Destination guides and trip planning for independent travelers. Find out what a place is like before you go.
Every place has a stretch when the weather has turned and the crowd has not arrived yet. These are the ones closing in.
Last weeks. After November 30 the crowds land and the prices follow.
The best months start December 1. Book while the fares still make sense.
It comes right on December 1. Far enough out to get your pick of dates.
Pick what kind of place, when you are going, and who is coming. Fill all three rows and the board sends you somewhere worth the flight.
Every traveler entering Aruba needs their own ED card, infants included. The form is free on the official site, children under 8 skip the $20 sustainability fee, and a household can file together. Here is how, and how to fix a mistake.
El Nido has ATMs now. It also has two completely different kinds of ATM standing on the same street, and one charges about four times what the other does. Here is the arithmetic, the legal cap on the pesos you can carry in, and the number to withdraw before you get here.
Gran Cenote, Calavera, Casa Cenote, Dos Ojos, Angelita and the cave cenotes past Coba, sorted by the road they sit on and what the drive buys you.
Yes, a public bus stops at Aruba airport. Here is where the stop is, how the change in Oranjestad works, what it costs, when the buses stop for the night, and why a suitcase means the taxi.
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