Guides

• Planning
• Tickets
• Transfers

Ticket only, or ticket plus transfer? A decision guide

Bundling an attraction ticket with a private transfer is not automatically cheaper — it is automatically simpler. Here is how...

• Hanoi
• Transfers
• Vietnam

Hanoi to Ha Long Bay: the transfer decision matters more than the cruise

Most people book the cruise first and the transfer last. That is backwards. The drive from Hanoi to the marina...

• Itineraries
• Japan
• Kansai

Kansai in five days: Osaka, Kyoto, Nara and Kobe without the train puzzle

Four cities, one base, and a car that stays with you. Kansai is the rare Japanese itinerary where a private...

• Bangkok
• City guides
• Thailand

Bangkok in one day by private car: the sequence that actually works

Bangkok has three traffic peaks and two of its best temples sit on the same river bank. Get the order...