I am looking for a reasonably priced travel company in England that can plan a custom tour of England. Basically I am interested in visiting London, 4-5 days then Salford, Lancaster and Yorkshire, doing a Creatures great and small tour. 4-5 days. Not sure of the needed appropriate days. Any recommendations suggestions would be appreciated. T... Read More

Has anyone taken bus from Lyon to Annecy and from there take the fastest public transport to Chamonix, go up the Aiguille du Midi cable car and back to Lyon the same day ? Would this be possible ? Or will it be more manageable to to a day trip from Lyon to Annecy and Chambery ? Is Chambery worth visiting ? Last question, is Flix Bus or BlaBlaBus be... Read More

Hello Fodor's Friends. I am asking for your help with planning a 3 week itinerary to Japan beginning on April 5, 2025. We will be extending this Japan trip from previous visits to New Zealand and Australia. Our flight will be from Sydney to most likely Haneda in Tokyo. We are not usually interested in Art museums ,more driven by the sights and exp... Read More

We are only going to be in Milan for one full day (two nights), and we'd like to see the Last Supper. Looks like tickets are released on a quarterly basis - so right now they're not available for our date in early September. Anyone know when the tickets go on sale for each quarter? I can't seem to find that information on the museum website. Read More

Hello Fellow Travels, I am asking this travel community to help us narrow down our Southern England trip. My husband and I along with a dear friend will be traveling in late May and have 11 nights in England. This will be my first time to this country but hubby and friend have already visited. We are interested in spending 4 nights in London and 7... Read More

My mom has traveled all over the USA so I can’t think of anywhere she hasn’t been but I’m sure there’s things she hasn’t done in some states. My sister and I want to do a nice trip so I’m asking for any great ideas that would be fun and easy. We were thinking Las Vegas, Nashville, St. Augustine, Savannah, Key Wes... Read More

Well, this is a difficult one. I have wanted to travel to Iceland for about 40 years now. Serious. I got my chance so me and the family headed over to the land of fire and ice! Now before readers begin with the "you just don't understand" please let me preface the following by saying that I have lived in five countries and visited over 82 n... Read More

Having just returned from a 2 week holiday to Turkey, and paying off my credit card, I cannot believe how expensive Turkey is, so I would not consider going there again as it was a far more expensive holiday than any of my recent holidays to France and Spain - it's not even the prices of our hotel rooms as we spent a majority of our time at the Con... Read More

Hello, I'm coming to you all for some advice on our family's first trip to Europe. Background: parents have traveled to multiple countries as part of a group back in college and to Ireland on our own before kids but both trips were many years ago. We are now a family of 4 with kids who will be 13 and 10 when we take our trip in October of this yea... Read More

I apologize if this question is a repeat but I can’t find it if it is so ….. I know there is a new website for Colosseum tickets. Hopefully the kinks will be worked out before I need to purchase next month. My question is, because the Colosseum is a timed entry, do you have to go to the Forum after the Colosseum or can you go in the 24 hours... Read More

Hello everyone, Most of our reservations are made for Australia/New Zealand for this October/November, so I am now thinking ahead to 2025. I am 74 and my husband is 77, so we want to do as much international traveling as possible in the next few years. So we are planning on 2 or 3 month-long trips per year. I admit I am getting anxious about how m... Read More

I will be flying into Rome for a few days before heading out to Palermo. I have a few questions as it has been years since I have been in Rome. Last time I stayed near Termini. While the hotel was wonderful and I didn't have any trouble, I would like to be around a different area this time. I would like to find a safe area with lots of cafes. (Sa... Read More

Hello All, Thank you in advance for helping me through this. My wife and I (mid-30s) are planning to visit Switzerland from Tennessee, USA for our 10th Anniversary in August 2024. I have read through multiple threads and am overwhelmed by the information. Can you guys help me plan 8 night vacation in Switzerland and would like to try Paris if p... Read More

Hi everyone! We live in the United States. My husband and I are taking our 17 year old daughter (who will have just graduated high school) and our 19 year old daughter to Europe near the end of May. We are thinking around the 20th. Our youngest daughter has a friend in London she wants to see for a day, we thought about seeing Ireland, we would lo... Read More

In Oct we will stay in Paris for a few days and then rent a car to see Normandy for 4 days. We will return it to Paris in the morning hours and take a fast train from Gare du Nord to Brussels. The question is where in Paris should we pickup and return the car, presumably the same place? Ideally it would be on the periphery to avoid a lot of the... Read More

So, I need to get ideas where to stay for a month in April/May of 2025. We would like to rent a rental home along the Amalfi Coast and do day trips. Ideally we would like to stay at a home close to the beach with a view of the ocean and close to town with not too many stairs. (we are 67 and 77). My dream is to fall asleep to the sound of the oce... Read More

Hi everyone, My husband and i are older travelers--energetic but not the spry peeps we were some years ago. We are going on an anniversary/work for me trip to Venice at the end of April and get into Marco Polo at 9am , i.e. sleepy. I want to take a relaxing, fun, and not complicated trip to our fab hotel (American Denisen). I know we can't do a... Read More

Dear community, I was wondering if you might have some suggestions for me. I am planning on a trip for my 60th birthday to travel solo to a beautiful, quiet, friendly village in Europe to stay for a month this September and possibly early October. Most important is that the feeling of the village is lovely, with welcoming people, slow an... Read More

Flights Outgoing - COS-ORD-LHR-ZRH Return - ZRH-ORD-COS We researched Premium Plus/Premium Economy seating, and decided to give it a go, hoping for a nice compromise between Economy (pretty expensive since COVID) and Business class. Our closest international airport is Denver, but getting there is a hassle – things tend to go wron... Read More

I love planning trips and reading trip reports, so here is my first try in writing one myself. First, I’d like to thank all the posters and Fodorites who inspire me: Adelaidean, melnq8, maitaitom, Progol, KarenWoo and others. My husband and I (both in the middle 60’s) decided not to drive in Europe anymore due to the easy access of public trans... Read More

We have a 7 day trip to Bavaria, Germany at the end of June. We are flying to Munich and hoping to rent a car and go base for 3 days near Garmisch, then drive down towards Rothenburg ob der Tauber / Nuremberg and base for 2 days to visit those areas. Next we would drive back to Munich for 2 days to base there and take i... Read More

This TR should probably be named “A Tour of the Churches of Northern Italy”! I spent 4-1/2 weeks in September-October traveling around northern Italy. It was a wonderful trip! I visited the following cities/towns: Milan Read More

I don't know if it's actual sewage water but it smells like it. Now I know that I haven't done as much research on Venice as I have other places but at no point in time has any website any thread here or any blog that I've read ever mentioned anything about walking ankle deap or higher in water. Although it's too late for me, can someone... Read More

Hello everyone, I am planning a 5 day trip from Paris to Switzerland. This is essentially the first time I am traveling to Switzerland (apart from Lugano which was a day trip) and I want to keep things simple. I am on a student budget so don't want to do anything too expensive. I was thinking of visiting Zurich, Lucerne, Interlaken, Zermatt. Howe... Read More

There was an official announcement on 3/20/24 that the Sagrada Familia is expected to be completed in 2026, after over 140 years of construction. I've never been inside but millions have and they've funded a lot of the construction. [QUOTE] In 2023, the church welcomed more than 4.7 million visitors, up 24.7% from 2022, falling just short of... Read More