A six-step method for building a day-by-day plan that is detailed where it counts and loose everywhere else, with worked examples for Rome, three European capitals and a national parks road trip.
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A practical method for building a multi-city trip: count the transit tax, cut the weakest city, choose train or flight by door-to-door time, and book the long flight open-jaw. Includes worked routes for Italy, the Northeast and Japan.
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A long weekend, a week and two weeks need different plans. Here are the frameworks for building an itinerary that fits the time you actually have.
You will find how to make a travel itinerary, plan a multi-city trip and structure a one- or two-week vacation.
A realistic itinerary has about two main activities a day, one meal you look forward to and slack for weather. Weekend trips fit one place, a week fits two or three, and two weeks fit a region.
Build the skeleton first: flights, bases and any timed tickets. Then fill the days.
Start with: How to make a travel itinerary, Multi-city planning
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