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Whether your passport needs a visa or form for each country, and how early.

The steps for your passport and destination: the official portal, documents, photo, fee, timing, common refusals, and how to avoid paid middlemen.

Whether you can extend or re-enter, and whether a run is worth the risk.

Who in a group on different passports needs a visa or form for a country, and who has to start first.

Which pre-arrival form or authorisation your trip needs (ESTA, UK ETA, eTA, ETIAS, K-ETA, NZeTA, digital arrival cards), what it costs, how early to apply and the one official site.

Whether the visa, ESTA or arrival-card site you landed on is the government one or a paid middleman, by pasting its address.

Which eGates, Global Entry, NEXUS, arrival apps and pre-registrations your passport can use, and which are worth joining.

What the US, UK, Canadian and Australian governments each say about a country, side by side, with the official links.

Whether vapes, gum, food, seeds, a drone or your cash can come into the country, and where the declaration line is.

Whether a place needs a permit beyond your visa, who issues it, whether you need a licensed operator, and how early to apply.

Checklist to register with STEP, Smartraveller, FCDO and other official systems before you go.

Which countries your passport enters without a visa for as many days as you want to stay.

For two nationalities, the entry rule each passport gets in every country on the trip, side by side, from the guide, with a link to the official source.

What the entry paperwork (ESTA, eTA, visa, entry card) costs for the whole trip on your passport, added up only where the fee is known, with the check date.

Which visa, permit or arrival form to apply for first on a multi-country trip, and the date to have each one by.

How much cash you must declare at the border in the US, Canada, UK, EU, Japan and New Zealand, and how to report it.

Whether your passport is valid long enough for the trip, and which documents to pack.

Whether your passport, visa, insurance, vaccination certificate and licence cover your trip dates, with act-by dates.

When to apply to renew your passport so it arrives before you fly, with standard and rush times and fees for US, UK, Canadian, Australian, NZ and Irish passports.

The photo size, background, head height and how recent it must be for a UK, Canadian or Australian passport, read from the official pages with the date we checked.

Passphrase-locked notes for policy and passport numbers on this device only.

A printable letter for a child travelling with one parent or another adult, and the countries that ask for one.

Which visa, ESTA or passport application needs attention next, and whether the decision will arrive before you travel.

Which flight desk to open — calendar, anywhere, separate tickets, awards, or a trip you already booked.

Whether to scan award space, check which programme you already have, or look at a seat map.

Which day and month is cheapest to fly between two airports.

How to read a fare-basis code, and whether a complex trip belongs in ITA Matrix.

Which of up to four fares is really cheapest once bags, seat, carry-on and card fees are added.

Whether a connection on two separate tickets is safe, and who pays if the first flight is late.

Whether your layover is long enough to go into town, and what fits.

Interactive cabin maps, seat warnings, and whether an upgrade or exit-row fee is worth it (UVS score).

Whether a lounge pass is already included, or a day room is the better buy.

What time to leave the hotel for your flight, with a calendar reminder.

When to sleep, seek light and stop coffee for 3 days before and after you fly.

Which airlines take your bag in the cabin for free.

Whether your bag meets a size and weight limit, and by how much it is over, with a checked-bag length + width + height total.

How much liquid, gel, baby food and medicine you can carry through security at your departure and connecting airports.

Whether your power bank or spare battery is allowed in the cabin, from its mAh and voltage, and what to do if it is over the limit.

Whether EU, UK, Canadian or US rules owe you money for a delayed, cancelled or overbooked flight, how much, and a claim letter.

The earliest time you can fly after your last dive, per conservative DAN guidance.

Who changes the ticket, who owes you care in a delay, who handles a lost bag when one airline sells and another flies.

Whether flying into one city and out of another beats a round trip plus the ride back, with the break-even fare.

A ready-to-paste request for wheelchair, vision, hearing or mobility help, and whether the airline has confirmed it.

When to drink, move, sleep and eat on a long flight, on both the departure and destination clocks.

What to do at each step from home to baggage claim if you have never flown, or flying makes you nervous.

What a country charges when you fly out, how it reaches you and whether it is about to change.

Whether you can cancel and rebook, using the official 24-hour rule and refund rules for cancelled or changed flights.

Which days leave too little room before a flight, or between landing and your first plan.

What an official page says about milk, formula and baby food at airport security, and about a lap infant on an airline.

What time to be at the airport by the airport's own advice, then how the wait you see today changes it.

How many GB of eSIM data to buy for your trip.

Whether a roaming day pass, a travel eSIM or a local SIM is cheapest for your days and GB, and the day it flips.

Before you fly: eSIM, roaming, offline maps, banking apps and backups so you stay online on the ground.

Which insurance covers you need, at what level, and what to ask before you buy.

Desk checklist by region — ask your clinician; not medical advice.

Whether your medicines are allowed where you're going, and the paperwork to carry.

How to shift or keep your daily medicine times when you cross time zones, as a plan to take to your clinician.

How step-free, wheelchair- and sensory-friendly a place is for your needs, plus the flight checklist.

Whether to drink the tap water, boil or filter it, or buy bottled, and what that means for ice.

How many units to carry for your days away plus a delay cushion, split across two bags, with a paperwork checklist.

Where your policy text mentions adventure sports, pre-existing conditions, altitude, water sports or alcohol. Runs in your browser only.

What the NHS and CDC say about flying while pregnant, clots, Zika and insurance, and what to ask your doctor.

Who pays first if you need a doctor abroad, what evacuation can cost and what to ask your insurer, from the CDC Yellow Book.

What to sort before you travel with a long-term condition: medicines, papers, insurance, airline and airport steps, from the CDC Yellow Book.

What to pack for your cities, months, plugs, health and bags.

Which socket adapters (and when a voltage converter) to pack for your home plugs and destination countries.

Whether to pack a car seat, crib, or stroller, or hire them where you land.

The dated steps to take a dog or cat to a country: microchip, rabies shot timing, health certificate window and airline limits.

What to sort before you fly and by when: passport, visa, insurance, eSIM, packing, check-in.

What to do with a big suitcase in a city: the rule that bans large bags on buses, where the lockers are and how forwarding works.

Whether an AirTag, Tile or smart bag can go in checked luggage under the FAA battery limits, with a limit check.

Whether you can drive there, which permit you need, and the speed and drink-drive limits.

Whether you may fly a drone in a country, what to register and which places are off limits.

Which rental-counter cover (CDW, LDW, SLI, theft) you can decline because your card or car policy already pays, and what to ask first.

What to have ready for each overland border: papers, cash, time and a tick list you can export.

What a paramedic needs to know about you, on one printable card kept on your device.

Export ICE contacts and medical notes as a phone contact file from the same local ICE card.

Which 30 phrases to learn first and when to review them: 7 days, about 5 minutes a day, from the guide's phrasebook with say-it-like hints and audio.

Where to look up a tour operator or travel agent on the official register, by country.

Which countries and cities fit your month, budget, trip length, interests and flight time.

Up to eight ranked city ideas from a desk list for your month, budget tier, passport, interests and flight cap — no AI.

Which places to try next, from the countries you have visited and want to see, your interests and home city, and your month, budget and trip length.

Which quieter, odd or overlooked places are worth a detour in this city.

Which of two cities suits your month, budget and bags better.

How much of the world (and each continent) you have seen, and where to go next.

Whether to book a room on Booking, Agoda, or the hotel's own site.

Whether to read Wikivoyage, an offline map, or a forum — and what each one will not tell you.

The guide's own read on a city: who it suits, who it does not, what it likes and hates about it, and what not to confuse it with.

The everyday facts for a city in one place: payments, tipping, SIM cards, plugs, drinking water, toilets, opening hours and health.

What the guide says a day costs in this city by price band, and what the guide says changes it for your style of trip.

How to call, get data and stay connected in this city, with the guide's own notes for each of those.

Whether this city suits the kind of traveller you are, with the guide's own notes for solo, women and lgbtq travellers.

The guide's own districts for a city: what each part is for, who it suits, the guide's note and the walking clusters inside it.

The guide's own scored areas for a city, with each priority it tracks scored 1-5 and the guide's reason for the score.

Which places fit a sentence like “warm, cheap, 5 days in March”, ranked with the reason for each.

Which cities have the daytime temperature you want in the month you are going.

Which cities fit a daily budget per person in your month, cheapest first.

Which of two to six cities wins on cost, weather, month, entry rule and flight time.

Which cities feel like one you love, but cheaper, warmer, cooler or more upmarket.

Which places a city has beyond its first-visit top ten, quietest first, once you have seen the classics.

How to group your wishlist into trips by region, and which months suit every country in each group.

Which places and restaurants fit a group with young children, a stroller, a wheelchair, older travellers or a diet, and why the rest are hidden.

Which of the next 10 days are good for a hike, boat or dive day, beach, sightseeing or photography, with the rain, wind and temperature behind each verdict.

Which month suits a city: weather verdict, crowds, price level and festivals for all twelve, with gaps shown as unknown.

Which holidays and festivals hit your dates, and whether they close things or raise prices.

Which festivals and holidays happen worldwide in a month, and what they close or fill.

What to pack for a city in a given month: base, warmth, rain and sun layers from the guide's average highs, lows and rain days.

When the light is best (and when it is dark) for a city and dates.

How fast you can climb to Cusco, La Paz, Lhasa or Everest Base Camp without getting sick.

What local time and date you land, from take-off time, flight length and both time zones.

Whether the clocks change at home or at your destination during your trip, and which flights, alarms or reminders it can shift.

What to do in an earthquake, hurricane, wildfire, tsunami, flood, volcanic ash or extreme heat, and which apply to where you are going.

Which month to go by the guide's own verdict, with that month's climate in Fahrenheit and the seasons it writes.

The events the guide flags for a city, and what each one does to a visit that lands on it.

When a country's schools are out, so you can avoid or match local family crowds, from the education authority's own dates.

Which whale, bear, crane, elk or puffin seasons the official source puts in your travel month, and the page it comes from.

What a Kp number means for where the northern lights have been seen, what else you need besides Kp, and the official forecast to open on the night.

Which meteor showers peak in your travel month, what the Moon does to each peak, and the Moon phase dates, from the International Meteor Organization.

When cherry blossom and fall colour usually arrive, from the agency or tourism office that publishes the dates.

Whether your dates fall inside each resort's published 2026-27 season.

Which hours of the day are easy or hard in a city, from the guide's crowd figures, the sun's height and daylight.

About what a short city break costs per person in the guide's price bands, for your nights and travel style.

What a stay really costs per night after taxes, resort fees, city tax, parking and breakfast, for up to four hotels side by side.

What a multi-month or round-the-world trip costs in your currency, per month and per country, and where it could cost less.

How much overnight tourist tax you will pay in a city for your nights and party, and whether the hotel collects it.

How much alcohol, tobacco and shopping you can bring home without paying duty.

Whether to pay with points or cash, from cents-per-point value, taxes and fees.

Split a trip bill among friends in several currencies, with manual exchange rates, and who pays whom.

Track target prices for flights, hotels and trains you are watching; update last seen yourself and see what hit your target.

How many Schengen days you have left, your last legal exit day, and whether the next trip fits.

How many days you have used and have left in each country with a stay limit (UK, Thailand, Japan, Mexico and others), and your last legal day.

How much of your booked trip you could not get back today, and the dates when more of it gets locked in.

Which of your points and miles balances expire first, and when to act before they do.

Who qualifies for a student, youth, senior, child or military discount on a pass or card, and where the issuer says to get it.

What to book when, day by day, saved on this device.

A day-by-day first draft from Voykit's own places, checked against hours and closures.

The ten places the guide ranks for a first visit, with why each is worth your time, how long it takes and what it costs.

The guide's own timed plan for a day, two days or a week in the city, and what it says to leave out.

How many days the guide says this city needs, what each extra day buys you, and where the plan runs out.

The day trips out of a city, each with the guide's own line on how to get there, how long it takes and what it says.

What is wrong with a plan you wrote elsewhere: closed days, missed hours, tight transfers, packed days, backtracking, holidays, strikes and missing bookings.

Which tickets, tables, tours and beds to book now for your date, and how far ahead.

Which bookings you can still cancel for free and the next deadline to act on.

When online check-in opens and closes for your flight, and the reminder time to set.

One page with your flights, hotels, local emergency numbers, embassy and insurance line, ready to print or save offline.

Which places you want to go someday, grouped on boards with notes and tags, before any trip exists.

Save a guide URL and get a rough signal when the page text changes on the site.

Whether to buy a sight, a show, a rail pass, or an eSIM from the operator or from a reseller.

What to add on top of a rental-car daily rate, and when a lower rate is worth rebooking.

Whether a port call is long enough to leave the ship, and what to check about the cabin.

Whether to book the group tour or do the trip yourself, for your party size.

How many driving days, where to sleep, and where to fill up or charge on the way.

What happens on which day of your saved trip: flights, hotels, planned days, form dates and your own deadlines.

How your trip went in numbers: days, places, saved plans and spending against your budget.

Who handles the tickets, the stays, the money and the papers on a group trip, and what each person needs to remember.

Whether each day of your saved trip still works, with the reason for every point taken off.

Which stops in a day are exposed to rain, heat or cold, and which indoor places nearby could take their slot.

Start a trip from one of the guide's ready-made day plans: preview it, then add it to your trips in the planner.

Which way to travel between two places (flight, train, bus, ferry or car) by door-to-door time or cost.

Whether two regions usually have a nonstop, a one-stop, or a train you should check first.

How far, how long and how much CO₂ a flight is, and whether a train runs instead.

How to cross a land border: hours, visa on arrival or e-visa at that post, transport across and the scams to expect.

Whether a rail pass beats single tickets for your European train legs, after seat reservations.

Whether a Japan Rail Pass pays for your route.

Which rail desk to open for Europe, the UK, Japan, or Southeast Asia.

Whether to book ground travel on 12Go, Baolau, Omio, Trainline, or a city ride app.

Whether a sightseeing pass beats single tickets for the sights you will really visit.

Which free museum days and always-free places fall inside your trip.

Which rental is cheapest once insurance, young-driver and one-way fees, fuel, tolls and parking are counted.

What a drive costs in fuel or EV charging, from distance, consumption and price, in miles or kilometres.

How you actually get around a city: the guide's own default way in, whether a travel pass pays for itself, and when the last train home runs.

From the rides you expect in a city, whether single tickets, a day pass or a weekly pass costs least, using the guide's fares where it states them and yours where it does not.

What to do and avoid when greeting, eating, tipping and at temples, and whether your outfit gets you into the temple, mosque, church or onsen.

How to treat animals, people, money, water and crowds well in this country.

Whether you can trust this hotel or tour's reviews, and what to ask first.

How trains, festivals, food safety and storm seasons work across places.

Which multi-day walk, in which months, and whether you need a guide.

Which parts of a park you can see alone, which need a permit or operator, and when.

Which sites suit your certification, in which months, and how to pick a safe operator.

A short answer to a travel question, from Voykit's own guides, with the page section to check.

How many stops a day suit an easier pace in a city, which places are step-free, and what to ask about medicines and insurance.

Show a driver your hotel address in the local language, call the hotel, or book a ride back.

What is closest to where you are standing, and whether it is open.

The nearest laundry, luggage storage, ATM, SIM shop, post office, Wi-Fi work spot, baby-changing table or free water.

The nearest public toilet, with walk time, fee and wheelchair access where mapped.

What is open now, or at 22:30, sorted by closing time.

What odd, old or overlooked thing is within a short walk of where you're standing.

Which line to take, and whether you'll make the last train or need a night bus.

The latest time to leave a day trip to catch the last train, bus or ferry back, with a bad-day buffer.

The latest time to start a hike and still finish before dark.

The ways to get from the airport to town (train, bus, taxi, rideshare), with time, price band and the last service.

Which self-guided walk to take, read aloud stop by stop.

Which transit card to get, or whether your own card works at the gates.

The places the guide says close on the day you are there, and the full weekly list so the page still works on any day.

What you pay if you ride without a valid ticket in a city, how it drops if you pay early, and the operator page it comes from.

Walking, train and taxi side by side for two places in one city: walking time from the distance, the guide's fare lines, and your own train and taxi times.

How to say a place, food stop or area name in the local language, with your device's own voice, and the written name to show a driver.

How to tell a licensed taxi or ride-hail car from an unlicensed one in a city, what can be hailed, and the official page it comes from.

Short polite hotel and restaurant messages in Spanish, French, Italian, German or Japanese: running late, change or cancel, ask about an allergy. Needs native review.

What the common signs say (exit, push, pull, no smoking, danger, toilets, closed) in six languages, with pronunciation. Needs native review.

The nearest vegetarian or vegan places, whether they are open, and the local word for vegetarian.

Which places to eat in a city the guide lists for your diet or allergy, which to ask about first, and what to say in the local language.

How to say what you don't eat, and the hidden ingredients to avoid, in the local language.

Which kinds of places the country guide says are on a midday break, shut for the day or closed on a weekday, with the guide's own wording and a check tag where it is uncertain.

Whether to book a table on TheFork, OpenTable, or by asking the restaurant.

What a menu or sign says, with prices in your currency; the photo stays on your phone.

How a price is said in the local language, and whether you can understand it by ear.

Whether the price you were just quoted is fair, a bit high or a tourist price.

Whether the fare a driver quoted is in the range our guide gives for the city, with night, airport, toll and luggage extras shown only where the guide states them, and check where it does not.

How much to tip for a meal, ride, porter, guide, bar or salon, and each person's share in your currency.

A printable table of ten reference prices in local money and yours, with a quick mental-maths rule for the rate.

Which card to show a doctor, pharmacist, waiter or driver: health, medicine, diet, phrase, I'm lost, driver and city cards in one place.

The drinking areas of the city, how late each one runs, the real curfew and the local rules.

Which markets there are, what each one sells, when it is open, whether you can bargain and how tax-free shopping works here.

When locals eat and when kitchens are open in a city, in the guide's own words, and whether the hour you have in mind fits.

The signs of a stall worth eating at, how to choose, and the guide's dishes and hygiene notes for a city. A checklist, not medical advice.

What is in a dish and which of the 14 allergens it points to, from a named source, so you know what to ask the kitchen.

What the destination's tourism body says about tipping, service charges and manners at the table.

Your blood type, allergies and medicines on one card in English and the local language.

Pharmacy, doctor or emergency room for your symptom, the hospitals the guide lists, your insurer's hotline and what to bring.

The nearest pharmacy, whether it is open, and what to show the pharmacist.

When it's cool enough to walk, how much water to carry and when to reapply sunscreen.

Which number to call for police, ambulance or fire in each country, one tap to dial.

Your embassy or consulate nearby, its official page and 24/7 line, and what to do if your passport is lost.

The safest way home after 22:00 in a city, from the guide's last transport, taxis, areas flagged after dark and emergency numbers, plus a checklist.

Set a time to check in with someone you trust; if you miss it, the page raises an alarm and prefills the text or WhatsApp message.

The laws that surprise visitors: drinking age and public drinking, vaping, cannabis, photography, drones and dress.

The hard rules in a city that get a visitor in trouble, and which parts of town are calm by day and which are not after dark.

How to dial home from abroad and a local number from your phone: country codes, the + prefix and free calling over Wi-Fi.

What time it is at home and in your cities, and the best time to call home.

Your clothing and shoe size in JP, EU, UK, US and VN; °C, km, kg, litres.

A two-minute multiple-choice round on the scams the guide lists for a city or country, with the guide's advice explained after each question.

What the lifeguard bodies and weather services say about beach flags and rip currents where you are swimming, and the page it comes from.

What the official sources say about thunderstorms in the mountains, and where the avalanche and mountain-weather bulletins are for the region you are heading to.

The park's own page for current trail, road and closure status, and what that page covers.

When to see a provider after feeling ill following travel, what the CDC says about fever and malaria areas, and a travel-history sheet to take with you.

How much cash to carry for the first days and when to use card or ATM instead.

The best withdrawal size and the cost of accepting a home-currency (DCC) offer.

How much VAT you get back as a visitor, and where to claim it.

Whether your tax-free receipts add up to the minimum spend at each shop, and how many days you have left to claim.

How much you can spend each remaining day to stay on budget, in local money and yours.

What you have spent so far in your own currency, by day and by category, and how much of your budget is left.

Whether your card statement has repeated charges, foreign-transaction fees or currency-conversion markups, checked in your browser.

What to claim for a work trip: receipts in any currency totalled in one, missing receipts flagged, CSV and print.

How each central bank says to check its notes, and what it says about older ones.

Every crisis and refund tool in one place: flights, health, lost items, insurance, disputes.

Where to cancel or claim a refund, who to contact, what to write, and what evidence to keep when a flight, hotel, train, tour or activity is cancelled.

Track each open refund: status, checklist, deadline and how much is still pending.

A dated log of every email, call and chat with airlines, hotels and insurers, ready to paste into a claim.

EU and UK-style delay and cancellation compensation: thresholds, steps, and a claim email.

Whether you told the insurer in time, and what proof to gather in the first 24–48 hours.

The papers to collect, what to do in the first 24 hours, what insurers often refuse, and a claim letter for medical, cancellation, baggage, theft or a missed connection.

Your rights and the dates for a card dispute when a hotel walks you, a rental car is charged for damage, a tour does not show or a prepaid booking fails, plus letters to send.

Your complaint deadline, the most the airline has to pay, what to do at the airport, and a letter to send.

Where to report a lost phone, bag or wallet, what to write, and what evidence to keep for insurance.

What to photograph at pickup and return so unfair damage charges are easier to fight.

Which scams to expect in a city or country, and what to do when one starts.

Your day at a glance: plan, weather, what is shut, holidays, official strike notices and when to leave.

What happened each day, by city and trip, kept on your device, with a route map (GPX/KML) and a printable photo book.

Whether your packed items fit the bag's weight allowance, by how much you are over, and what to drop.

Which ride, map, payment, transit and food apps work in the country, with the official app-store links.

Whether you need luggage storage, a day room, a terminal plan, or a Japan bag delivery.

Which spot to shoot at what hour, and the tip the guide gives for each one.

The guide's own notes on this city with children: where to go, how the transport handles a stroller, and what is hard.

One printable card for a city: emergency numbers, airport-to-centre fares, the address phrase and the embassy note.

The stations, the platforms and the gates the guide gives, with the lines that are the wrong platform and the exits that save a walk.

What to say (and show) in the local language.

What to carry for one day out: gear for the weather (live forecast or monthly average), cash and papers, and extras for today's plan, ticked off as you pack.

The steps from the plane door to your hotel, by airport (immigration, bags, SIM, cash, the way into town, check-in), with the guide's typical and bad-day minutes and a tick for each.

If you land at a given time: when you reach the door, whether the last train or bus still runs, and which places with known hours you can still see on day one.

Which places in your plan shut within the next hour, or have already shut today, from the guide's opening hours and the city's own clock.

Which of the guide's photo spots are a short walk from where you start, when the sun sets on your date, and when to leave.

How Sundays, public holidays and Ramadan change shop and restaurant hours where you are going, from the government's own page.

Which gestures and behaviour a country's own tourism body asks visitors to avoid.

Which of a city's photo spots to shoot when on your date, lined up against that day's golden hour and blue hour.

What is within a 5, 10 and 15 minute walk of a sight, a hotel area or any point, as straight-line circles.

Which visa route fits your passport and stay.

Card, cash or ATM: the cheapest way to pay.

Which data plan to buy before you land.