I have 4 days, 3 nights to travel before a work trip in Paris in mid April. I am trying to choose between Alsace and Normandy. Here are my thoughts on both: Alsace - Pros [list] [*]Cute towns [*]Easy to bike around to explore [*]Wine route [*]Can stay relatively close to a home base (probably Colmar) [/list] Alsace - Cons [list] [*]Will t... Read More

I am planning to travel to Glasgow in May with my wife and kids. We are planning to stay there for more than a week. Can someone please tell me what are the most attractive places in that area to visit with my family?. If there are any suggestions for cheap accommodations in that area is also be much appreciated. Read More

Hello, everyone. I am wondering if anyone has any suggestions/advice for me. I am going to England with my 80 year-old mother for two weeks in August. This will be my mother's first time to England. She is not much of a traveller and, like many people her age, is mobile but has arthritis and other issues which make walking more than a kilometer... Read More

2 adults - 10 days - Sept 4-14, 2023 1.) 3 nights at Canyon Lodge in Yellowstone 2.) 3 nights in Jackson (Tetons, ride horses somewhere, float the Snake River.....) 3.) Here's where we need help. Want to go into Montana 2 nights before flying out of Bozeman. - Ennis? Big Sky? Would love to go to GNP but not enough time. Don't want tp spend too m... Read More

Hello all! My family and I (husband and 5 kids ages 15-5) are traveling extensively in a few weeks. We will be ending our trip by flying out of Tirana. I am concerned I am over estimating our ability to see what we want of Albania while not running ourselves ragged doing it. We will be heading towards Albania from Dubrovnik and I have loosel... Read More

Hello. I got a dog sitter!! I can take a vacation! and now Planning a trip for the first week of May. I am scrambling to make trip plans (after some stressful months). HELP!! We arrive in Madrid on the 29th (I haven't bought a ticket yet but see they are available and will buy in the next day ) but I have an AirBnB booked. I figure the museums wil... Read More

Hello, We are a family of 4 (girls 19 and 16) traveling to Europe this summer. We are planning on spending 3 nights (2 full days) in the Loire to visit the chateau there. That's the main reason we're making that stop. We will be arriving from Bruges so won't get there until later in the day. The plan was to rent a car, spend 3 nights, and tour a... Read More

After receiving some helpful feedback on this forum I am going back to the drawing board and asking for a suggested itinerary! We are travelling to Europe from Australia in September with our 4 and 7 year old daughters (our first time in Europe and the girls first time overseas!). We will begin our stay in London and then plan to catch the train to... Read More

I will be taking my first solo trip to Paris in April, however I have visited Paris 6 times over the years, so I am familiar in general of the city. I currently have 2 reservations and I have to decide on which one to keep. One is in the 9th arr, Hotel La Petit Lafayette (with balcony). And the other is in the 4th (Marais) , Les Jardin du Marais.... Read More

Despite already having been finger printed and background checked for Global Entry, Tracy has been constantly yanked out of line by TSA on virtually every trip we have taken in the past five years. On our recent trip to Portugal she was not even allowed to print a boarding pass until she got to the airport, and then... Read More

Hi, all! Just trying to get a prelim itinerary down on paper for our upcoming September trip and I welcome all suggestions/critiques. Aside from hotel and flights, nothing else has been/can be booked yet. (Some of this includes extra notes, more to remind us of specifics; please ignore those.) Sorry if this turns into a novel! Bit of background:... Read More

Hi Everyone, I am starting to plan a trip from Australia with my husband, 4 and 7 year old for September. We are thinking of landing in London, staying for three nights before heading to Paris for four nights and then catching the train down to Nice and on to Antibes where we will spend a week before heading to Florence for a week. Is this doable?... Read More

Hi: We are trying to plan 2 weeks in Italy in early July. I know it will be super hot, but we have family that will be there at the same time. It will be me and my husband and 10-year-old son. For Tuscany and possibly Lake Como it will be 2 additional adults in their late 40s and 2 kids (10 & 12). Here are my initial ideas of where should we go... Read More

Hi everyone! I am trying to plan a 10-14 day trip to Europe with my daughter for her college graduation in May/June of this year..... would I be crazy to think I could pull this off at this late date? I am the worst planner .... I have never been to Europe, but my daughter has ... she traveled to Barcelona, French Riviera, Nice, Southern Italy an... Read More

Hello, Looking for guidance on a hotel/apartment, Agnadema Apartments, that I booked and pre-paid for my family of 5 during our 3 nights in Santorini in May 2023. I ignorantly received instant payment confirmation, but thought there would be an email sent to me automatically, so did not save my booking number. I had other properties I was bookin... Read More

Planning three months to Europe to select a location to purchase a house and land. Every corner of Europe seems to offer something beautiful and charming. But where can a person go, and live, that offers most of the things that tourists crave- good weather, nice people, great food, and good internet, relatively affordable (to most who aren’... Read More

Hi folks, Visiting Rome for the first time in June and have plans to hit the usual stops: Colosseum, Vatican, Basilica, and a cooking class. however, we also have a couple of free days. One day is going to be 100% free to relax and maybe roam. :) On our other free day, we’re looking for something that would only take a short amount of ti... Read More

I'm going to Paris in July and would like to stay in the 6th in a relatively nice hotel. Thinking about Relais Christine, d'Aubusson, or Madison. any thoughts? Other similar hotel suggestions? thanks. Read More

Our family of 4 (with 14 and 16 yr old teen boys) will be going to London for the 1st time! We live in California. I've put together a rough draft of our itinerary. I'd appreciate input -- if/when we're doing too much, itinerary logistic improvement/rearrangement suggestions, nearby restaurants or other suggestions, and... Read More

I am interested in making a trip that includes Normandy (at least Utah and Omaha beaches but must include Utah as that is where my Dad came ashore during the invasion). Given that I have never been to Europe, it doesn't make sense to make the trip only to go to Normandy so I'd like to include a few days in either London or Paris or both. I know... Read More

My husband and I have planned our 25th anniversary trip which begins with us flying into Vegas, renting a car and traveling to the Grand Canyon, Marble Canyon, Zion Canyon, Bryce Canyon, Jackson, WY, and then to Yellowstone. We have the trip planned over the course of 9 nights and we never stay in any one place more than one night. Neither of us ha... Read More

I am wondering what people recommend as an economical way to use their phones while traveling in Europe. We will be traveling to Germany, Austria, Italy, and Luxembourg an be gone for close to a month. I expect to make several calls to the US to family and I think we can use FaceTime while on internet for that. I am mostly concerned about data u... Read More

There are space invaders all over Paris! I know it's true because it was in the New York Times.

Somebody brought up the old thread on what to cook in France but an hour or so later, it’s gone. That’s a shame, since this is probably my all-time favorite thread on Fodor’s France. I got so many good ideas from it and re-reading it was a thrill. I never wrote a report about our cooking experience. Needless to say, our spring 2020 trip didn't h... Read More

Hello! Planning to bring kids to Europe for first time this June- we have two full weeks, not including flights from NE US. Our kids are young teens. We have narrowed down trip to Italy and/or France, focusing on coastal or lake areas as much as possible (it will be hot, and we all like to swim). I'm thinking Cote d'Azur and then Italian coast, but... Read More