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Dimensions of railway station lifts in Germany
We recently tried taking the train from Rüsselsheim with a heavy electric-assist oversized semirecumbent tandem bicycle. Unfortunately, we found that the lift was just a little too small (at most 0.1 ...
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Public transit travel planner for Zadar, Croatia?
I'm looking for a travel planner, as in something giving you a route suggestion from point A to point B.
I've looked everywhere online, but I'm not sure if it exists?
Maybe the Zadar Smart City app ...
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Trip from Germany to Japan by motorhome? [closed]
So basically me and four of my friends have always wanted to go to Japan. But we also wanted to make a road trip out of it. Now we are thinking about getting a motorhome (nothing fancy something ...
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Is there an android app that provides you with an plan to view nearby touristic spots in a given city?
Say you're at a specific location in a given city, and denote by A,B, C...etc. the touristic spots in the city that you're not aware of, since you're new to this city). Now say you want a plan like ...
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Are there ferries between Spain and Morocco that charge per car and not per passenger?
I'll soon be hitchhiking through Spain and am thinking about making a crossing to Morocco.
When I need to use ferries I try to find one that charges per car because I can try to hitch a ride with ...
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What dangers should I be aware of when doing a long-distance bike trip through Europe?
The EuroVelo routes from this answer helped me a lot to do some initial planning of my long-distance bike trip through Europe which I hope I can start in November.
I would ride the bike from the ...
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Australia to west & east coast US: which order is better?
I will soon need to travel from Australia to both the west coast of the US (SFO) and the east coast (NYC). I expect to spend around a week in both and have the freedom to choose the order and routing ...
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How busy will tourist spots in Yamanashi-ken and Okutama be after new year?
I'll be renting a car on January 2nd in Tokyo, to escape into the countryside for a day. Starting in west Tokyo, my choice is pretty much Yamanashi-ken. The question is, how many people's choice will ...
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Can you travel by car from Europe to the Middle East?
Is it possible to go on a road trip by car from, let's say, Berlin, Germany to Doha in Qatar or Dubai in the UAE?
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How can I do a "broad" search for flights?
Several airline and trip planning sites will allow you to check "I am flexible with my dates" or a similar option. Is there any way to also search more broadly for location?
For example, if you ...
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Preparing in case ATM/debit cards might go missing during a long trip
I've been pickpocketed twice and had debit cards swallowed by ATMs twice over the past decade or so. I've also had cards expire during a long trip.
For my upcoming trip which I envision will last ...
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Is there a good website to plan a trip via trains in Europe?
My wife and I have decided to move across Europe by train.
Do you know of any good sites for planning a trip via train (schedule and maybe prices)?
We're going to go across Europe from east (Russia ...
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Travel by sea from Kochi to New York
I was wondering if it would be possible to travel from India to the United States by sea. Here are the considerations I had in mind:
Is this even possible? Which companies offer passenger cruises? ...
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How to spot fake reviews on TripAdvisor?
I know that review sites like TripAdvisor have fake reviews (some hotels more than others) - how can I make sure I am looking at the 'real' reviews as using TripAdvisor can be very tricky to filter ...
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How can I find out where to buy uncommon (for the location) items while traveling?
I'm looking for ways to find brick&mortar stores where I can buy a given item in person, in a given city. For example,
Q: Where can I find kale in Cancun? (A: at Chedraui)
Q: Where can I buy a ...
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What's the use of trains that spend 6+ hours of daytime en route? [closed]
There's such thing as "a daytime train" - a train which runs all the route during daytime. Some of them run really long routes - 500-700 kilometers - and a train spends 6-8 hours en route to run such ...
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How to understand quality of Google Maps transport info in advance?
Traveling around Europe I grew to rely more and more on Google Maps (GMaps) public transport data. That is if I am in a new city and need to get from A to B, GMaps is normally very effective in ...
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how to find the best city to meet people from across the globe? [closed]
I have a group of friends who live across the globe in different cities. We're like a family, lived together for about 4-5 years in Tokyo. But people moved on to their next cities for work or ...
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What are the legal consequences for a tourist who runs out of gas on the Autobahn?
There are many international travelers and tourists that enjoy driving cars on Germany's Autobahn every day, some of them would be unaware that running out of gas on the autobahn is illegal.
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How to tell if a travel location is "affordable"?
Disclaimer: The locations are just examples to set up the question and all prices are made up for the sake of the example and question.
Background: Let's say I want to visit London or Busan, and my ...
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Is "Google flights" a fraud page?
I was looking for flights and came across the site
https://www.google.com/travel/flights
a google service searching for flights. But this looks like a scam/fraud page to me! I found a flight on this ...
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Some problems in planning a trip to Tunisia
I was planning a trip to Tunisia in September, but I've encountered some issues. My plan is to arrive in Tunis, stay there for a few days, then take a bus or a train to Tozeur, spend a few days there, ...
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train planning using 3rd party HAFAS ReST interface frontends
Apart from various official sources such at bahn.de, sbb.ch, or bene-system, there exists a HAFAS ReST Interface that offers options that are not presented in the typical web frontends. For example, ...
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Celebrating the same new year several times over?
Is there a commercial service offered to general public that allows you to celebrate the new year several times?
The idea is that you would celebrate it in a time-zone and than move to the next one ...
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Flight Search from anywhere to a specific destination
Many flight search engines allow you to pick a departure airport and search for flights to anywhere. E.g. Google flights gives you a nice map with prices next to destinations for a set of dates and an ...
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Travel options from London to Edinburgh
I plan to travel from London to Edinburgh this November and want to know the fastest option to travel from London to Edinburgh
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Can I use Google Maps traffic information to estimate driving time for a specific date/time?
In supported regions, Google Maps will tell me how long it will take to drive from A to B in current traffic conditions. It can also colour-code roads according to traffic conditions for a specific ...
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How to pay for things in Greece?
My boyfriend and I are headed to Greece (Athens for some time and islands for some time). We plan on bringing euros that we ordered from our personal banks in the States. But I am curious what the ...
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How to plan a UK train route avoiding the tube?
Planning a train journey in the UK using any of the major booking services allows you to specify stations to avoid or travel via. I would like to avoid taking the tube. In this case it is only a ...
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How fast can one expect to travel in an ocean-going sailboat?
Assuming two different trips - one with a current and one without, what is a reasonable speed to assume for a journey?
First - Norfolk, VA to Bermuda to the Azores to Liverpool
Second - Liverpool to ...
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Navigating Daejeon, Korea as an English-speaker
I am considering a attending a scientific conference in Daejeon, South Korea but I only speak English. I would like some insight on how difficult the city is to navigate for a speaker of English-only.
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How do you prepare for long haul flights?
I'm always feeling a bit unwell during and after long haul flights. I lose my appetite, can't sleep in the plane, food has no taste no matter what. However, I'm pretty sure it's not the flying itself, ...
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Review of (free) budget travel apps
I usually control my costs of travelling with a spreadsheet.
Recently I have started using an app and I am really enjoying it. It's much easier to do: it does currency conversion, adds the location ...
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What are the options to travel between Marseille (France) and Sicily?
This summer I'll be in Marseille (France) to see friends and family, and we're thinking about visiting Sicily afterwards.
I'm actually weighing our options to go there with the following criteria :
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Is there a list of online public transportation planners?
For Oslo in Norway you can go to ruter.no, punch in where you are and where you want to go. It then gives you options on how to get from point A to point B using various public transportation (and ...
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Is there an easy way to calculate the total cost of tolls for a trip within the United States?
Is there a convenient way to calculate the cost of tolls between two arbitrary points within the United States? I'm planning to take a trip along the Eastern seaboard and will be passing through ...
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Driving through every country in Europe
I'm thinking about planning a trip where I drive though every country in Europe. I know that there are people who have driven though every state in the US. There is information online about their ...
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How can I tell hotels exist that aren't on the booking web sites?
There are a ton of sites out there to help book hotel rooms and to aggregate all the different sites to book hotel rooms. These companies make enough money to buy ads on TV, so I won't name them here. ...
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Can I live in Berlin comfortably for one month with 1,000 euros if housing is free? [closed]
I'm traveling to Germany in December. My budget is 1,000 euros. Housing will be free, because a friend of mine will let me stay at her house at no cost. I'm planning on partying around once a week, ...
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Getting into a fully booked hotel?
Perchance where I'm travelling to has really crappy availability in terms of vacancies for when I'm going. All of the hotels near the area are fully booked for the weekend. I called the front desk for ...
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What food to take on a 3-4 day long hiking trip?
It should be easy to prepare, light and shouldn't go bad after few days in the heat. How much would it approximately weight? Lets say there won't be any grocery stores along the way (there will be, ...
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Which is the nearest airport if I have to travel to Harrow?
Which is the nearest Airport, if I have to travel to Harrow*?
* Harrow is a suburban town in the London Borough of Harrow, in the north-west of Greater London, England, 10.5 miles northwest of ...
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How early should I get to the Oktoberfest tents to get in without a reservation?
Oktoberfest tents are super-crowded and it's recommended that people arrive early. However several websites disagree over what 'early' is. Oktoberfest.de says:
Of course you can also enter the ...
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Paranoid about missing my return flight home from Rome. What to do?
I haven't been to Europe in 11 years. My wife and I (and our 8 year old son) will be taking a trip to Italy this late November. We will be traveling from Venice to Florence to Rome. We will be ...
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How to figure if it is safe to travel to the area I am interested in?
When planning a trip, I like to make sure I will feel safe enough (I am talking about war/terrorism risk, not pickpockets), or at least I like to have an idea about the risks. I know the risk could be ...
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Public transport planning in Fez, Morocco
Is there a resource that plans routes, or even a simple map with schedules of public transport in Fez?
I have looked it up, and I was unable to find it.
Rome to Rio, does this to a certain extent but ...
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Is buying train and bus tickets from a third-party website sensible?
I checked omio website for bus and train ticket. Does anybody know whether it is trustable and we can easily buy tickets?
Are these times Ok?
Is it risky to buy ticket in person when I want to leave? ...
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How to find dates of big events in any city? (e.g. to avoid price surge during trade fair)
Is there a resource that warns me for (almost) any city / destination when my travel dates coincide with some big event there?
Illustrative example: Say I want to travel to Frankfurt and I'm fairly ...
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How does one recover from a (personal) disaster while abroad, travel-wise?
I was watching the Bond flick Die Another Day last night. In it, Bond ends up in terrible shape, but manages to escape to the shores of Hong Kong, where he strolls into the lobby of a swanky hotel, is ...
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Timing a vacation in/around Milan, at the end of September [closed]
It seems like I'm going to attend a conference in Milan between September 29th and October 1st of this year. I'm thinking of extending my vacation by 3-4 days, and play tourist for a while; but - I'm ...
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