Where to Stay
Homestays and staying with people
Staying in someone’s home changes a trip substantially, and the conventions are worth understanding before arriving.
Where to Stay
Hotels, hostels, rentals and choosing a neighbourhood.
Where to Stay
Booking platforms and what they do
The intermediaries between travellers and providers shape prices and choices in ways worth understanding.
Where to Stay
Camping and outdoor accommodation
Rules on where you may sleep outdoors differ enormously between countries, and the practical requirements are consistent.
Where to Stay
Hotel loyalty, upgrades and getting a better room
A small number of practices reliably improve what you get, and most of them cost nothing.
Where to Stay
Staying somewhere remote
Rural and isolated accommodation requires different preparation, and the failures are logistical rather than dramatic.
Where to Stay
Accommodation for groups
Group travel has specific accommodation economics and specific ways of going wrong.
Where to Stay
Long stays and slow travel
Staying a month somewhere is a different activity from visiting, with different logistics and a different set of problems.
Where to Stay
Booking accommodation in advance or on arrival
The case for arranging everything and the case for arranging nothing, and where each actually applies.
Where to Stay
Travelling with children without misery
Family travel fails on pace and logistics rather than on destination, and both are addressable.
Where to Stay
Solo travel, practically
Travelling alone has specific logistics and specific advantages, and the accommodation choice determines most of the experience.
Where to Stay
Choosing where to stay in a city
Location determines more of the experience than the room does, and the criteria are not the obvious ones.
Where to Stay
Hostels, hotels and everything in between
Accommodation categories have blurred, and choosing well means matching the type to what the trip requires rather than to a budget band.