Do you learn about the history of your travel destination prior to arrival?? Title says it all—do you ever make a point to learn about the history of the country/city you’re going to visit? And if yes, are there any resources you recommend? I doubt I can find the time to read full books, but I’d like to have some background to make my trip more meaningful submitted by /u/Prestigious_Bag9758

Underrated travel destination: SouthEast Turkey (Kurdistan) submitted by /u/yezoob

How do you decide if a travel destination is safe enough? Hey travelers, the older I get the more I am concerned about safety when traveling. I want to prepare as good as possible but it is difficult to find good data. You see a lot of posts in this sub where people ask if a destination is safe or not. The answers are usually of the same type: “dont worry, I was there last month an everything went well…

Morocco used to be a dream destination, is it THAT bad? For years, Morocco has been near the top of my list of places I wanted to visit. I’ve never been anywhere in the Muslim world and Morocco seemed like a great place to start given its history, architecture, proximity to my home, and tourism infrastructure. However, I’ve ran across a lot of content on this sub and elsewhere that has made me seriou…

Destination MotoAmerica There was once a time — an era — when Americans ruled MotoGP (or the precursor to it). Those riders included names like Kenny Roberts, Wayne Rainey, Freddie Spencer, and Nicky Hayden — the latter one of the last Americans to take home a world title, way back in 2006. The absence of Americans in the world’s upper… Read more…

USA Work Destination My work team of 20 people had a contest and the winner could pick any place in America that the whole team would travel to for a week for meetings. I have won the option to pick where we choose, but cannot decide. Does anyone had any good suggestions? Money is not really an issue here It could be an awesome hotel and not necessarily a city. …

Microsoft’s AI recommends the Ottawa Food Bank as a tourist destination Illustration: The VergeMicrosoft has published an AI-generated travel article about Ottawa, Canada, that prominently recommends tourists visit the Ottawa Food Bank, as spotted by Paris Marx. The food bank is the No. 3 recommendation on the list, sitting behind the National War Memorial and above going to an Ottawa Senators hockey game. Microsoft…

what destination was closest to how you imagined it? which destinations do you think are most like their reputation, and most closely match how you thought it would be before you went? For me, Paris. Exactly as i thought it would be! submitted by /u/danielgmal

Do you leave the 5 Star Resort when you travel to a tropical destination? I was all excited to visit with my friends who spent ten days on a tropical island in Asia last month. They spent about 40 hours in cars, airplanes and airports from Jamestown North Dakota USA to get there and arrived after dark. They took a taxi to a fancy resort hotel and then never left the resort the entire ten days. I asked them what they d…

What makes Africa a difficult travel destination for Westerners/English speakers? It seems most people don’t visit much of Africa compared to Europe/Asia/South America/North America. From what I understand there are a few countries that are at level 2 on the USA travel safety website and they have English as their primary language. Is the limiting factor maybe the price of airfare? I am seeing that even traveling within Afric…

Will I get my VISA checked at the first destination of my connecting flight? Hey all, I have this trip from Toronto to Tokyo, and then from Tokyo to Hangzhou, but I booked my flight so that I would have around 3 days between arriving at Tokyo and leaving Tokyo. I don’t have a VISA, but I have a Chinese Foreign Permanent Resident ID Card. Basically, this card lets me travel to China without a VISA or Chinese citizenship. …

All-inclusive Caribbean destination for an adult family girls trip? I did not grow up traveling at all, but want to take a trip to the Caribbean with my mom . I’m a travel beginner and my mom has worries about the safety of various destinations so ideally we’d want to go to an all-inclusive that picks us up at the airport and stay on that property or do their guided excursions; as stress free as possi…

Advice for first time family ski trip destination (U.S.)? Hi – we would like plan a ski trip for next March (last week of March). We will have three kids 4.5, 10, and 12. The youngest has a disability similar to cerebral palsy, but his physical therapist said she thinks he will be able to learn to ski, because of the support from ski boots. So we’d love to give it a try! Husband and I used to live in N…

I miss actually unusual travel destination advice. When I went backpacking around Europe, the UK, and Ireland ~20 years ago, I had a standard guidebook and a ‘Weird Europe’ guidebook that I felt helped me find some balance between touristy and more ‘specialized interest’ destinations that at least gave me something to discuss with the locals in various hubs, if nothing else. Those guides started…

Bolivia is an underrated travel destination Definitely worth a trip if you are in South America submitted by /u/MaleficentBoat9663

Seeking a destination change Decided that the trip I was planning for next summer was just going to be too damn expensive, so looking for new options. All the details – The four of us (I will be 40, husband 34, 20 year old kiddo and 16 year old kiddo). Flying from the east coast of the US. Total all in budget of let’s say 13k. Would like trip to be at least ten days. One …

Destination ideas for intergenerational travel with massive cultural difference between generations? My parents are from China. I was born and raised in America and an illiterate in Chinese. I’m an experienced traveler in Europe but have been to just Bali and Japan in Asia. Currently thinking about taking them to China, Singapore, Hong Kong as potential destinations but while I’m interested in exploring fun neighborhoods, hiking, and cultural s…

Seville, Spain is the hottest tourist destination this summer! submitted by /u/griftertm

Bali and destination hopping I’m going to Bali in September and I see a lot of itineraries online about spending 2-3 in a location and hopping to a new location in Bali. There seem to be about 4/5 major places people say to check out. I plan to be in Bali for 10 days. My question is- for anyone whose been; did the destination hopping get tiring ? Do you recommending going …