It's raining. What now?
Swap the order of the day, not the day. Museums and markets in the wet hours, the walk when it clears, and the three things worth doing only in the rain. A plan B you can make in two minutes.
Rain ruins a day only when the day was built for sun and nothing else. Most city days can be turned round in the time it takes to finish a coffee.
Swap, do not cancel
Look at today's stops and move the indoor ones into the wet hours: the museum, the covered market, the big church, the department store with the view from the top floor, the aquarium. The viewpoint and the park go to the afternoon or to tomorrow. Nothing is lost; the order changed.
Check when it stops
Rain in most cities comes in bands. The hourly forecast says when the gap is, and a two-hour dry window in the afternoon is enough for the walk you planned. Build the day around the gap rather than around the rain.
Things that are better in the rain
A long lunch, the one with the set menu and the second course, becomes the point of the day rather than a stop. A thermal bath, a hammam or a pool is at its best when the weather is bad. Covered arcades and passages, which many old cities have, were built for exactly this. Bookshops, cafés with a view of the wet street, a film in the original language.
Kit that changes the mood
A small umbrella in every bag, shoes that do not soak through, and a dry pair of socks in the daypack. A child in a proper rain jacket treats puddles as the attraction.
Where the crowds go
Everyone has the same idea, so the famous museum is busiest at eleven on a wet morning. Go when it opens, or pick the second museum, the one with no queue and better paintings than it deserves.
Give up gracefully
Some days are for the hotel bar, a long bath and planning tomorrow properly. One lost afternoon on a five-day trip is not a lost trip.
How Travlyo does it
The day header shows the forecast for each trip day, Move puts a stop into another slot or another day with one tap, and the end-of-day suggestion stays indoors when rain is forecast.
Do it in Travlyo
Pick a city, and the days, the bookings, the money and the packing list are one plan — free to start.
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