Traveling for a year (with a year to prepare)but NOT backpacking. How would you pack and how would you prepare? My youngest child will start college next summer, and I will be getting half the value of my home and leaving for a trip around the world. My plan is to go somewhere and stay until I want to move on. Two weeks? Ninety days? I have one year to prepare and supply myself. This also means I will be facing pretty extreme weather changes. As a 5’8” mi…

How to travel sustainably and responsibly Hi all, I’m hoping to go travelling next year (most likely to South America) but want to do it in the most sustainable/responsible way. What do people find most challenging when trying to travel sustainably and how do you plan for these? There’s obviously the problem of flying and trying to choose low carbon transportation where possible, but wh…

Ideas for multi-day (guided?) adventure trips I’m trying to generate ideas for trips that are multi-day adventure travel (possibly all inclusive and/or guided). My partner and I are both outdoorsy, we both ski (alpine + touring), both bike (road + mountain), are always down for hiking and love trying new things. These don’t have to be extremely adrenaline-heavy trips, just mostly outdoors (…

Favorite small to mid sized cities around the world? I am starting to plan a “family gap year” with my husband and (then) 5 year old daughter for 2025-2026. We are (very roughly) thinking we would spend 1-2 months in 5-7 different spots: – 3 months in the fall in Europe – 3 months in Southern Hemisphere in winter (possibly Australia and New Zealand or SE Asia) – 3 months somewhere else in Spring (…

Visiting Asia and Oceania Hello good people, I’m considering to travel alone (or maybe with a friend) from Germany to Asian and Oceania for my 30th birthday. Since I don’t have unlimited budget and can take 1-2 months off, I was wondering if any of you think I MUST go to a country on the way and which ones I can go next time. Until now I have decided to go to these desti…

7 days in August on São Miguel, Azores submitted by /u/mangogetalover123

Flight compensation advice I would be grateful to get advice on this. I had a flight with ryanair from Krakow->Milan, then Milan->UK. This was booked through a third part company (MyTrip). My flight from Krakow->Milan was delayed over 6 hours, which meant I would miss my connecting flight from Milan->UK. MyTrip say they will only refund the cost of the flight from Krakow-…

Where in Denver to stay? Hotel or AirBnB? Looking to visit Denver June 2nd-6th. I’ve been reading that downtown Denver kinda went downhill since Covid and there’s a lot of homeless. Should I avoid getting a hotel in that area and look elsewhere? If so, where? And would it be better to look into an AirBnB? It will just be my wife and I. submitted by /u/tumadre1390

A Journey through Western Australia, Part 2; the South West submitted by /u/Kiwi_Johnskie

Besides sucking it up and paying insane prices for premium seats/lounge – what’s your answer to travel days from hell? It is probably my biggest detractor for why I don’t travel as much as I would. 3 months ago, I booked a 9 hr flight from Seattle to Paris, and then a 2 hr layover to get me into Italy. Today, my flight from Seattle got delayed an hour, missed the layover so it will now be 4+ additional hrs before I get to Italy. I received 22 euros of food credit for my trouble. And paid an extortionist amount for premium economy for one …

2 days trip in Valle d’Aosta Italy First day visit of roman centre of Aosta. Second day in the morning “Skyway” cable car up to Mont Blanc (departure from Courmayeur), afternoon to the borough of Bard and Fort of Bard 1 Aosta, porta praetoria 2 roman theater 3 Bell tower, Collegiata di Sant Orso 4 cryptoporticus 5 Courmayeur, Skyway cable car station 6 View from punta Helbronner …

What are some good hobbies to pick up to complement traveling? I’m planning on buying a smart phone with a better camera and eventually a DSLR. Aside from photography, what are some hobbies that would make traveling more fun and rewarding? submitted by /u/bell-town

A question to experienced travellers: What alternatives can you suggest to popular destinations where one doesnt have to deal with touts and scammers? I dont know if I’ve worded it well. But I’ll explain. Popular tourist destinations seem to have problems with petty crime, pickpockets, scammers, touts and other such annoyances. I’m wondering if you could suggest an alternate city or country where one could experience a similar culture or experience. I’d like to visit Turkey for the food mostly…

Stranded in AUS instead of transferring at DFW with final destination to PHL Stranded in AUS instead of transferring at DFW with final destination to PHL Asking on behalf of my nephew who is a 19 yo travelling by himself for the first time. His flight (ICN to DFW AA280 with a final destination to PHL) departed 2 hours late from Seoul. Then they had to divert to Austin due to fuel and weather? Not clear. Now he is strande…

There was a medical emergency on my Eva Air flight 9/3… I’ve been on many flights in my life, but this was a first for me. I flew from Taiwan to Milan yesterday (a 14 hour flight), in an Economy aisle seat and with about 4 hours left in the flight, I woke to a bunch of people and flight attendants crowding down the aisle to a seat a few rows behind me. Eventually, they all cleared out towards the gal…

Are segway tours an obnoxious ‘touristy’ thing to locals? For our first trip overseas, I am planning a tour in each location. In Budapest there was a segway tour that sounded interesting and covers a lot of ground. However, I have never been on a segway nor lived in a city big enough that segway tours happen – so I am not sure if it is actually an easy way to see the city or kind of a difficult way to …

Machu Picchu ticket sold out any alternatives I planned a last minute trip to Peru last week and after booking the flights I realized that the MP entrance tickets are sold out for the whole duration of my trip to Cusco in mid-september. I read online that there is a tourism office in Cusco and aguas calientes where they sell some tickets in person everyday. Does anyone know if this is true?…

Restaurants, shops, hostels listed in Lonely Planet closed Hi all, wife and I are currently in SEA. When we travel we usually use Lonely Planet as a reference if we are somewhere new or when trying to find good but cheap hostels. We noticed, especially for Singapur and Vietnam, many etablissements we searched on Google that are featured in the LP are closed for good, eventough we use the latest or at le…

Best Layover Hubs (USA to SEA) So almost every year I end up taking a flight from the US to Southeast Asia and then I come back later in the year. To put it mildly, these flight routes are LONG. I’m pretty worn out by the end of them. And they take at least 24 hours if not more. A friend suggested I should try breaking up the flight route in a hub city for a couple of days….

Puerto Rico vs ABC Islands in November Hi, Wife and I have 9 days of vacation to travel to the Caribbean during the first week of November. We are in our early 30s and looking for a mix of relaxing and adventure. After doing some research, I narrowed down to PR and ABC Islands. What do folks think would be better weather wise? PR – thinking mostly east side of the island and going to…