Travel notes and guides.
Practical, honest guides for group travel: choosing a trip, making friends on the road, and planning Bali, Finland, Kashmir and Europe.
Group Trips for Solo Travellers in India: How to Choose
Most people who book a group trip alone worry about the same thing: what if I do not fit in? Here is how to choose a trip where you will.
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Japan in 9 Days: A Tokyo, Fuji, Kyoto and Osaka Itinerary
Tokyo, Mt. Fuji, Kyoto, Osaka and Nara in nine days: the route, the late-March timing and what to know about the visa.
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How to Make Friends on a Group Trip With Strangers
Strangers on day one, friends by day three. It is not luck. Here are seven habits that make it happen.
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Bali, Gili T and Ubud: A First-Timer's 8-Day Plan
Bali is easy to love and hard to plan. Here is a simple way to spend eight days across beaches, an island with no cars and the rice fields of Ubud.
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Northern Lights in Finland: When to Go and What to Expect
The Northern Lights are real, beautiful and impossible to schedule. Here is how to give yourself the best chance in Lapland, and what else the trip offers while you wait.
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Learn to Ski in Gulmarg, Kashmir: A Beginner's Guide
You do not need to live near the Alps to learn to ski. Gulmarg, in Kashmir, is one of India's best-known ski areas, and a week there is a great way to start.
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Christmas to New Year's Eve in Europe: Amsterdam to Vienna
Canals, Christmas markets, beer halls, alpine lakes and fireworks over Vienna. Here is how five cities fit into one 12-day winter route, and what each one is best for.
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