travel advice

I’m going to let you in on a little secret. The first time I went to Japan, I had little idea of how to use a squat toilet. It was …

When you’re familiar with a place, you typically know what the etiquette rules are. What’s OK to do and what’s not. How to behave and how not to act. A …

Travel Planning Isn’t Always a Solo Job When it comes to planning our travels, I usually take the lead. It’s not that my wife Sharon can’t do it—far from it. …

It’s been almost 30 years since our very first trip to London—and while we’ve returned many times since, it got us thinking: if we were planning that first visit all …

Chances are, you have a credit card with an EMV chip in your wallet right now. In the United States, we like to think we lead the world in most …

When booking hotels, you’ll find a large difference in off-season and peak-season prices. What surprises me is when someone gives a hotel a bad review because it wasn’t worth the …

TripAdvisor is the world’s largest travel site and millions of people rely on it as a resource for reviews on travel destinations, hotels, restaurants, etc. Of course, you sometimes have …

Most people, when visiting a foreign country, try to learn a bit about where they’re going so they don’t make any social faux pas (like these), or, perhaps even more …

There was a time, a few decades ago, when checking out of your hotel was just as important as checking in. There were a few reasons for this: You had …

When traveling to a new destination, there are certain things we tend to check in advance—currency, language, and maybe even local tipping customs: Learning the social and cultural norms of …