How important is travel insurance? First time leaving the country Hi! My bf and I are going to Mexico (all inclusive resort) from Aug. 6 – Aug. 11. We are 20 years old and this is my first time leaving the country. How important is getting travel insurance? I’m specifically worried about something being cancelled due to hurricanes. Also what brand of travel insurance would you recommend? (Ideally not very expe…

Is there any service which alerts you to hotel room cancellations? Often, I want to take a trip on short notice and find that all accommodations are booked. However, I know that last-minute cancellations do occur. Instead of calling each hotel repeatedly, is there a service that can alert me when a hotel room becomes available? Thanks! submitted by /u/Good_Culture_628

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Need help with my Itinerary Hi All, I am traveling to Europe for the 1st time from the US with my husband. Main aim of the trip is to meet a friend in Vienna and attend Dutch GP. Here is my tentative plan. Please let me know if this is too much or if you have any alternative place I should go instead. • ⁠08/16 Friday Flight to Vienna • ⁠08/17 Saturday Vienna • ⁠08/18 Sund…

How weird would it be for me to economy class while my husband flies business on long-haul international flights (or, really any flight)? My husband has suddenly become very keen on flying business class for all our vacations. Yes, technically we can afford it, but I really don’t have any desire to spend thousands and thousands of extra $$$ annually for this *supposed luxury. How weird would it be for us to spit up in the plane, having him fly business class, while I stick with e…

How often do you travel throughout the year? Several short trips or One long vacation I did a solo trip to Europe in 2022 for 3 weeks. Then did it again in 2023 for 3 weeks. Both in September. I only did one trip per year and now I’m thinking about switching it up. Planning for those trips was really fun and interesting because I made an entire doc with research, budget, itinerary, packing etc. I thought 3 weeks was a little shor…

Driving in Azerbaijan? Husband and I are considering a trip to Azerbaijan in April and would like the freedom of having a car assuming it’s not crazy to do so. We’ve rented cars and driven in El Salvador, Guatemala, Kenya, Honduras, Scotland and Jordan so we aren’t unfamiliar with driving internationally and we are from a major US city known for awful drivers so we do…

People that are rich (don’t need to work rich) and travel all the time, does it ever get old? Do you ever say, eh I’ve seen it all, time to settle down. Is it even possible to see and experience everywhere in a lifetime? Is it not fulfilling since you see so many wealthy people just doing business related stuff? I feel like if I ever get to real financial independence and don’t have to worry about money all I would do is travel and live …

Passing in the jet bridge when boarding? So I need your opinion on this. We were flying from Venice to North America last week. Huge full flight. Zone 1 was called. We were premium economy and had Zone 2 in our boarding pass, but I have had Zone 2 for business class in the past as well. Anyways after the gate agent, checks us about 50 people are waiting in a big line now which has bac…

5.5k Europe School Band Trip Vs. Solo Eastern Europe W/ same budget? Hi y’all! I’m graduating university soon, and want to travel to Europe. I have an opportunity to go with my college band to perform in Germany, France, and Austria, in the cities of Munich, Freiburg Im Breisgau, Ettenheim, Strasborgue, Salzburg, Schladming, and Innviertel. We will see the Notre Dame and Neuschwanstein Castle for example. The tr…

Philippines, manila Palawan Bohol Boracay We are 13 friends, and I thought about this itinerary that would take us 12 nights or 13 days. start in manila, sleep just one night there Banaue rice, sleep in Sagada (can we use a bus, or would be cheaper to get a taxi?) Back to Manila to catch flight to Puerto Princesa El Nido Coron (do the 3 days cruise? Is it worth?) fly from Coron to Cebu…

Wife can’t take the heat, where should we go? For years, my wife and I have talked about going to Costa Rica to celebrate her graduation with her second bachelor’s degree. Costa Rica has always been a place of interest as we love beaches, hiking and dancing. Here’s the problem: my wife suffered a heat stroke a few years ago and ever since has experienced recurring symptoms (disorientation,…

Croatia: Plitvice, Split, Dubrovnik & Korcula Hello – I’m starting to worry my itinerary will be too much driving; however, it’s everything (Korcula, Plitvice, Rovinj) I’ve wanted to do for 10 years. I could switch from Rovinj to Zagreb but that doesn’t make sense since we are doing two days in Venice. So any advice to trim down what I NEED to see in each spot, given I’d really like to keep…

Indonesian travel visa photo altered?? My mom applied for a travel visa in Indonesia with assistance from a consulting business in Bali (all contact with the consulting business was through Facebook messages). The photo she submitted for the visa came back altered after her visa was approved. She has short brown hair and a red shirt in the original photo and they edited the photo to …

Will passport stamps be gone for good in this (or the next decade)? I’ve noticed a silly trend of most countries doing away with stamps and it’s kind of sad. Stamps are a unique marker that a person has visited a country. I wish governments understood that even if they are rendered obsolete, not everything in life is about pure utility. After all people visit foreign countries for fun. submitted by /u/0x…

First backpacking trip in Europe I will be going to Europe in September. I have friends in the Netherlands so I plan to fly there and drop my bags and pack a backpack. I am looking at going to explore Belgium and France for a few days then taking the train to London (Meeting a friend there). We are going to Scotland. We plan to climb Ben Nevis. We are spending 5 days in Scotla…

Egypt & a little bit of Petra submitted by /u/LilianaUrioste2000

Trip-spanning travel games? When I was young, I went on this summer camp and there was this game where someone would be wearing a clip called the “yes-clip”. Any time that person would ask you a question and you responded with “yes” you would have to take over the clip and had to get rid of it by asking people questions. The goal was to not have it at the end of the day an…

Northern Spain & Malaga or Italy trip? Hi Everyone! Struggling to decide between two potential trips that would happen from Oct.1-11 Option 1 Bilbao & San Sebastián, Spain Oct 1-8 Malaga, Spain Oct 8-11 Option 2 Milan/Florence/Rome/Naples or Milan/Cinque Terre/Florence/Rome Oct 1-11 Haven’t been to either but curious to hear your thoughts! Thanks! submitted by /u/nuggetsdodge…

It’s been a week since BA “lost” my bags Posted earlier regarding how BA lost 3 of my bags. It’s been a week with no progress made whatsoever. I’ve contacted customer service multiple times, each time I’ve been greeted with the same reply “I’ve escalated the issue, give us another day please”. I’m starting to grow sick of hearing the same response over and over again. I had to spend 15…