Travel Resources

Do you change physical SIM cards before traveling or pay exorbitant international data prices through your cell phone provider? Stop this and let Airalo be your solution. Order by country or region, and choose your time frame and data plan (you can add more if need be). Easy!

Backcountry offers hundreds of the best brands in clothing, shoes, accessories, and outdoor gear. Outfitting for a full range of activities on your next vacation: hiking, skiing, running, camping, or just walking city streets. We focus on diverse travel clothing options, but it also shines for sourcing equipment for outdoor activities and adventure sports.

Compare multiple price points by geography. Leverage user ratings; search reviews for parking availability, air-conditioning, and breakfast; and maintain numerous hotel reservations in one organized application. And there’s much more to Booking.com: complete rental car, cruise, and other reservations here!

Let local experts patiently help you create fabulous regional cuisine, guide you to multiple restaurants around the city in a gastronomic tasting adventure, or visit a chef’s home for a dinner party with other travelers. Sample local food and hang with locals – this will be a vacation highlight.

Travel insurance should be essential to your trip planning, particularly when traveling abroad. Faye’s options provide security and peace of mind for emergency healthcare needs, trip cancellation insurance, lost/damaged luggage, rental car insurance, and insurance for adventure sports. After building your itinerary, create your travel insurance plan with Faye.

What’s in a name? Through GetYourGuide, you can identify recommended activities and special tours that make a city truly unique. Extensive user reviews are available for tours to assist in your decision-making process.

The Go2Africa experts have assisted travelers to Africa for 25+ years: the end-to-end planners who build your itinerary across national parks and private reserves, from lodges to tented camps, with all your logistics needs. Travelers with diverse budgets can create a bucket-list African safari to see lions, giraffes, rhinos, and elephants (and much more).

Shipping across the U.S., Lensrentals has become the largest online rental company of photography/video equipment and associated lighting. For professional and amateur photographers, it’s the perfect solution for testing camera bodies/lenses before committing to a purchase, or adding a unique lens to use during vacations and that special family gathering.

Yes, we really love a good road trip. So, when you finish the license plate game, how about purchasing an audiobook (or two) directly from Libro? And for a plot twist, know that a portion of that sale goes directly to the local bookstore you choose to support. It’s such a great social platform and incredibly simple to use.

Ask your company’s IT person. Should you boot up a laptop using hotel Wi-Fi? Honestly, I think you probably know the answer. Multiple steps are essential when using public Wi-Fi, but a VPN (virtual private network) is always a big part of the security solution. The initial setup is far easier than expected, and the VPN automatically kicks in thereafter—a travel necessity.

Checking luggage at your specific hotel is expected. What if a company created luggage storage opportunities at a wide selection of hotels, but also other alternatives? At Radical Storage, you can access luggage storage in the most convenient locations with transparent pricing and healthy insurance against damage or theft. Brilliant!

It’s probably not what you’d expect from a travel blogger, but being “an engaged spectator” is a key travel piece. Go to a concert, watch a sports event, or attend the ballet – all can be booked on a country-specific Ticketmaster website. It’s an excellent resource for idea generation – just type in the city name and see what pops up. That performance very well might become a trip highlight!

Tiqets is a very different type of “ticket” than our source for live performances above. We have long searched for a means of organizing admission passes for museums, churches, monuments, famous buildings, and other attractions. This platform should be your solution for all your cultural endeavors while traveling.

Finding European public transportation options for your next trip has never been easier. Identify available schedules and the best prices for trains and buses. With Trainline, you can reserve with confidence after being shown a wide range of options covering local, regional, and cross border service or choose single-country and multi-country passes.

Viator, a Tripadvisor company, offers users a large range of guided travel experiences. Its user reviews and ratings help identify can’t-miss attractions in a geography. Search the offerings, and you will discover additional “outside the box” ideas ideally suited for you and your family.

WeGoTrip is the perfect complement to our other recommended tour platforms. It provides downloadable audio tours created by local experts and syncs with your phone’s GPS location settings. This represents the ideal solution when you require an unavailable tour time, an information backstop to your self-guided experience, or want to tour privately and at your own pace.

Do you dread lengthy taxi stand waits or struggle to locate rideshare pickup areas? Are you seeking friendly, comfortable rides to sightseeing attractions? Welcome Pickups offers the perfect solution in ~400 cities globally, featuring English-speaking drivers who even track flight schedules to account for your arrival delays.