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What does the “line” mean on IC Card chart? I was double checking to make sure I could take the bus back to Narita airport in a few days from where I’m currently saying and their official website says to “check the chart” to see if a route accepts IC cards or not. The chart has no legend on it. I know that O means it accepts it and X means it doesn’t, but I have no idea how to interpret —…

Staff at airport made us delayed for our international Qatar Airways flight and we don’t know what to do Me and my family of 6 with 10 luggages and had a return flight from Jeddah Saudi Arabia to Doha, Qatar, then from Doha to Los Angeles. We arrived 3 hours on the dot to the check-in area where it was crowded. The staff at the counter were the Jeddah Airport staff and not Qatar Airways staff, and when it was finally our time, our person had an iss…

What do you think of Serbia? Have you ever been to Serbia? I’m from Serbia and i just wanna know other people’s opinions about Serbia? What did you visit? What did you like the most and what the least? submitted by /u/Ivo2912

What would happen if you have a connecting flight in Dubai right now? I’m scheduled to land in Dubai on Saturday morning and have a 2 hour layover. I’m expecting delays obviously, but if my first flight is delayed, what usually happens if you can’t make your second flight? Both are with Emirates. I feel stupid asking but I’ve genuinely no idea because Emirates are obviously inundated right now and can’t contact th…

Booking.com host asked us to change dates I have a booking with booking.com at a private apartment from the 1st till the 5th of July. The booking is non-refundable. The host messaged me today stating that their will be construction on the building on the 1st of July and that he cannot book that date. He said that he will upgrade us to a better room for the remaining days and asked us to…

Which city have you visited most? For me, Amsterdam is the city I have visited most by three times. Secondly Belgrade and Prague are cities I visited most by two times. I’m looking to any reason to visit Amsterdam for four times and third time to visit Belgrade. submitted by /u/zirlatovic

What’s the most egregious and dangerous scam you encountered on your travels? This happened to me a couple of years ago and I was pretty shaken when it happened. I was walking down a popular tourist street in Istanbul when I was approached by a Moroccan guy who tried to offer me women. I ignored him but he was quite persistent and kept following me. Ultimately, I told him I was leaving tomorrow to get rid of him. He said…

How do you feel about anti tourist measures? I keep reading things about cities passing measures to slow tourism. https://www.forbes.com/sites/ceciliarodriguez/2023/07/31/tourists-go-home-fed-up-with-over-tourism-european-hotspots-impose-bans-fines-taxes-and-traps/?sh=33376d1665f5 Ultimately I feel like the goal of these measures are positive and will help the cities in the long run and a…

Underwhelming tourist destinations that you could see yourself living in? Have you ever travelled to a city/country that was just boring or underwhelming but could be a great place to live? Where? submitted by /u/chenjp

Evisa Vietnam So I forgot to throw my middle name on my visa application it’s already approved hypothetically if I just photoshop my middle name when I print it out how shit are my odds of getting caught everything else matches up submitted by /u/Zealousideal-Fun2634

Turkish airlines passport number Do you remember/know if Turkish airlines asks for passport number when making the booking? Me and my boyfriend are flying with Turkish in a few weeks, and he gets a new passport next week. We dont remember if the airline asked for the passport number when we made the booking… So that we can try to change it for the tickets if they have the numbe…

Best options for a west european 5 country trip I am planing on visiting Liechtenstein (that really small country wedged between Switzerland and austria) and then France (straßburg) followed by Luxembourg. My starting point is germany (Dresden to be precise). I know that I could use an interrail ticket for about 200 bucks but other than that I am not really familiar with any more efficient op…

Am I entitled to compensation? (Non-EU flight) On the 24th of February 2024, I was scheduled to travel on with SriLankam Airlines from Colombo to Doha. However, my flight was first delayed and subsequently cancelled. Due to the urgency of returning home as soon as possible, and with no assistance provided by the overwhelmed airport staff, I had to arrange alternative travel for the following…

I will be going to Seoul for 6 nights, and Tokyo for 6 nights in Late May with 3 nights in either Busan or Kyoto. Which one should I choose? Hey all. I’m finishing up my itinerary for East Asia. I was wondering if it would be better to spend 3 nights in Busan, or 3 nights in Kyoto? I’ve never been to either of these countries before so I can’t wait to go out and explore them! If you have any other recommendations on other places I could check out instead, feel free to let me know! Ed…

What to do with early evenings? I’m planning for my first international trip next summer! So far, the general pattern of my days follows: 9am-5pm: Museums, tourist attractions, etc. 5pm-7pm: ?????? 7pm-8pm: Dinner 8pm-: Go out for drinks In a city like London or Edinburgh, what does one do after 5pm? What do your evenings during your travels usually entail? submitted by …

Reservations every night in Spain or no? Hi all! Should I make reservations every night in Madrid/barcelona/San Sebastián or have nights where we just go tapas hopping and try a bunch of things? That would be ideal but without reservations I always get worried it will be packed and we will get turned away. Should we try tapas restaurant hopping during the day and sit down places at nig…

Bringing a prescription drug to the US when the prescription is a year old I have an upcoming trip to the US from Canada but don’t like flying. Last year, my doctor prescribed Lorazepam to me for use on a trip I took a year ago. I still have some leftover from that time that I wanted to bring on this trip. The amount is very small, literally just enough for the flight there and back. It’s still in the original bottle a…

Who is your favorite adventurer/historic traveler from history? My favorite has to be Josiah Harlan. He was a Quaker (which is a relatively small religious sect here in the United States) from Pennsylvania. He entered service with the East India Trading Company, and he served in Burma. Eventually he found service with an exiled Afghan Warlord and eventually became the first American in Kabul in the 1830s. H…

What is your scariest travel story? Tell me about the time you were held up in Bangalore or stalked by a cougar in rural Montana. Or whatever happened to you. Whatever your scariest tale of travel is, I wanna read it. submitted by /u/worldtraveler19

First time traveling internationally and feeling anxious! Hi! My husband and I are taking our first trip out of the country in May to Ireland. Obviously, neither of us have been out of the country before and we’re feeling a bit anxious. Here are some of my questions: Traveling with a passport – what do we do with it?? We don’t want to carry it around with us all the time, so we? But do we want to leav…