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Next June to August I’ll be solo backpacking through : Lisbon, Barcelona, Madrid, Naples, Athens, Prague, Budapest, Paris, Istanbul , and London. Is 4000 euros enough for strict spending money?
This 4000 doesn’t include flights and hostels as I already have $$ set aside
Also I’m aware some of these places don’t use euros
Last year we did a trip to Netherlands (my son is stationed there). We had a base in Amsterdam, did a day trip to Jordaan, overnight in Maastricht, and Christmas markets in Aachen for a day. Felt like we could have stayed longer though and seen more. Next year is our 25th wedding anniversary and although we planned on a different trip, we are looking to return to Belgium this time for about 8-9 days. We expect our son will be available for a visit like he did in Netherlands. I have Ghent, Bruges, Liege, Spa, Dinant, Leuven, and Namur on our "watchlist" for planning. We are just looking for advice on planning without changing hotels every other day and having a gothic, moody, winter romance vibe. Thoughts welcome!
Apart from two brief day trips up to Canada (which I don't count), I sadly didn't travel until much, much later at 29. It wasn't by choice, either: I did have a trip to Europe planned at age 22 in the summer of 2017, I had my passport and was building towards it, but then had to nuke literally all of my life's progress back to zero just to an escape a traumatic period that set me back by so many years.
Even when I finally did travel abroad and saw Berlin, Prague and Krakow in March 2024, it burned that going at 29 after everything that happened was a fundamentally different experience than the carefree early 20s experience I was going to have, and that my friends and family also got with no effort.
I'm still really curious about what all I missed, so I thought I'd live vicariously through people who weren't screwed over and actually got to experience the golden age magic.
What was it like, and how vastly different was it when you later traveled older in your late 20s and 30s?
Hello, everyone!
My boyfriend and I usually go to Cape Cod for our anniversary trip in September every year. However, due to conflicting schedules with him having to travel for work and my school, we can’t do a vacation until October/November.
I was wondering what locations or activities anyone would recommend for the fall late October/early November on the east coast!
Thank you!!
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IK this sub isn’t for camera advice lol but maybe yall have some good ideas/recommendations!
Hi, me and my friend are going on a 15 day travelling trip around Canada and part of the USA and I plan on recording it all like a road trip vlog and editing it together like a film of the whole 15 days.
I was wondering, what gear would you guys recommend for this trip? Any specific model? I don’t need anything expensive (most of my budget is on the trip lol) so long as it records in good quality as well as I assume I need extra storage and batteries as it’ll be a long 15 days.
Thanks so much in advance.
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Overall, I'm kinda self-doubting myself because my dad who is a truck driver said I would die if I drive up there (but he drives through I-80 and I-25 which I won't). I really have no one to ask for more advice. It also seems a bit expensive overall, long drive, risky, but the romance of being up there in a cabin keep me awake at night. Should I do this trip... or should I just head to Puerto Vallarta? [link] [comments] |
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I’m a U.S. citizen flying Condor from Frankfurt to Calgary on a separate ticket. I will arrive in Frankfurt at about 9:30 a.m. with a separate airline. My Condor flight departs at 12:25 p.m. I do not want to exit the security but stay at the airside (since I do not have checked bags). My main concern is whether Condor online check-in will issue a mobile/digital boarding pass to a U.S. passport holder traveling from FRA to YYC, or whether Condor normally requires an in-person passport/document check?
This matters because I will arrive in the Schengen A-gate area and need to pass Schengen exit passport control to reach the non-Schengen B gates. If no mobile boarding pass is issued, I am unsure if I am allowed to go through passport control.
Has anyone recently flown Condor from Frankfurt to Calgary, Vancouver, Toronto, or another Canadian destination using a U.S. passport?
Specifically:
Did online check-in issue your mobile boarding pass?
Did the app say that a document check was required?
If no boarding pass was issued, where did you obtain it during an airside connection at FRA?
I’m especially interested in recent first-hand experiences. Big Thanks.
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Hi everyone, sorry in advance for the wall of text!
I’m 39M from Canada and growing up I never really traveled or experienced much of the party/nightlife scene. Now that I have the vacation time and the budget, I feel like I’ve missed out and want to finally push my boundaries to grow and try it at least once.
I know traveling solo is cheaper, but I don’t have the confidence for that and I’m not very social initially. I believe a group tour would take away a lot of the stress and let me hopefully enjoy something new.
A friend recommended looking into intrepid/g-adventures, and I’m looking at doing a combo South Korea/Japan trip in November. I’m also planning to arrive a few days early to get a health check in South Korea (still not 100% sure about this)
I have some questions about the different travel options for g-adventures:
Basic (18-39) vs Classic
18-39 (Basic): It’s half the price and age group is 20-37 age group, 10/10 solo so far. Since I turn 40 next year, this is my last chance to join this age bracket. I don’t really drink, but I want to experience going out and experience the night life once.
Classic: This one is twice the price and shorter, so far much older (35-70, only 2/10 solos). I’d really prefer a group of mostly new, solo people to make it easier to make friends (maybe I'm overthinking)
My Questions:
How basic are the hostels? I understand it’s bunkbeds dorms split by gender, but I’m 6'3. Can you at least lock the doors or is just open and going to be a bad experience?
I’m a vegetarian, I heard it can be difficult to get non-fish items but it should be okay with the tour guide? Any advice for finding places?
Trip Length: Is a 15-20 day trip too much for a first time? The flights from Canada are long and expensive, so I want to make sure I’m maximizing my money and time, but I'm worried I'll burn out.
Luggage Limits: I read Japan has a 160cm rule for luggage on trains. Is a standard medium-sized checked suitcase safe for this?
Alternative: Should I not do a combo trip and either do 1 country or something closer/shorter to Canada?
Any advice would be appreciated, thanks!
Hello !
So, I have booked a trip to visit a friend in Paris and then another friend in Netherlands. I booked this trip during the year when I was deep in my studies and deebly needed to escape. And so I made the mistake to book for 8.5 days in Paris and 12 days in Netherlands (in Netherlands my friend group will be there that's why I booked the flights for so long initially). I have been thinking it for so long and now that the days are approaching I don't want to go for that long honestly. First of all I had a tough year, with some anxiety and I have been worrying for things I haven't had a problem with before this year. Let me note f.e. that I have done an erasmus for 6 months so it really feels odd that I worry about these 3 weeks but I do.
My problem is, I am ashamed of admiting to my friends to change the flights, sure, but ok I can do it. What I worry most about is not fighting my fears. I don't want to be limited due to non existent problems and fears. It's crazy to me that I am thinking about the airplane even though I have NEVER been afraid before, in any flight, not even close. I feel weaker than my past self and I don't know if the right call would be to fight that weakness or avoid the anxiety and just shorten my trip.
I did almost decide on cutting out 5 days by changing the flight so 8 and a half days in Paris and 7 days in Netherlands but even that feels long. I am really lost and I can't discuss this openly with my friends cause they will be in netherlands too and it feels like treason.
I do have more to say but I'll leave it at that to not make it too long.
Any opinions would help, my trip is almost here and I can't decide.
Thanks in advance!
Hi, fellow travelers. None of my friends and I can really coordinate traveling together because we all have separate lives and schedules, hence my solo traveling aspirations. I just wanted to pick anyone's brain on a good 'next place' to go solo. I am set to travel to Peru, totally solo without guides (except for two day-trip 'tours' but that hardly counts), in a few weeks and I'm super excited/nervous. Beyond this coming trip, I've not technically ever traveled solo, so I'm banking on this trip going well. I'd like to go ahead and get an idea of where my next adventure will be so I can research and start planning for something next year. It'd at least be nice to narrow it down to a country. My interests are not hyper-adventurous but also definitely not lazy (save 'lazy' for local beaches here in the States). I don't like hopping from one place to the next every two days; I prefer to absorb and appreciate local culture, nature, natural history, and everyday cuisine. Floating in my head are the following: Costa Rica (and really all of central America), Argentina, Chile, (and others in SA as well), Croatia, Greece, Iceland. To emphasize, I love birding, nature, people and their local food. Any thoughts/advice/tips for a solo American traveler? I am quiet and respectful and anxious... lol. Thanks for any guidance :)
TLDR: Any tips for my next (and at that point only my second!) solo destination for a 40m who loves nature, history, birds, and local cuisine? I did already post this in r/solotravel but figured I'd ask this group as well.
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Hi everyone
My husband and I both have our 50th birthdays and 20th anniversary together next year and are planning a landmark trip. I’d love some feedback on it from those who’ve done similar before. We have three weeks. It’s from 20th March to 10th April.
We will fly from London to Ushuaia on a 28hr flight with a break in Madrid and another in Buenos Aires. Planning five nights in Ushuaia to recuperate from the journey, take a boat trip on the Beagle Channel, visit the Martial Glacier and a little hiking in Tierra del Fuego national park.
Then a flight with quite a long layover to Mendoza, first night in a hotel in town then two nights on a finca/estancia and a final two nights in town. Plan is to visit a few wineries, see the city and to relax a little, drink some wine and eat some steak.
From there, a quick flight to Buenos Aires. We have six nights (though we might spend one across the river in Colonia de Sacramento), so plan is to stay in Recoleta, spend some time exploring the city and hopefully a Huracan match at El Palacio.
After this, we’ll fly BA to Iguazu (Argentine side) then immediately take a taxi to the Brazilian side to stay near the airport. Three nights here to have a full day each for the Brazilian side and another for the Argentinian side. Flying home via São Paulo is loads easier and quicker and cheaper than staying on the Argentinian side of the border.
We are mid budget travellers and will pretty much be doing this one bag to avoid lengthy baggage pick up; will rent big coats in Ushuaia so we don’t have to cart them around the country. The additional cost of check in bags which I’ve learned to live without would add £500 to the cost of the tickets…. And looks like we can hire or buy and then thrift what we might need locally.
We love - in no particular order - wine and steak, football, big mountains, glacier views, wildlife and birdwatching, keen to get to see some tango, mostly quieter wilderness places but some city fine too. Does this sound like a reasonable plan? It takes account of travel time between places and the odd recovery day plus a day and a half of recovery from travel before getting back to work (only task will be to pick up dog from kennels 15 miles away).
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