideas? My sister (23) my mom, and I (21) are planning on going somewhere for spring break, but don’t know where (want to stay in the US). We have gone to San Francisco and New York so far on past spring breaks. We don’t participate much in the nightlife aspect of these cities, so we want somewhere we can explore cool things and be very active, but also…

German Christmas Markets My wife and I will be in Bavaria to visit the Christmas markets in the second week of December. I’ve been doing some research and I think we want to move around rather than stay in one spot the whole time. I have a few questions though, having never been to Europe (I am from the US). We’re flying into Frankfurt and planning to take the train dow…

Frankfurt Airport (FRA) is the worst airport ever I posted this in r/TravelHacks some weeks ago about layovers in Frankfurt, and thought it would be interesting to share in this sub about my experience connecting there. But for starters: I never thought, as a traveller, that I could hate an airport so much. For starters – remote positions for a 747 is such a dumb idea. Arriving there and a tow…

Where to travel in Asia? I have 1 month of vacation in December-January and want to travel from Europe to somewhere in Asia, preferably warmer places. I’ve already visited Japan, Korea, China, HK, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, and don’t know where else it would be worth going. My tentative itinerary is: Dubai, Malaysia, Philipines, Singapore. Most of the time would be spen…

Solo travel ideas to a hot place Hi! I’m a 26F in Toronto I have 6 vacation days to still use and am going to take it in December. I am exhausted and want to relax. Any suggestions on where to go that’s a hot place? I feel all inclusive is kind of waste since they charge you double occupancy I think? Travelling solo also kinda scares me and gives me anxiety. Worried I will feel…

Which German city should I visit: Cologne, Düsseldorf, or Aachen? Looking to stay for ~3 days in early December. Mostly interested in Christmas markets, food, and historical sites. Which would you recommend? Thanks! submitted by /u/the_mosbyboys

There is a lot of good travel info on YouTube, but I don’t want to SEE everything before I go. Seeing it for the first time is half the fun. Anyone else feel this way? I’m researching a trip right now, and I was thinking… how can I get this info, without “spoiling” the trip for myself by seeing all the best stuff in this video… I ended up just listening to the audio of the video, keeping it minimized. Does anyone else know what I’m talking about? Reading a guidebook, or even a written blog post with photo…

A list of Fresco paintings you might want to checkout if you’re going to Italy submitted by /u/Significant-Way-9290

Regarding address change for Vietnam visa Hello all, I’m new to all of this…I got an email regarding a Vietnam visa I applied “Denied Reason: Please provide a specific (expected) address in Viet Nam (including name of accommodation (if any), street, ward, district and city/province Please enter registration code, registration email and date of birth in E-visa search menu to update appli…

Australia Zoos and Aquariums Planning a trip to Australia for the month of December and am looking at the different options. I will be visiting Cairns, Sydney, and Melbourne. I already bought tickets and Keeper for a day at Taronga in Sydney but was wondering which other zoos and aquariums are worth doing. I’m leaning for the Melbourne and Cairns Aquariums but willing to ch…

Is this budget/itinerary for Mexico and Central America absolutely mad? Hello Everyone! I am leaving Canada in January 2025 to explore Mexico and Central America. Below will be a rough itinerary for context, but I am struggling with a budget. I have about $14000 CAD ($10000 USD) saved. This is excluding flights, but will need to include all accommodation, food, transportation, and tours. Mexico – Approx. 1 month Me…

Prague, Vienna and Maybe Salzburg in December My husband has to travel to Europe for work end of Nov/ beginning of Dec, so we are planning a last minute trip to take advantage of the travel since we’ve never been to this region and also to see it during Christmas time! We have 6 days planned but could extend a day and we were originally thinking 3 days in prague and 3 in Vienna. But after …

Spoiled after a great yet unusual guided tour, looking for another Two years ago, we went on the 14-day Red Carpet Tour of Lord of the Rings sites in New Zealand. It was a great way to see a lot of spectacular natural locations, in company with other fans of the books and movies. Five years ago, we did a Smithsonian Tour that had an emphasis on learning about castles in Scotland. That was good, but nowhere near…