Some trips are best told as a diary. This section covers the long train rides, the solo weeks and the days that did not go to plan, with the costs, the awkward moments and the practical detail that a polished guide leaves out.
Travel Experience·Rebeca Fenney
A night train is a hotel that moves and a flight that lets you watch the country go by. It is also a shared cabin, a narrow bed and a station at seven in the morning. Here is what to expect.
Travel Experience·Rebeca Fenney
Georgia is cheap, warm and easy to travel alone, but it is not a checklist destination. Two weeks of cities, mountains and a lot of bread, with the awkward parts included.
Every travel experience guide is checked against the same standard: is it worth the money, does the detail hold up on the ground, and would we recommend it to a friend without a warning attached. When a stay or a route falls short, the caveat goes in the guide.
Where figures matter we defer to public bodies such as UN Tourism and the relevant national tourism board, then sanity-check them against our own trips before publishing.