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Travel tips

You can’t just roll up at the door and walk in at the Musee d’Orsay.

I’ve discovered the unexpected cost of not planning my travels

Be spontaneous, people always tell you. It’s the only way to travel. Leave everything unplanned and just go with the flow.

  • Ben Groundwater
I once arrived for a flight five hours before the final call.

The embarrassing mistake that meant I missed my flight

It’s a moment of inattention that still haunts me; the humiliation and expense I’ve tried to expunge from memory.

  • Catherine Marshall
The Dutch are busy, direct (easily misinterpreted as “rude”).

‘I had an onion thrown at me’: The 10 most unfriendly cities on Earth

From Amsterdam telling tourists to stay away to rude waiters in New York, these cities are not renowned for their warmth.

Tourists crowd the Old Town of Dubrovnik, Croatia.

The one thing that’s worse than tourist crowds when you travel

There’s an aspect of tourism that’s not discussed as often as overcrowding. And it’s even more problematic.

  • Lee Tulloch
Is the exit row window “miracle seat” worth it?

Want to sit in ‘miracle’ seat 11A? It will cost you

Before Vishwash Kumar Ramesh walked away from the wreck of Air India flight 171, he was in an exit row. But there’s a downside to this prized seat.

  • Michael Gebicki
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Streets of Santiago de Cuba.

Your questions: My daughter is doing the Americas solo. Is it safe?

“She intends to spend two months travelling in Mexico, Colombia, Cuba, Panama and Nicaragua with no fixed plans. I am the soon-to-be-worried mum.”

  • Michael Gebicki
Working your way through the Medina, Marrakesh.

As a solo traveller, four simple rules keep me safe and thriving

Independent globetrotters could learn a lot from the Boy Scouts. Beyond “be prepared”, you’ll want to add these tips to your solo travel toolkit.

  • Justine Costigan
Private dining under the stars at Phinda Rock Lodge, South Africa.

Experts name the most exciting (and surprising) things in luxury travel

Cancel the caviar pizza by the six-star resort pool. Today, luxury is more likely to involve simpler pleasures, says this panel of “luxperts”.

  • Ute Junker
Not just for kids … Bordeaux’s Miroir d’Eau.

This is how I travel on holiday, and why you should too

Ignore your inner child at your peril, or it will scream for four hours straight on the long-haul flight and throw a tantrum if you don’t take it to Disneyland.

  • Terry Durack
Some flights just don’t go the way you might expect them to right now.

In times of global strife, one destination makes total sense

Europe and North America aren’t a great idea right now. But there is a safe, predictable place that could really use your custom, and it’s closer than you think.

  • Ben Groundwater

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