Is anyone aware of this travelers scam in South and Central America? When traveling through South and Central America I constantly am approached by people asking for money, sometimes I give and sometimes I don’t. However, it seems quite often that I’m approached by a man or woman with a child asking for milk for their baby. When I offer money they typically decline just asking for milk from a pharmacy. When I de…

1h35m layover in AMS, or 5h25m layover? ORD to LIS / Portugal I have the choice, and it’s the same rate, but I am traveling with a partner and want to minimize stress. My fear is of course that if my first flight is delayed, then we could be screwed trying to transfer at AMS with only 1h or less. However, 5h25m seems like the other end of the spectrum, but is it worth it for peace of mind? The airline is K…

Trip report – 7 months in Asia complete cost breakdown Myself and my partner spent the last 7 months in Asia and kept meticulous records of our daily spending with nearly 2000 separate transactions totaling €27,016.85 expenditure. We travelled backpacker style, staying in hostels when they were the cheaper option but often as a couple hotel rooms were the best value. We drank modestly, ate mostly st…

Lithuania (roadtrip), August 2023 Nature, silence, peace. Lithuania has been a big surprise for me, with its large roads between green trees and fields, cow farms, colorful and quiet villages. In the pictures: Kaunas, Klaipėda, Panevežys and other small villages/towns and beautiful landscapes along the road. Since I had already visited Vilnius, I skipped it this time and decided…

Nexus border infringement I was in a car recently, travelling from Canada to the US where the owner failed to declare alcohol that was otherwise legal to import – we each had a bottle of duty free. I was in the back seat and didn’t hear the question when it was posed to the driver. I was the only one with a nexus card. The border agent didn’t send us to secondary inspect…

European Parliament votes to scrap hand luggage charges Thoughts on this? Not sure what to think about this move personally. It mostly makes sense for long-haul flights ofc, but for intra-European flights LLCs often charge more for the luggage than for the flight tickets themselves (which includes at least a small backpack generally). All this seemingly does is push up the price for simple tickets e…

For those who have been to India but are neither white nor Indian, what was your experience like? How were you treated by locals? Curious because white tourists tend to have some sort of “privilege” in India (for a variety of reasons that are for a separate topic of discussion), while those who are Indian would not stand out (at least as much). For other groups, you may not get “white privilege”, but you may still get attention for not being Indian. So for those who are bl…

Road trip through Morocco: The good, the bad, and the ugly We just arrived back from a lengthy road trip throughout Morocco where we camped along the way, and I thought I would just write a summary of what we loved (and didn’t love) about Morocco. We (male and female in our 30s) visited the following cities/places along the way, and shows you approximately the route we took: Nador > Fès > Cèdre Gouraud …

Trip Report- Jordan Day 1: Overnight Flight Into Amman My husband and I boarded the overnight flight with Royal Jordanian to Amman. No complaints with this airline! Everything was smooth. We met our fellow travelers at the airport and took a bus to our hotel, Ibis Amman. This hotel was not great- it wasn’t cleaned well and the service was terrible. 2/5 stars in my …

Is there a place you were reluctant to travel to at first but you ended up thoroughly enjoying? The reason I’m asking is that I have a friend who’d like me to accompany them to Japan. I really have no interest but can’t help but notice how many people absolutely love it. I honestly think part of it is because I’m older (60’s) and Japan wasn’t really on the radar back when I was younger the way it is today. Most people my age (or maybe it w…

October in Portugal. Endless summer in Cascais submitted by /u/leugimonurb

What happened to Agoda/Booking.com? Both used to be my go-to booking sites, but now I’m hearing so many horror stories from accommodations and guests. Trustpilot reviews are not exactly reassuring either with both hovering around a terrible 1.3-1.5/5 score. What happened? submitted by /u/Murky_Onion3770

Need advices for Road-Trip in USA Hello everyone! ​ I’m French and I’m going to the West Coast of the United States for about ten days at the end of the month. ​ I plan to spend 3 days in the Los Angeles area, 2 days in the surrounding desert or national park. ​ Then spend 3 days in Las Vegas to see concerts and enjoy the city. ​ I need advice on how to organize my trip. ​ …

What a difference a little competition makes… Earlier this year I checked on the price of flights to Denver from the UK/ROI; it’s not a particularly well-served airport from here. At the time, the only airport you could fly from direct to Denver from the UK was Heathrow. For business class return, British Airways wanted ~£3500 per person. It actually wound up cheaper to start in Dublin, fl…

Booking.com host accusing me of causing damage and trying to scam me for 300 euro, Booking.com being useless. What to do? Hi there I was just in Naples and booked an apartment from a place with a 7.7 rating. Terrible instructions for self-check in meant it took me 30 minutes to get in the door and when I did I found the shower door completely shattered. They sent someone to clean up the glass and there were exactly two minutes between me telling the host I was in t…

Top of the World , Moab UT Spending a couple days up here isn’t too bad submitted by /u/pazra

10 Weeks in Southeast Asia: Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam and Philippines Just returned from an incredible trip backpacking through SEA with my wife! We are 30M and 35F; we both hold U.S. passports. The idea for our trip came when my wife was assigned to staff a weeklong business conference in Bali. She has a remote-first role in tech that requires occasional international travel. Wife saw an opportunity and arranged …

Living root bridges , India I recently visited the state of Meghalaya in India to see the living root bridges. These are naturally built bridges mainly built by firstly planting two rubber trees of the Ficus elastica on either side of the river by the villagers. These trees usually take about a decade to grow and generate secondary aerial roots . These are built across ri…

Watch out for this scam in Berlin I visited Berlin for a few days and overall loved it but I got scammed and it left a bad taste in my mouth. My wife and I were checking out the Berlin Wall remnants in Bernauer Straße. A very nice open air exhibition with original parts of the wall still intact. As we were taking photos two young girls that looked to be in their late teens appro…

Suggestions for couple going away alone for first time in 20 years My wife and I just came to the realization that next summer here and I can take a vacation just the two of us (without the kids) for the first time in 20 years. Aside from Disney trips and family Beach vacations, we haven’t done anything else since our kids were born. Looking for suggestions. Budget around 3000. We want to stay in the US, probab…