Had a very bad stay at a Holiday Inn near Denver Airport. In short, it wasn't a stay as I booked the hotel very late from their parking lot (11;30pm), then walked in to claim my room after a long flight. It took over 30 minutes to find a staff person, meanwhile the hotel was left unattended - anyone could enter, have access to the rooms or the front desk. After the 30 minute wait, the desk person told me they had no more rooms - even though I had just booked it.

After some effort and driving, I found another iHG property. Next day the manager of the 2nd hotel told me that the 1st hotel is extremely poorly run and this happens all the time.

OK, so I write a tripadvisor report so that travelers will be aware. After a few days, tripadvisor deleted it. I wrote another one, taking pains to be as diplomtic as possible. Again, deleted.

I imagine there's a way hotels can pay some fee in order to elimnate negative reviews. Anyway, that's it for me writing tripadvisor reviews.

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I’m looking at going to Melbourne from London in October. The two best options seem to be either Qatar or China Airlines. I’ve heard good things about both, correct me if I’m wrong but it seems:

China: Lots of leg room, cheap, nice planes. 5 hour layover in Taipei.

Qatar: Good service, shorter 2:40 layover in Doha.

Has anyone flown both recently and would you lean one way or another?

My boyfriend and I (both aged early 30’s) will be staying in New York for 4 nights with 3.5 days to explore in August. This is the first time either of us have been to the US and obviously New York. We are tossing up between two hotels which are similarly priced. One is in the Financial District near the 9/11 memorial and the other one is in Midtown East near Grand Central.

My boyfriend is most keen to see 9/11 memorial, however we want to see a lot of the other tourist sites too. We are considering doing a hop on/hop off bus for 1-2 days also. We are on a tightish budget so don’t plan on going to expensive restaurants and will be happy to be able to try US food and cheap eats. On the last day we will probably keep our luggage at the hotel and explore nearby for a few hours before heading to the airport as our flight is quite late.

We are wanting some advice on which location would be better to stay in please to give a good all round visit of New York.

TIA.

I booked the whole trip together, airline phone help center closed on Sundays so i cant get ahold of them. Will they be notified at least? Anyone ever experienced this??

Thank you for the help 🙏🏼

Hi I am from India and I will be visiting New Zealand in May. While coming back from New Zealand, I have layover in Brisbane for 5 hours. I had applied for an Australian transit visa, however, it got rejected despite attaching the travel tickets. I had attached my flight ticket which clearly mentioned the three legs of travel (Queenstown to Brisbane, Brisbane to Singapore and Singapore to Bangalore), however, my VISA still got rejected on the following grounds:

"the applicant has not provided evidence of their confirmed travel to a third country. Based on the lack of documentation, I find that the applicant has not provided evidence of concluded arrangements for travel"

I had not attached my New Zealand visa since it had not come by then - is this the reason why it got rejected? Or Do I need to show something that I don’t need a visa in Singapore? Any help here will be very helpful

I am planning a trip and there are several stops and two airlines, West Jet and and Delta. How trustworthy are the suggested booking agents Google lists on their site, since Google only provides flight information and not booking. Is there anything I should be aware of or not do? Thanks.

Recently one of Japanese friends asked me where to go in India. I asked did she do any research and she named all the places I wouldn’t go as an Indian man without knowing a local. For example most part for north India along the Ganges. I am from southern India and I know people in southern India wouldn’t even dare to go to places she said as a solo male traveler.

Here are few things many may not know.

Stares: we Indians just stare. It doesn’t always mean we are looking at you but we simply stare and wonder. Few are fascinated by what they see. It happens to Indians too. Even Indians feel like we are always being watched so, I would suggest anyone to ignore those stares.

Scam: it’s everywhere you go. Simply don’t bat an eye for those people. Those taxi and autos are always like that. They just torture you and keep asking. I would suggest you to take Uber or Ola and while waiting for the cab just say I am waiting for my friend to pick me up. For the rest they are pure scam artist. I am actually very surprised that even few Indians get scammed easily for those people. It’s just better to ignore them if find them fishy. Most of them are fishy.

Safety: I am not a safety expert but my few suggestions are please don’t go to remote places alone. Few places are not safe for natives too. You don’t know what might be going there. Carry a pepper spray. There are few official government alert apps for women and I would suggest you to download one such. And ALWAYS STICK TO YOUR ORIGINAL PLAN NEVER OFF-ROAD, never follow anyone to a places, if you’re interested and want to go first ask them shit ton of questions about the places, either you will find inconsistencies in his replies or he will leave u alone. Still if feel like you’re not safe(women in particular ) try to find any temple near you and try looking for any women there(this is a advice from my sister and one such event happened for her in UP), they will be ready to help.

There r 1.5 billion of us and not everyone are trying to harm u. You have to go to right place to meet right people.

As for My friend she have already travelled there as a group but she wanted to travel india on solo. So, I suggest places in south like Kerala, Bangalore, TN etc. she went on a month of solo trip returned last week and said she had a ton of fun this time. Not that I say south is safer, I just happen to know south better.

Travel safe.

I've heard Boston is a fairly safe city. I'll be at the TD Garden for 1-2 sessions a day for World's Figure Skating in March 2025 for 5 days. Not sure I want to stay right by the arena (might go with citizenM or The Boxer, but both are not ideal). There's a few hotels (XV Beacon, Liberty, Whitney, Hotel AKA, Marriott Vacation Club, Haborside, etc.) I'm interested in, but the 20 min walk- while not the worst, I'm still a tiny framed woman traveling solo- has me cautious (specially the ones near Park St & Downtown Crossing). Anyone have any recommendations? Any thoughts/experiences/feedback would be helpful!!

All the figures online seem to be from a long time ago I am fully vaccinated and have booked my flight to Thailand I want to know if I can travel around se asia for around 5 months with this amount of money

People say an average of £40 a day is the ballpark is that still correct in 2024?

I'll be traveling to Ba Na Hills from Da Nang and I know its a little far from Da Nang. I wanted to know if there are grab taxi that will accept to get us to Ba Na Hills and also wont be stranded there going back to Da Nang due lack of grab drivers in Ba Na Hills going down. I dont want to book a roundtrip taxi for our trip since I dont want the driver to wait for us all day it makes me feel anxious. I wanted our time to be flexible so we can go back and forth whenever we wanted so grab is my only choice. I only use grab to go around my trip since there are many scams from other drivers. Thank you for your answers.

Hi, all! My husband and I will be spending the weekend in Mexico but can't decide on where to go. We both have hectic jobs, so we want a place to relax, somewhere with great food, and easily accessible to the pyramids. I'm not super into the cenotes because of my claustrophobia, but I am otherwise open to things to do. Nightlife is also not a must. Safety is our priority, though, so we're also looking for that. I'm originally from Mexico and am bilingual therefore dont need to be in places that speak English, but I haven't been there since my childhood, so I don't really know where to go. Thanks!

at first I was thinking Germany. Between Berlin, Munich, Nurnberg and others could be exciting

Then I thought Poland cause Auschwitz, Warsaw uprising, Schinlders factory, etc

But theres also France which has the beaches, dieppe, dunkirk The Somme, vimy ridge

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of course there could be a much more interesting country for world world history sites like Belgium or Netherlands for example but from what i recall Poland, Germany and France have the most sites

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Planning an itinerary for South of France in September for a group of 3 adults and 20 month baby. Welcome any advice! Thanks!

Questions:

1. Should we set a home base in Luberon when we are in the area? Which village do you recommend visiting and staying overnight in?
2. Verdon Gorge - I read that the water level has been very low the last couple of years. Does anyone know if it is still low and worth visiting?
3. Should we do less/more days anywhere?
4. Is there anywhere you recommend adding? I had considered Cassis/Calanques National Park, but decided not to so that we could travel at a more leisured pace.

Itinerary:

- Day 1: Nice (stay in Nice for day 1-2)

- Day 2: Eze & Monaco

- Day 3: Drive to Moustiers-Ste-Marie (stay there for day 3-5); stop in Cannes and Grasse along the way

- Day 4: Kayaking in Verdon Gorge

- Day 5: Explore/chill day in Moustiers-Ste-Marie

- Day 6-9: Explore Luberon; not sure if we should have a home base or move each day. We are planning to visit Roussillon, Gordge, Fontaine de Vacluse, L'Isle-Sur-La-Sorgue and Saint Remy. Hoping we can visit at least one during a market day.

- Day 10-12: Stay in Aix-en-Provence; one day for cycling

- Day 13: Drop off car in Avignon and take TGV to Paris

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Hello, my girlfriend and I are trying to plan for our 10 year anniversary happening a year from now in March 2025. I also plan to propose to her during this trip (she’s been waiting for me to so it’s a guaranteed yes).

We’re stuck between two options which is Hawaii or Tokyo. We’ve never been to either!

The Hawaii trip is actually a carnival cruise for two weeks, stopping in 4 islands of Hawaii, and then 10 days at sea partying on the boat. We’ve been on cruises before and love it. The pros would be I think proposing at Hawaii would be nice, all food is free on the boat, we don’t really have to worry about travel since the boat does all the work and we just walk at each port stop. My girlfriend and I are super anxious people so the fact we don’t have much to worry about on the cruise helps a lot. The con for me would be that the cruise total is around $4,500, not including purchases we may have in Hawaii or on the boat. Assuming I’m gonna be doing installments on the ring this year at the same time as installments for whichever trip we do, Hawaii installments plus ring May be pushing my budget but think it’s doable of course.

For Tokyo, we’re nervous about being in a foreign country and getting lost. Seems like a lot of stress figuring everything out, how to get to each destination, and the language barrier. We don’t know a lick of Japanese language besides hello, thank you and sorry at most. I was thinking it seems like an adventure but giving we’re both super anxious people I’m afraid it may not turn out how we want the trip to go. I heard there’s plenty of beautiful spots to propose at though! We thought we would also go to Disneyland Tokyo as well to visit, haven’t really looked into what else places to see in Tokyo though. We love anime and Japanese goodies so I believe thered be alot to see! The plane tickets would be like $750-900 and hotel I think $300. Oh yeah for Tokyo I’m thinking we’d stay for like 10 days btw!! So just plane and hotel comes out to around $1700-2000, meaning it’s more on budget cause I heard maybe we could budget $400 each to spend there? Meaning total would be alot less than Hawaii trip.

So basically feel safe and less anxious in Hawaii trip, or be adventurous and try out Tokyo?

Heading to Roatan for 2wks. I Would really like to take a boat to La Ceiba and go hiking in the jungle. Is it that unsafe for American tourists?

Hello. I have had to cancel my trip to Italy - flight bookings, airbnb, hotel everything.

I am wondering if there is any way to cancel Duomo Di Milano tickets booked online. If anyone has successfully done so, please share how.

I am an American (24M) that just graduated and trying to plan a solo first time trip to Europe between June-July for 3-4 weeks. My budget is about 9-10k. I pretty much only know English with some basic German. I'd like to start my trip in Amsterdam but that can be changed. I just want to end my trip in Split Croatia for the Ultra music festival. I'm trying to find some fun places for younger people and with my budget, some cheaper destinations on my way to Split. I am okay with staying in hostels and would like to spend between 3-5 days per city. Any recommendations and tips are welcome.

I'll be going to a remote resort and can't afford the prices at their restaurant. The room has a kettle only. There are also BBQs available, but I won't have any equipment. It's multiple days and a warm country so I will NOT have ice/cooler. At home I normally eat fibre and protein, avoiding carbs and fats. I'm gonna wither if I eat instant noodle cups the whole time!

Please suggest some ideas for meals. So far all I got is oatmeal, protein bars, apples/fruit, granola w/ non-dairy milk, trail mix, and peanut butter. Thanks!

Carry on 22''

I have narrowed it down to this, it seems they offer something good either, wheels, weight, price, compression style

But are they overall good

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- On paper it seem the Quince is the best value over the Target due to the 1lb saving
- The traveler choice have two spec on the page so not sure if the bags weight 4.5 or 7 but the spec for the 7 mention 2'' expansion and this bag dont expand.
- Does not having Hinomoto wheels a deal breaker?
- Quince dont mention the duration of the warranty on the page so that might be why they offer a good value at the expense of a warranty. Do they even offer one?

What would you guys get:

Thanks

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I will be in Istanbul for 3 nights in a couple of months with some friends and we were thinking of doing a dinner cruise down the Bosphorus.. The reviews seem to be promising, but just wanted to see if anyone here has done one and what you thought of the experience…

I'm a Chinese studying in Belgium now. I'm planning to travel to Switzerland in May, but I only speak Chinese, French and, very clumsy English. Will there be any obstacles for me to communicate there?

Hello,

My husband and I are very inexperienced travellers. We are from Canada and would like to travel to Scotland and possibly England. Can anyone recommend any travel tour groups? We would like all transportation to and from hotels and locations included.

Thank you!

We leave 4/3 and fly into BCN. We'll get there in the morning. We've spent weeks in Barcelona so we're going to skip it. We have some reasons we must go to certain places. I have traced my roots to the 1400s so far and plan to visit some churchs to see if I can get any further. We plan to move to Spain within 2 yrs and we want to pick an area. We'll be staying in airbnb's because I have found the resorts to not be responsive about the dogs. They happen to be tiny and most people don't even see them. However, if they do they go crazy (woman and kids) and they disregard the do not pet, service dog etc. everywhere. Any how this is where we are at and I have to book some places so I need to finalize this, u can see some places don't have nights. I have not figured it out and we're driving all this with the dogs. I lived in Europe many yrs so sometimes I want to see things but not inside, we only stop to eat for hubby. almost all places are just because we think we should see them except Cadiz and Santander. Thank u for any feedback!

Get rental car and go to Girona for 1 night Zaragoza, 1 night Laguardia Bilboa Santander, 5 days Segovia, 2 night Madrid, 1 night Cordova, 2 nights Cadiz & surrounding area, 1 week Granada, 2 nights Valencia, 2 nights Tarragona, 27 night total then back to BCN dor flight back

Just one quick question - Would it be safe to take the bus from Rio to foz de iguacu for a Solo Female traveller?

My partner is wanting to travel from Rio to Iguazu falls. Just wanted to know if anyone has an idea if the 12 hour-ish bus ride would be safe for a female solo traveller or would be better to take the more expensive option of a flight? Thanks.

Travelling NZ to EU to Japan and then back to NZ. This time with a 10 month old baby in tow! Don’t wanna muck it up.

I’m hearing everyone that it’s not a good idea to actually book on third party website - I’m using Google Flights to look. But how is it best to then book connecting flights and stopovers that might require different airlines? Eg just the NZ to EU leg could have an AirNZ flight to Singapore (stopover in Singapore) and then Singapore Airlines to get us to our final EU destination.

Should we still book direct with the airlines individually? Or is third party best when it gets to this kind of complexity?

Ive been talking with my friend who is an chinese person born in america and she keeps telling me i need an x2 visa to go study abroad (only 1 month) but shes a us citizen + passport holder and im a chinese citizen + passport holder none of the other times i had to go back do i need a visa but i was wondering would i need one? is there a difference?

We’re looking to explore a destination with amazing snorkelling and diving. Don’t need luxury but want to be within 5 hours flight time from Sydney and somewhere with no malaria. We have been to Fiji, Thailand, Phillipines, Bali, New Caledonia, Cook Islands and Vanuatu so hoping for somewhere new. It’s hard to find recent info on Samoa and Tonga relating to reef health. Anyone been recently and any suggestions?