Guides
Guides for your first trip abroad
Honest, sourced and updated: every guide names its sources and the date it was last checked. No made-up prices or ratings.
Before you go
- Staying connected abroad: an eSIM guide for first-time travelersWhat an eSIM is, how to check your phone, when to install it, and how much data you’ll really use.
- Your first trip to Accra, Ghana: a first-timer's guidePlanning your first trip to Accra? Ghana's e-visa, yellow fever rule, money, transport, heritage sites and safety, checked against official sources.
- Your first trip to Bangkok: a first-timer's guidePlanning your first trip abroad to Bangkok? Entry rules, the TDAC, airports, getting around, temple etiquette and safety, checked against official sources.
- How to plan your first trip abroad, step by stepNever traveled internationally? A free, honest step-by-step guide: passport, visas, budget, flights, health, money, phone data and packing checklist.
Country guides
Places to see, official travel advice, local tips and phrases, from credited sources.
- Ghana · 94 places
- Vietnam · 190 places
- Thailand · 319 places
- Japan · 229 places
- Greece · 180 places
- Portugal · 200 places
- Kenya · 159 places
- Morocco · 190 places
- Egypt · 200 places
- Italy · 239 places
- Tanzania · 144 places
- Senegal · 74 places
- France · 230 places
- Spain · 230 places
- Mexico · 160 places
- Brazil · 179 places
- Colombia · 120 places
- Costa Rica · 79 places
- Jamaica · 68 places
- Dominican Republic · 100 places
- Barbados · 57 places
- United Arab Emirates · 118 places
- Jordan · 20 places
- Australia · 20 places
- New Zealand · 20 places
- South Korea · 219 places
- Philippines · 110 places
- Bali · 21 places
- Türkiye · 180 places
- United Kingdom · 200 places
- South Africa · 120 places
- Ethiopia · 138 places
- Bahamas · 46 places
- Zanzibar · 8 places
- Afghanistan · 20 places
- Åland Islands · 19 places
- Albania · 20 places
- Algeria · 20 places
- American Samoa · 12 places
- Andorra · 17 places
- Angola · 20 places
- Anguilla · 8 places
- Antarctica · 20 places
- Antigua & Barbuda · 20 places
- Argentina · 20 places
- Armenia · 20 places
- Aruba · 20 places
- Austria · 20 places
- Azerbaijan · 20 places
- Bahrain · 20 places
- Bangladesh · 20 places
- Belarus · 20 places
- Belgium · 20 places
- Belize · 20 places
- Benin · 19 places
- Bermuda · 20 places
- Bhutan · 19 places
- Bolivia · 20 places
- Bosnia & Herzegovina · 20 places
- Botswana · 20 places
- Bouvet Island · 9 places
- British Indian Ocean Territory · 4 places
- British Virgin Islands · 10 places
- Brunei · 20 places
- Bulgaria · 20 places
- Burkina Faso · 12 places
- Burundi · 18 places
- Cambodia · 20 places
- Cameroon · 20 places
- Canada · 20 places
- Cape Verde · 20 places
- Caribbean Netherlands · 18 places
- Cayman Islands · 14 places
- Central African Republic · 6 places
- Chad · 16 places
- Chile · 20 places
- China · 279 places
- Christmas Island · 3 places
- Cocos Islands · 4 places
- Comoros · 7 places
- Congo (DRC) · 20 places
- Congo (Republic) · 15 places
- Cook Islands · 10 places
- Côte d’Ivoire · 20 places
- Croatia · 20 places
- Cuba · 20 places
- Curaçao · 19 places
- Cyprus · 20 places
- Czechia · 20 places
- Denmark · 20 places
- Djibouti · 16 places
- Dominica · 16 places
- Ecuador · 20 places
- El Salvador · 20 places
- Equatorial Guinea · 19 places
- Eritrea · 17 places
- Estonia · 20 places
- Eswatini · 10 places
- Falkland Islands · 20 places
- Faroe Islands · 20 places
- Fiji · 14 places
- Finland · 20 places
- French Guiana · 19 places
- French Polynesia · 20 places
- French Southern and Antarctic Lands · 15 places
- Gabon · 14 places
- Gambia · 20 places
- Georgia · 20 places
- Germany · 20 places
- Gibraltar · 20 places
- Greenland · 20 places
- Grenada · 13 places
- Guadeloupe · 20 places
- Guam · 20 places
- Guatemala · 20 places
- Guernsey · 20 places
- Guinea · 10 places
- Guinea-Bissau · 11 places
- Guyana · 20 places
- Haiti · 20 places
- Heard Island & McDonald Islands · 16 places
- Honduras · 20 places
- Hong Kong · 20 places
- Hungary · 20 places
- Iceland · 20 places
- India · 20 places
- Indonesia · 170 places
- Iran · 20 places
- Iraq · 20 places
- Ireland · 20 places
- Isle of Man · 20 places
- Israel · 12 places
- Jersey · 19 places
- Kazakhstan · 20 places
- Kiribati · 12 places
- Kosovo · 20 places
- Kuwait · 15 places
- Kyrgyzstan · 20 places
- Laos · 20 places
- Latvia · 20 places
- Lebanon · 20 places
- Lesotho · 16 places
- Liberia · 10 places
- Libya · 20 places
- Liechtenstein · 18 places
- Lithuania · 20 places
- Luxembourg · 20 places
- Macao · 20 places
- Madagascar · 20 places
- Malawi · 20 places
- Malaysia · 20 places
- Maldives · 11 places
- Mali · 13 places
- Malta · 20 places
- Marshall Islands · 8 places
- Martinique · 17 places
- Mauritania · 14 places
- Mauritius · 20 places
- Mayotte · 12 places
- Micronesia · 13 places
- Moldova · 20 places
- Monaco · 9 places
- Mongolia · 20 places
- Montenegro · 20 places
- Montserrat · 6 places
- Mozambique · 20 places
- Myanmar · 20 places
- Namibia · 20 places
- Nauru · 4 places
- Nepal · 20 places
- Netherlands · 20 places
- New Caledonia · 13 places
- Nicaragua · 20 places
- Niger · 14 places
- Nigeria · 75 places
- Niue · 3 places
- Norfolk Island · 6 places
- North Korea · 20 places
- North Macedonia · 20 places
- Northern Mariana Islands · 15 places
- Norway · 20 places
- Oman · 20 places
- Pakistan · 20 places
- Palau · 15 places
- Palestine · 17 places
- Panama · 20 places
- Papua New Guinea · 20 places
- Paraguay · 20 places
- Peru · 20 places
- Pitcairn Islands · 5 places
- Poland · 20 places
- Puerto Rico · 65 places
- Qatar · 20 places
- Réunion · 20 places
- Romania · 20 places
- Russia · 20 places
- Rwanda · 20 places
- Samoa · 17 places
- San Marino · 15 places
- São Tomé & Príncipe · 16 places
- Saudi Arabia · 19 places
- Serbia · 20 places
- Seychelles · 13 places
- Sierra Leone · 17 places
- Singapore · 20 places
- Sint Maarten · 4 places
- Slovakia · 20 places
- Slovenia · 20 places
- Solomon Islands · 14 places
- Somalia · 12 places
- South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands · 19 places
- South Sudan · 15 places
- Sri Lanka · 20 places
- St. Barthélemy · 8 places
- St. Helena, Ascension & Tristan da Cunha · 17 places
- St. Kitts & Nevis · 20 places
- St. Lucia · 14 places
- St. Martin · 7 places
- St. Pierre & Miquelon · 7 places
- St. Vincent & Grenadines · 12 places
- Sudan · 15 places
- Suriname · 20 places
- Svalbard & Jan Mayen · 20 places
- Sweden · 20 places
- Switzerland · 20 places
- Syria · 20 places
- Taiwan · 20 places
- Tajikistan · 20 places
- Timor-Leste · 18 places
- Togo · 12 places
- Tokelau · 5 places
- Tonga · 15 places
- Trinidad & Tobago · 20 places
- Tunisia · 20 places
- Turkmenistan · 20 places
- Turks & Caicos Islands · 8 places
- Tuvalu · 4 places
- U.S. Outlying Islands · 4 places
- U.S. Virgin Islands · 20 places
- Uganda · 20 places
- Ukraine · 20 places
- United States · 20 places
- Uruguay · 20 places
- Uzbekistan · 20 places
- Vanuatu · 18 places
- Vatican City · 20 places
- Venezuela · 20 places
- Wallis & Futuna · 10 places
- Western Sahara · 8 places
- Yemen · 20 places
- Zambia · 20 places
- Zimbabwe · 20 places
City guides
- Bangkok, Thailand
- Accra, Ghana
- Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
- Hanoi, Vietnam
- Kyoto, Japan
- Lisbon, Portugal
- Marrakesh, Morocco
- Chiang Mai, Thailand
- Da Nang, Vietnam
- Mexico City, Mexico
- Limón, Costa Rica
- San José, Costa Rica
- Nairobi, Kenya
- Mombasa, Kenya
- Dakar, Senegal
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- São Paulo, Brazil
- Banjul, Gambia
- Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
- Jakarta, Indonesia