Daytripping to Venice?

Itinerary, Planning

Book and pay for a visitor slot before you go. Venice, Italy is the latest popular tourist destination to impose visitor fees in an attempt to ameliorate tourists’ toll on the environment and infrastructure. The city has instituted a daytripper tax and a cap of...

Feeling lucky?

Itinerary, Planning, Travel Advice

Here are five American parks you’ll need to win a lottery to visit. The odds of winning $1 on certain scratch tickets are just over 20 percent. The odds of winning a permit to certain national parks? Sometimes as low as four percent. You may want to break out your...

When it’s all over…

Itinerary, Planning, Travel Advice, Traveler's Life

Here are six to-dos for after your next trip. All good things must come to an end—including trips. Not an easy thing to come to terms with, I know. But the good news is, your next one could be just around the corner. Instead of waiting (impatiently) for it, there are...

Ten overrated tourist sites

Itinerary, Planning, Travel Advice

Here’s my take on ten spots to skip and what to see instead. While I visit lots of tourist hot spots when I travel—hey, there are often good reasons they’re popular!—some iconic sites don’t live up to their hype. Following is my highly subjective recommendation on...