Articles tagged with "Travel Tips"
Between many pairs of towns the bus is the only option. It is also the mode the country information warns about most, and the difference between the two kinds of bus is visible from the curb.
Trains are the mode Americans most consistently underuse abroad. The thing to understand before booking is that a ticket and a seat are not always the same purchase.
The hour between customs and your room is when travelers make their worst decisions. Decide the transfer before you fly and the hour becomes uneventful.
Getting into a stranger’s car is something travelers do daily without thinking, because at home an app mediates it. Abroad the app may not exist, or may not be legal.
Public transport is usually the cheapest and often the fastest way around a city, and it is also where visitors most reliably get pickpocketed. Both are true at once.
The rental counter abroad is where a cheap booking becomes an expensive one: your own cover often does not apply, and the deposit can be several thousand dollars.
An IDP is a translation booklet, not a license. It has one unusually clear rule about who may issue it, which matters because a great many websites sell something that is not one.
Driving abroad is not driving at home with different scenery: the license rules, the insurance, the conventions and the consequences of a mistake are all different.
Motor vehicle crashes are a leading cause of death among travelers. Almost all of the risk sits in a few habits, and every one of them is a choice you can make differently.
Almost everything that goes wrong after arrival is a transport problem, and road crashes are the highest-risk thing most travelers do abroad. This section covers the mechanics that are the same everywhere.