What are some 3-5 day vacation ideas for senior parent's first time trip to US in the Summer? We are in Chicago What would be good big city destinations with nearby nature/ beach destinations?Are there any national parks that are easy to fly into and don't need us to rent a car? Ideal would be combining a big city destination with a nature de... Read More

Greetings, Wife and I are traveling to Croatia. We will be departing from Dubrovnik (DBV). I am traveling with points business class back to states and have 2 choices: Departing from Milan (MXP) or Rome (FCO) back to states. Both flights leave around 11AM for states. There are no early morning positioning flights from DBV or... Read More

I am looking for a reasonably priced travel company in England that can plan a custom tour of England. Basically I am interested in visiting London, 4-5 days then Salford, Lancaster and Yorkshire, doing a Creatures great and small tour. 4-5 days. Not sure of the needed appropriate days. Any recommendations suggestions would be appreciated. T... Read More

We are taking a Rick Steves tour of Slovenia and Croatia in September. Starts around Sept. 10th. We would like to spend a month in the area. Our tour is: 2 days Ljublana 1 day Lake Bled 1 day Istrian Town, don't know the town yet 2 days Opatija and Plitvice 1 day Split 1 day Mostar 1 Korcula 3 days Dubrovnik. - this will include a travel da... Read More

It’s now Saturday, May 7, and we arrived in Portugal just 2 days ago - though it feels like we’ve been here forever! After 2 flights from NYC, we arrived in Lisbon around noon, and proceeded to get the Via Viagem card in the airport , took the metro 3 stops to the Oriente station and changed to the Sintra train, which was sitting in the station wai... Read More

Flying into Anchorage on a whim this May. Any suggestions as to day trips, tours, even dinner spots. We will have a car. Love wildlife :) Thank you!!! Read More

We are looking for Cheap convent stays in Rome near train station. As a family (2 adults +1 child) we will be visiting Rome for one week from May 22 - May 29 . We want to see the Colosseum, catacombs and Sistine Chapel. I found this old thread from 20 years ago but many of the email addresses and websites are invalid... Read More

I will be flying into Rome for a few days before heading out to Palermo. I have a few questions as it has been years since I have been in Rome. Last time I stayed near Termini. While the hotel was wonderful and I didn't have any trouble, I would like to be around a different area this time. I would like to find a safe area with lots of cafes. (Sa... Read More

I used to call these micro visits to a place a "drive by." But I like the term hit and run tourism because it implies some damage is left in its wake. Here's an interesting article about coping with hit and run tourism, written by the director of the Galleria dell'Accademia in Florence.

I often see people saying you need lots of days to visit Paris or any big city in Europe. I spend not even a full day and yet I got a good taste of Paris. I think if museums are concerned PAris can be done in 3-4 nights at most even. I did a one day trip from Amsterdam (flew with Transavia in the morning) and saw all these for a few hours: -... Read More

Hi All, I am well aware that this is an extremely broad question, but can you all throw some family vacation ideas at me? Live in central Jersey, have an almost year two old and an almost six year old. Looking for a family friendly vacation this summer for two or three nights within a three-ish hour drive from us. We’ve done a few of the pretty... Read More

This TR should probably be named “A Tour of the Churches of Northern Italy”! I spent 4-1/2 weeks in September-October traveling around northern Italy. It was a wonderful trip! I visited the following cities/towns: Milan Read More

I have this to plan as I finish a Trafalgar tour in Paris, then I'm going to visit a friend in Switzerland. (Meggen just out of Lucerne). I will have a couple of days to fill in before arriving there so wondering about the best way to travel. Should I have another day or two in France, or perhaps travel half way there and stay at another town/city.... Read More

Hello Fodor's Friends. I am asking for your help with planning a 3 week itinerary to Japan beginning on April 5, 2025. We will be extending this Japan trip from previous visits to New Zealand and Australia. Our flight will be from Sydney to most likely Haneda in Tokyo. We are not usually interested in Art museums ,more driven by the sights and exp... Read More

Traveling for the first time in Europe with our 1 and 2 year olds. Have a couple of questions about airport travel. 1. We are flying into Rome and have a 1.5 hour layover until Naples. I've heard as long as the flight is under a single ticket you will not be going through customs until you reach your end destination. Is 1.5 hours enough to get t... Read More

My mom has traveled all over the USA so I can’t think of anywhere she hasn’t been but I’m sure there’s things she hasn’t done in some states. My sister and I want to do a nice trip so I’m asking for any great ideas that would be fun and easy. We were thinking Las Vegas, Nashville, St. Augustine, Savannah, Key Wes... Read More

We are 2 “mature” women who will be flying from the US to Barcelona mid June. We want to pick up a car at the airport and explore Girona, the Dalí Triangle.and some of the Costa Brava for a week before going to Barcelona. We would like to pick 2 towns as a base so we don’t have to pack and unpack and we are stuck as how to manage... Read More

Best way to get from Porto to Lisbon airport, preferably nonstop? Read More

Long story short is that I booked a trip to 2 week trip to Scotland and then a lot of life got in the way leaving me completely unprepared and trying to decide if I cancel or go and make the best of it. We're now 10 days out from a trip that has a general plan, but my typical travel planning of months and months of reading travel guides and forums... Read More

We are traveling from Atlanta, GA mid June. I am hoping to fly into Boston and travel to either Stowe or Bar Harbor. Any suggestions in choosing between the two? Read More

Hi, I will be in Italy during the last week of May. I am looking for areas to hike (difficulty of hikes: moderate to hard) for a few days including sleeping in mountain huts on the way. Does anyone have recommendations or know of good places to hike during this time of the year? And have any knowledge regarding mountain huts that are open during th... Read More

Hi all planning a trip for Mar/Apr 2025 - and have a few basic questions - we will be 68 and 65 at time of travel - we did travel to china and hong kong pre-covid - using BA miles went thru heathrow with a UK layovers and sitting in coach for 2 9 hour flights was a not something i want to do again. - we want to fly direct this time from newark... Read More

Trying to find the best website to book a private sleeping berth with en suite bathroom on the overnight train from Zurich to Prague. And when will this train become available for booking in early September? I’ve tried to figure this out on my own and have received several conflicting answers. I know there are only a handful of these deluxe berths... Read More

Hi ! We want to go back in family (2 adults and 2 teens) for a seventh time in july for 25-30 days.. This time we have that plan in mind. 1) Fly to Paris (cheapest flight from Montreal) 2) Take a rental car (no stay in paris which we have seen for one week last year). 3) Drive to northern France 4)Belgium (5-7 nights) 5) Netherlands (7-8 nights) 6)... Read More

I have some leftover Ringits, which I want to use when I get to Iceland, where can I get the best rate please? Read More