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Wine Delivery from Europe: How To Get The Best Wine to Your Doorstep Traveling is amazing and the things you try while you travel are unforgettable. There are times where you wish that you can get another taste of those unforgettable things but you can’t exactly just get on a plane and go to Tuscany …
3 Reasons Why You Should Book Your Europe Vacation TODAY Thank you, Travelocity for sponsoring this post on EuropeUpClose about why you should book your Europe Vacation TODAY. While this was a sponsored opportunity from Travelocity, all content and opinions expressed here are my own. Do you have vacation plans for this summer yet? Summer …
A Year in Review & A Big Reveal for 2018 2017 is coming to an end, and like most people during this time of sparkly lights, festive parties, and scrumptious Holiday buffets, I like to reflect on the past year. Was it good? Was it bad? What can I do better in the coming year? For …
As frequent travelers, we have tried all kinds of different gadgets, and resources. Here are our travel gear & resources that we use to book our trips.
After you’ve decided where to go and how you’ll get there, the big question is where to stay. A hotel is still the most popular choice, but there are other options, and plenty of savvy travelers are choosing to rent an apartment or house. My recent trip to France is a good example of the …
For years, I flew from point A to point B without even thinking about the cities in which I had layovers. In Europe, I had stopovers in London, Paris, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, and more, and I never really thought about the fact that these cities’ magnificent sights and cultures lay just outside the airport walls. Then …
My husband, Bill, and I had never hired a private tour guide before our recent trip to Italy. In the past, we read our guidebooks, consulted the internet, and reviewed EuropeUpClose.com to see what our writers had to say. We then did our own thing. We have also been part of large group tours, but this experience showed us the value …
Looking for affordable hotels for solo travelers? It’s a sad but inevitable fact that a solo traveler’s budget can suffer serious dents when it comes to accommodation. Nice, comfortable, single rooms are either not available at all or cost an arm and a leg. Many hotels will rent you a double room for use as …
This trip planning guide is written for independent vacationers: people who want to travel on their own to a destination and then just soak it up. You may also be interested in The Budget Traveler’s Guide To Planning a Trip to Europe. In creating your dream vacation, you can certainly rely on the internet to …
Most European cities are as safe as any major city in the US, but tourists can be a target for petty crime like pick-pocketing and rarely more violent crimes like mugging. There’s no fool-proof way to avoid being the victim of a crime, but you can reduce your risk by staying alert and heeding the …