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Travel advice · planning

10 pieces about planning

  • A high-speed train waiting at a city-centre stationtravel · planning · 2 minTrain or plane? The city-to-city decisionCount the door-to-door hours, not the flight time. Under about five hours the train usually wins in Europe, with more luggage, a seat at a table and a station in the middle of town. Where the plane still makes sense.Read it →
  • A Christmas market filling the square in front of the basilicaholidays · planning · 2 minTravelling over a public holiday: what closes, what opensChristmas, Easter, national days and the long weekends in between. What shuts, what gets busy, what you can only see then, and how to find out before you book the dates.Read it →
  • A departures board, gates already closingtravel · planning · 2 minHow early should you be at the airport?Two hours for a short flight, three for a long one, and the reasons to add or take away thirty minutes. The gate closes earlier than you think, and that is the only deadline that matters.Read it →
  • A famous monument wrapped in scaffoldingplanning · days · 2 minClosed on Mondays: what to check the week beforeThe museum under scaffolding, the viewpoint shut for works, the strike on your travel day, the holiday nobody told you about. Six things to check before you go, so the surprise is a nice one.Read it →
  • An open passport, full of stampsplanning · safety · 2 minPassport and insurance: the two boring checks that save a tripSix months of validity, blank pages, the entry permit some countries now ask for, and insurance that covers the two things that actually go wrong. Ten minutes, the week you book.Read it →
  • A family at a canal railing, the children in fronttogether · planning · 2 minTravelling with kids: one big thing a dayOne anchor, one playground, one treat, and the afternoon left loose. How families come home with stories instead of a list of things nobody saw.Read it →
  • A traveller checking the phone on a busy London streettravel · planning · 2 minYour phone abroad: data, maps and power without the billAn eSIM before you fly, the maps you need saved on the plane, and the three settings that stop a roaming surprise.Read it →
  • A busy city street, bags worn across the bodysafety · planning · 2 minStaying safe without spending the trip worryingMost trouble on a trip is small and avoidable. Where to check the real picture, what to carry split, and the two habits that cover almost everything.Read it →
  • Sunrise from an airplane window on the way downplanning · travel · 2 minThe first day after a morning landingWhy day one is a half-day, what to do with the hours before check-in, and how to make the evening count.Read it →
  • A map, croissants and juice: planning the days over breakfastplanning · 2 minThree days in a city: how to plan days you will actually keepOne anchor per half-day, short distances, and a first day that forgives the flight. The shape of a city trip that works.Read it →

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