Flights & Transport
Cruises, and what they actually involve
A distinct form of travel with specific advantages and a set of criticisms that are largely accurate.
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Fares, rail, buses, driving and getting between places.
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Getting between airports and cities
The first and last journey of any trip, frequently the most expensive per kilometre and the easiest to get wrong.
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Flying with less impact
Aviation emissions are a genuine problem with a small number of meaningful individual responses and a lot of ineffective ones.
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Missed flights, cancellations and getting home
Disruption is common, the entitlements differ by jurisdiction, and the response in the first thirty minutes determines the outcome.
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Overnight travel and how to do it
Night trains, buses and ferries convert a travel day into a night, with a trade-off worth calculating.
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Getting around a city you do not know
Urban transport systems are more learnable than they look, and the first hour determines how the whole visit goes.
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Jet lag and long flights
The evidence on adjusting to time zones supports a few specific measures and not most of the folk remedies.
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Car hire and driving abroad
Where a car transforms a trip, where it is a liability, and the charges that appear afterwards.
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Airports, security and getting through faster
Airport processes are more predictable than they feel, and a small number of decisions remove most of the friction.
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Budget airlines and what the fare excludes
The advertised price is a component rather than a total, and the model works if you understand what you are buying.
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Layovers, connections and what can go wrong
Connecting flights are where itineraries fail, and the protections differ substantially depending on how the ticket was booked.
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Trains, buses and the ground alternatives
Surface transport is frequently faster than flying once the whole journey is counted, and it changes the trip.
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How far ahead to book, according to the data
Airfare pricing follows patterns that are describable, and most of the folk wisdom about it is wrong.