To anons who frequently drive during their euro holidays, what company have you found to be the most reliable one? Heard horror stories about all of them so at this point I can't choose between any of them.
>>2630508i use this site: rentalcars.comi have good expirience with Siciliy by car and Sixt
>>2630508I used Hertz once in Poland and it was somewhat expensive (cost about the same as if I had rented a car in America) and never had any problems. I only used it because I wanted to visit Hitler's Wolf's Lair and it was the easiest and quickest way of getting there from Warsaw.
National/Enterprise/Alamo or Sixt. Avis/Budget and Hertz/Thirfty/Dollar are garbage.
>>2630508They’re all kind of the same anonhorror stories are because you used that one random office that’s owned by a wanker (I used a firm called green motion once and the dickheads got uv lights out to find and charge me for invisible scratches) or because someone was astounded to be charged for legit car damage. Excess insurance is cheap if bought in advance!
Go with a mainstream name and make sure you get the international driver's license, if you want to have the least potential headaches. I've rented cars in the UK, France, Germany and Belgium with Hertz and Enterprise and it was always fine.
Is Venice worth visiting for only a day? I’m gonna be in Italy for the first time in less than a month for two weeks and I’m planning on going to Rome (4 days), Palermo (family is from there, will be there for 2 days), Naples (4 days, but might also see Pompeii and Amalfi) and Florence (4 days). I wanted to stay in Venice for a few days but lodging was way too expensive for when I’m going, but I’m thinking of taking a train from Florence to Venice and just getting a taste of it for a day.
For a day? Sure, there is something unique about it, all the canals and such. It's basically Disney World though, tourists pack in like sardines.
It's only worth visiting for a day. It's not that busy in off season, it's like off season in disney. I would be careful where you eat because they absolutely overcharge you. Btw you can ride boats cheaper if you speak Italian, like convincing Italian. If you have luggage store it somewhere rather than drag that shit across town. Also bring rain boots, it floods.
>>2629641Yes you can see a lot and the best of it in a day I go there often just to walk around >t. Veneto
>>2629641Just don't go there. People like you are the reason why Venice is dying. You clearly don't know anything about the city, its history and its art, so you would just end up being one of the thousands of ignorant tourists that exacerbate the cost of living for residents and make the most beautiful city on Earth an uninhabitable, unwalkable circle of hell, plundered of its soul by mass tourism, flight deals and instagrammable spots-seeking atomised middle class zombies.
How much money do I need to backpack across Europe for a month? I have free time before my next job starts.
How do you all convince your parents to let you travel? I got in a huge argument about going to Japan this summer with them and they had a melt down because I would be going by china, the yakuza, and stuff. I'm fucking 28 for crying out loud I can handle myself but I need to apply for a gay passport and forgot when my mom's birthday was so I had to bring it up.y advice?
>>2622749Oh you sweet little manchild. I left my parent's home when I was 18. I'm now 36, I live on the other side of the world from them, and I make low 6-figures. I can travel whenever the fuck I want.
>>2627610To be fair you have to get a visa to teach (i.e. work, seek employment) in Japan. You don't have to do it to visit as an American, just show your passport.>>2622731Teaching a class of minors requires mental maturity and your>my stupid parents want me to pay rentstatements imply you don't have that.
This fucking thread is still up? A thread died for this one just to be bumped to death for no reason. Its more >>>/adv/ than /trv/. >>2625596What this guy said.
>>2622869>I forget my own and everyone around me>have to have it in a note bookwelcome to memory being shot anon not everyone get a good hand.
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How do you plan how much time to invest in each location during a trip when planning a vacation?is there any website to list stuff like how long do people usually spend at various tourists locations?
>>2630549i have no idea on any of those things but four things in just the MORNING? think realistically anon
Book two nights after an arrival. Knowing you have a place to stay, and knowing several ways to get there from your point of arrival, is amazing for peace of mind. Location is key, amenities second. You don't want your vacation timetable looking as busy as your work schedule. Especially in sweltering hot places, you will want to return to your room and cool off in the A/C during the afternoon. >>2630542High season prices suck.
>>2630618>four things in just the MORNING?They're all in the same region. if I simply walk through the parks without taking in any of the sights its only like 7-8 kilometers walk according to google, which he estimates to be 1h 40minSo lets I start at 7, and It'd take me about hour and a half to walk that distance it still leaves me an 50 mins at each location until noon. I dont think 50 minutes per location is enough but my question is how do I know how much is enough? a full hour? two? three?
>>2630535I plan to visit several location but usually give each half a day, even if it would be just one hour I stay there. And most important I have one location I could visit all the time if everything else is done fast. I drive and walk around a lot so usually I get tired anyway and won't be bored overall.
>>2630537Unironically this is one of the better uses of ChatGPT, obviously don’t take it as gospel but it can give you a good baseline on what an iterate might look like. Also highly recommend Wanderlog as an app to help keep things straight, super useful r0xsv
Outpost El Nido, Palawan, Philippines Nest Koh Rong, CambodiaSocial Tel, Koh Samui, ThailandMad Monkey, Hoi An, VietnamKoh Phangan ??Koh Tao ??Bali specifically Canggu ??Each place listed I've been to and can confirm it was better than other places I stayed in the same area. I only go and mention places that have been visited by the former SEA king Cris Travels aka Cris 14.What were your experiences?
>>2625592specked we know you're just salty because you lost your mod status but no one actually cares about that reddit tier accusation.
>>2625592So what? And?
>>2625592KEK
>>2625592He was just robbed in Argentinahttps://videy.co/v?id=n2lPE8xm
What is the point of party hostels? I try to avoid them as much as possible.I like a social vibe and the occasional night out, but all the party hostels I've been to had this obnoxious spring break vibe where all you do is get wasted.
Will this be changing any of your travel plans? What will be the next Miami?
>>2626376>>2626533Thanks>>2627246
>>2626213The Miami crew will just migrate to West Palm Beach instead.
>>2626347>>2626350I’m noticing a trend toward what I call ‘corporate Puritanism’. Now that big tech has AI policing all content to keep it aligned with their profit-driven values, zoomers are having to type shit like “m*urder” and “r4pe” as if this were the 19th century. Result being mainstream discussion can no longer cover these topics in an unbiased manner. G*d forbid we have constructive open dialog about sex or drugs.
>>2626213I can literally walk to a dispensary and buy extremely high quality cannabis products. I know you can’t do this in Florida (yet) but I would find a way to get it there before ever giving money to shady blacks for a bag of seeds and stems like it was the 90s. Oils and gummies are nearly undetectable. And if you happen to drive there, you can bring whatever you want. You can roll the dice and ship it too and delta 9 edibles are federally legal.
I heard Miami is becoming the only B&RP’d city in the U.S. Is that true or is this just rich boomers trying to keep their property values high?
Me and my friend will be going to BA for the first time soon. I was wondering where the best area would be to eat/drink/meet people (and ideally walkable). We don't care that much about proper nightclubs with loud electronic music. More about good food, cool cocktail bars, relaxed bars with music that still allows you to chat with others, or live music.
I'm going to be in pic related soon. What are some things I can do, or things nearby that aren't Disneyland?
>>2630240I guess you could do Yosemite instead of Redwoods, either or, but I wouldn't attempt to do both and LA and SF in a week. And I kind of feel like Yosemite is worth its own trip, which can be combined with other Sierra Nevada sites like Mono Lake and Bodie or Tahoe. Some roads and trails in and around Yosemite are closed in the winter and early spring, BTW.I agree completely on avoiding the culturally enriched parts of LA. They're shitholes. Seal Beach is probably the nicest beach town that's still close to LA since its just over the border in republican Orange County they don't tolerate aggressive drunken bums or the constructing of encampments. I like going there, its noticeably more pleasant.
>>2629611Anaheim? Nothing there except Disneyland and rich inheritance YouTube 'stars'
Beach blvd and ball road has the hoes
>>2630349I just realized OP said "soon". Yea, he shouldn't do Yosemite in winter. They got a fuck ton of snow last week. Half the trails won't be open until summer. Stick to the coast instead.
Inyo Countyhit up Pahrump to fill your tank
>white foreigner goes to some country, speaks the local language and SHOCKS everyoneDoes this kind of stuff happen IRL?
>>2630035It really does depend on the language. Assuming you have no one to teach you daily, Imo get a uni text book first and grab the foundations. Start to branch into books on reading, listening, writing, vocab, and speaking when you’ve discovered your innate strengths and weaknesses. Get the workbooks too. being more attuned like that will help figure out your learning style and desires in the over-saturated landscape of language-learning software/websites. It will also give you more tools for critical thinking to create new sentences on your own and bridge the information neurally.
>>2630225Thanks for the good advice, i was talking specifically about japanese.
>>2630225> figure out your learning styleThis is the correct answer. This is how you narrow down the resources you’ll actually use.People laugh at Duolingo because it advertises itself as the ‘easy way’ to learn a language. All it is is glorified flashcards. Flashcards are an essential part of the learning process, but they can’t be the only tool you use.The formula that’s worked for me repeatedly is as follows: first, do entire Michel Thomas audio course (or Pimsleur) for the language (you can pirate these). Being comfortable speaking comes first. Step 2 has a lot of parts: find 2 or 3 YT channels at beginner level which cover grammar and colloquial speech. Spend about 30 minutes every day listening. Yes, every day. At the same time, crunch as many flash cards per week as you’re comfortable with to build vocabulary. Choose vocab words specific to situations you think you’ll be in. Fuck learning colors and asking about people’s interests. Be realistic: you need to learn how to order bubble tea from cute baristas and argue with cops at roadblocks. Most important is SPEAK every day. Fantasize conversations with women. Translate Disney songs in your head and sing them out loud. It’s tempting to just crunch flashcards as it’s easy and tangible progress, but one word in your active vocabulary is worth ten in your passive memory.Step 3 is find people you can speak with. I’d start this when you’re at ‘advanced beginner’ level. If you live in a city you can probably find a weekly meetup group for your language. Otherwise there are plenty of websites for language exchange partners. I’ve been experimenting with the TeacherAI program; I wouldn’t recommend it in its beta phase but I do get a lot of value from it.
>>2630337Skritter is great for learning characters.
The real problem is that they'll assume you must know their language because you can say thank you, hello, and order some food, and then strike up a conversation.It's more jarring to them when you've learned how to perfectly recite, "I don't actually understand your language, sorry."
Any other "danger" travel guides that don't have all the baggage of antisemitism?
>>2629467And how do you pretend to sell it. You must think you are some tipe of street thug, gang life rough boy who knows all the people on the hood
>>2629059Wtf is wrong with antisemitism? Didn't know Lord Miles hated Jews but will start watching him now. If you don't see Jews slow genociding their millenia-old enemy, you're not paying attention
>>2629059Bro I am Jewish. Stop being such an effeminate bitch. We largely kind of suck. Do what you want to do and don't be afraid to be (((anti-semtic))).
>>2629059>that don't have all the baggage of antisemitism?fucking cringe. fuck kikes
>>2629499>>2630477It's not that there's anything wrong, it's that OP is tired. Even if you agree with a belief, it doesn't mean you want to hear it all the time.
How do you go to Japan without being classified as just a other tourist? I have holiday coming in a few weeks and just realized we had a travel board on this site. I don't want to be just another tourist or anything getting thrown into the slop of burgers
>>2628606Are you a decent looking guy? Go to a gay bar or okama bar. You will make lots of local friends really quickly.
>>2628606you won't be like the other weebs, this is how it will go for you>wow, u do no rook rike the other gaijin, u do speaku the japanese and eat natto too? super sugoi!>ur arr honorary japanese now, hatamoto, prease fuck my daughterfu, bwc >bows
>>2628611this>>2628799why tf are so many going to thailand? just the trannies or what?>>2629836kek
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>>2629855>just the trainnies or whatnobody tell him
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I'm going to Chicago in about two months, staying for a weekWhat is there to do other than the pizza and visiting this thing?
>>2626979Not him, but do Lou Malnatti's for pizza
This is a relevant thread to post this. I'm a 29-year-old shut-in with no job, no friends, lives with my parents, doesn't leave my home, and am currently in the deep south. I have 8k saved up and was thinking of spending 1k of it on a trip to Chicago, because I've always been interested in the city. Part of me thinks pushing myself into the social deep end and forcing me to interact with people in a city will "break" my social anxiety and forced isolation, and encourage me to try to better myself in life. Do you think this will work?
>>2630044traveling solo definitely makes me more willing to talk to people because im excited to be out traveling. basically in a really good mood. going to touristy nature spots has always been the best for me. because everyone is also really happy yo be there so everyone is pretty positive to talking to other people. dont think itd be the same in a city. I complimented some guy's shirt in a McDonald's the other day in Chicago and he was almost startled that I stopped to talk to him.
>>2630044Do it. Experience something new. Take it from another shut in. You're gonna like being somewhere new and different.
>>2613292Advice is to download the divvy app, the bike trail running along the lake shore is extremely fast on an e-bike and super enjoyable. Most underrated part of the city would be Northerly Island Park, very secluded, as well as Lake Shore East Park. Also cannot recommend the botanical garden enough. Also the riverwalk is a nice walk at sunset even it’s packed.
Heading to Egypt for a week. Going to be there during the first week of Ramadan. Any weird etiquette to follow for foreigners/non-muslims during this time? It’s a bachelor party trip so not sure if there are any good nightclubs to visit or we might just do all the partying at an airbnb? Also, what is there to see in Cairo and Alexandria?
I was in tunisia last year during Ramadan, only a handful of restaurants were open during the day, and they were in touristic streets. People were tired and quiet. You may want to avoid eating snacks in public during the day. Shop owners were reluctant to sell me food during the day. Not the best moment to visit a Muslim country.
>>2627428>going to a Muslim country known for its history and distinct lack of cosmopolitan appeal during Ramadan for a stag night......
dunno but Jordan was a scamfest shithole and people told me Egypt is worse
>>2627428dunno what to expect with ramadan but was in egypt last fall and it literally is a country with rich cukture and heritage and an arabian population hellbent on running this into the ground, rude , scammy (always begging which I thought was odd since muslims are so proud) but damn the ancient sites re a thing to see
>>2627428Just don't eat and drink in front of them during their fast. Night life in Cairo is exquisite but you'll need to dig quite a bit. There is a lot to see in Cairo alone. So it's either explore Cairo entirely and forget about Alexandria, or immediately visit Alexandria once you visit the pyramids and museums in Cairo. Egypt is definitely an experience and you won't get enough of it on the first trip.