Destination Practicalities

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- destination practicalities
Explained: How can travelers benefit from Germany's new monthly train pass?
4 min read • Mar 2, 2023
After almost a year after its wildly popular launch, Germany’s favorite train ticket is back– and ready for pre-order.
- air travel
- destination practicalities
Want to go to Hong Kong? The tourism board is giving away half a million free plane tickets
5 min read • Feb 28, 2023
Last year, the Hong Kong tourism board hatched a plan to encourage tourism by promising to give away half a million plane tickets to international visitors…
- destination practicalities
- tips and advice
Venice’s dry canals: what travelers can expect when visiting this year
4 min read • Feb 28, 2023
If you’ve seen photos of Venice over the past few weeks, there’s one thing you won’t have missed: the half-dry canals. Here's what you need to know.
- sustainable travel
- connections
How Spanish islands like Ibiza and Mallorca aim to become a model of sustainable tourism
5 min read • Feb 23, 2023
Overtourism on these blissful Spanish islands has become a major concern recently.
- tips and advice
- destination practicalities
Pay to play: The latest destinations charging visitor fees in 2023
4 min read • Feb 22, 2023
Visitors heading to Thailand will have to pay a new entry fee from June, it has been confirmed.
- train travel
- destination practicalities
Barcelona and Amsterdam are set to get a direct train link
3 min read • Feb 14, 2023
Two of Europe's biggest nightlife cities are set to be linked by a new sleeper train when the Barcelona to Amsterdam night route launches.
- train travel
- destination practicalities
France and Germany encourage young people to travel by train with free ticket scheme
5 min read • Jan 30, 2023
Train travel is on track to be one of 2023’s top travel trends — particularly if you’re a young citizen of France and Germany.
- train travel
- destination practicalities
Amtrak plans to upgrade its overnight trains – here’s what that means for travelers
3 min read • Jan 20, 2023
Amtrak, the USA’s only passenger train operator, announced that it has taken the first steps to upgrade its overnight trains for the first time in 40 years.
- tips and advice
- destination practicalities
Australia’s Working Holiday visa: what to know if you are making plans for 2023
4 min read • Jan 17, 2023
Changes have come to the Australian working-holiday-visa program, with more on the way. Here’s all you need to know about this option in 2023.
- tips and advice
- destination practicalities
A reason to travel to Croatia in 2023: meet the eurozone’s newest member
4 min read • Jan 11, 2023
Croatia is a traveler’s paradise loaded with culture, history, beaches and incredible landscapes. And accessing it all just became more hassle-free.
- hiking
- activities
What to expect at the USA’s national parks in 2023
8 min read • Jan 10, 2023
Read about which national parks require reservations, when you can get in for free, what to bring with you and much more.
- skiing
- activities
Ski slopes in Europe forced to close early - here's where travelers are impacted
5 min read • Jan 6, 2023
Warm weather and heavy rain across the continent have caused the closure of ski runs and lift all across Europe. Here’s all you need to know.
- train travel
- destination practicalities
Travel from London to Berlin on a new night train – with breakfast on board
3 min read • Jan 4, 2023
Passengers can soon travel from London to Berlin on a cross-border night train service.
- tips and advice
- destination practicalities
7 interesting places around the world that will pay you to move there
4 min read • Jan 4, 2023
If you're fed up with your hometown and find yourself fantasising about a fresh start, these places will pay you to relocate there.
- tips and advice
- destination practicalities
3 major changes shaking up travel for Americans in 2023
3 min read • Dec 30, 2022
Rules are changing for travelers again in 2023, and new systems are being put in place to make travel easier.
- air travel
- destination practicalities
Bomb cyclone: How the winter storm might impact travel to the United States
3 min read • Dec 22, 2022
With a severe winter storm predicted to hit the United States, here's what you should know if you plan to travel.
- air travel
- destination practicalities
What does France’s short-haul-flight ban mean for travelers?
4 min read • Dec 15, 2022
A much-debated ban on domestic flights within France will finally be rolled out in 2023. What does it mean for travelers?
- air travel
- destination practicalities
UK airports to streamline security as they phase out liquid rules
3 min read • Dec 15, 2022
Passengers will no longer have to take liquids and laptops out of their carry-on bags under new rules coming into force for UK airports.
- health safety
- destination practicalities
Indonesia makes sex outside marriage a crime - what it means for visitors
4 min read • Dec 8, 2022
The Indonesian Parliament has just passed a sweeping and restrictive new law concerning sexual behavior. Here’s everything travelers need to know.
- tips and advice
- destination practicalities
As the world’s largest active volcano erupts in Hawaii, here’s what travelers need to know
3 min read • Nov 28, 2022
Mauna Loa on the Big Island of Hawai‘i began spewing ash and debris into the air on Sunday.
- wildlife and nature
- activities
Heading to a national park? The NPS wants you to keep toads out of your mouth
3 min read • Nov 15, 2022
The US National Park Service issued an unusual request to visitors: Please stop licking Sonoran Desert toads.
- luxury
- connections
Take a sneak peek at the soon-to-be-revived Orient Express
5 min read • Oct 20, 2022
Here’s everything we know so far about the return of the legendary Orient Express.