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Since I have gained a lot of useful information from this subreddit, I wanted to share a trip report from our recent journey through northern Italy. My wife and I (both in our 60s) just returned from our first trip to Italy. We have traveled to many countries before, but somehow...

I have multiple credit cards that include airport lounge access benefits, and I would like to try using them. I have several cards with lounge access privileges I have never really used airport lounges before I want to understand how to properly experience them Is there any...

A friend of mine, an elderly American woman, recently went out for dinner alone in Trastevere in Rome. She chose a busy restaurant thinking it would indicate good food quality, but later realized most of the other diners were part of tour groups. After what she described as a...

My partner and I (both 29) will be staying in Rome starting May 30 for about 5.5 days. We are staying roughly 8 km from the Colosseum near Tuscolana. We do plan to visit major sites like the Vatican and Colosseum, but we will try to go early in the morning or later in the...

Turkey has officially published a new tax regulation in the Resmi Gazete expanding its existing “export of services” incentive, and it now reportedly allows a 100% tax deduction for qualifying foreign-sourced remote work income. This update applies to individuals or businesses...

I’m 19M and currently on my first solo trip in Hanoi. I arrived yesterday but didn’t do much because I was extremely jet lagged and mostly just rested. Today was supposed to be my first proper day exploring, but it didn’t really go that way. Even though I slept around 8.5 hours,...

I want to talk about a side of living in Vietnam that I don’t see mentioned very often, especially when it comes to the smaller daily-life adjustments that can affect women more directly. I realized I had to be careful with fake products online, especially from Lazada and...

hey all, when I hit the age of twenty-seven it was like something in me snapped. I was working a dead-end job, single, and living with my parents. Don't ask me why, but I woke up that birthday and booked random trips, one of which happened to be to Estonia. I landed in Tallinn,...

I was born in 2009, so I am currently 16 and will turn 17 this year. My mother brought me and my younger siblings from Sweden to Djibouti in December to visit family, but we have ended up staying much longer than planned. Now I want to visit my older sister, who is 19 and lives...

I’ll preface this by saying I genuinely love Spain and I do recommend it as a place to live. But if you are on the fence about whether the Digital Nomad Visa is worth pursuing, let me save you some pain. I’ve done visas for probably 10 countries at this point. I have permanent...

We will be staying in Alpnach for about five days in mid-September, and one person in our group has recently insisted on doing a day trip to Milan. Google suggests the drive is around 2 hours and 38 minutes each way. We will have a rental car for this part of the trip. I am...

I wanted to share some everyday adjustments I had to make while living in Vietnam, especially as a woman, since these kinds of practical experiences are not discussed very often. One issue I ran into was online shopping, particularly on platforms like Lazada and Shopee. I once...

I recently received a speeding ticket in Geneva for driving about 4 km/h over the limit. The fine itself was quite low, around 20 to 30 CHF, which was less than I expected. However, the rental company Hertz is now charging an additional 60 CHF as an administrative fee related to...

Hello, My husband and I are planning a trip from Switzerland to Brittany in early autumn and are considering traveling around the region using trains and public transportation. We do not have driving licenses, so we would need to rely on trains, buses, or similar transport...

I am arriving from New York into Fiumicino Airport (FCO) on 5/5/26 at 8:00 am and plan to go directly to Roma Termini station. Assuming there are no major flight delays, I will need to go through passport control and then take the Leonardo Express train to the city. I am trying...

I had a confirmed car rental booking with Sixt in Caen, France. Less than a week before the pickup date, I received emails saying my reservation had been cancelled and only a partial refund would be issued, even though I did not cancel the booking. When I contacted Sixt Caen,...

I am heading to Italy next week and am really excited. I have done a lot of research, especially from this subreddit and others, and put together the following itinerary. I would appreciate any thoughts or suggestions. Day 1: Arrive in Rome at 7 AM and take a taxi to the hotel...

Hi everyone, I’ll be traveling in Italy on 16 May 2026 and saw an official notice about a 48-hour nationwide strike covering both public and private sectors, including rail and maritime transport. The notice mentions a general strike affecting the entire railway sector across...

Hello, I am planning my first solo trip (29F) to Germany in December. It will also be my first time traveling in Europe. I am flying into Frankfurt on the 6th (arrival around 07:30) and departing from Munich on the 16th (flight around midday). The flights are a bit inconvenient...

Hey! I’ve just returned from a trip to Mallorca, based mainly in Palma, and wanted to share a quick breakdown for anyone planning a visit. The island is honestly one of the best in the Mediterranean, but most people only see a small part of it. First tip: download offline Google...

Hi everyone! I’m (25F) going on a business trip to Milan in a few weeks and I’ve extended the trip for 4 nights so that I can go to Lake Como. It’ll be my first solo trip outside of the UK. I want to stay in the centre of Como so that everything is walkable, but I’m undecided...

I visited Shanghai Disneyland on April 16–17 (Thursday–Friday), including early entry on Thursday. I also spent a full day there on Friday arriving around 11am. My home park reference is Disneyland Resort in California. Here are my post-trip thoughts, experiences, and lessons...