Europe travel

A two-week trip to Germany revealed plenty of surprises—some practical, some cultural, and a few guidebooks never seem to mention. My husband and I just got home from a two-week …

A while back, we wrote about places where public sex is actually legal. That list might be one location shorter now—one reader told us our #5 spot may have been …

If you’re used to flying within the U.S., the rules are pretty straightforward:Domestic flight? No passport.International flight? Passport. Then you fly through Europe… and suddenly none of that logic seems …

When Americans first start traveling overseas, there’s a natural tendency to look for hotel names they already know. That’s how we ended up staying at a Best Western on our …

Self-cleaning public bathrooms have been common across Europe for years. Sometimes you have to pay to use them, and sometimes they’re free. Either way, they usually look the same: a …

When you book a hotel room in the U.S., you probably don’t think too hard about the bed description. King. Queen. Double. Two Queens. Those words usually mean something specific …

Rome has begun charging tourists a small fee to access the Trevi Fountain as part of an effort to manage overtourism, but some visitors are already attempting to bypass the …

We visited a lot of great places in 2025 — some brand-new to us, some familiar favorites we’re always happy to return to. But if I had to pick one …

When you live in the United States, it becomes something of a way of life that on Christmas Day, some things are open and some are closed. After all, the …

Sometimes you can do the right thing, and still come out losing because of an airline’s “rules.” And sometimes another airline will step in and make it all right after …