Travel planning, made practical.
Guides from the PlanTrippr team on how to use our free travel tools to plan smarter trips — one clear decision at a time, from passport checks to jet lag.
A plain-English guide to the six-month passport validity rule — which countries enforce it, why it exists, how the Schengen 3-month rule differs, and how to check your passport before you book.
Visa-free entry, e-visas, visas on arrival, and full visas — what a tourist visa is, what determines whether you need one, the documents commonly required, and how far in advance to apply.
A practical guide to stacking public holidays with weekends — reading holiday calendars, choosing dates, building a day-by-day itinerary that fits, and avoiding common short-trip mistakes.
A category-based approach to trip budgeting — accommodation, food, transport, activities and extras — with per-day and per-person estimates and tips to avoid underestimating.
How airline baggage allowances work — carry-on and checked size and weight limits, how low-cost carriers differ, and how to avoid paying for an oversize bag at the gate.
What the 100ml liquid rule covers, what counts as a liquid, the 3-1-1 limit, exemptions for medicines and baby items, and how new airport scanners are changing the rules.
The two problems every traveller faces — plug shape and voltage — the main plug types, why voltage matters, the difference between an adapter and a converter, and how to avoid frying a device.
How the rolling 180-day window works, how to count your days, why leaving and re-entering does not reset the clock, and worked examples for single and multi-entry trips.
What a minimum connection time is, what makes a layover tight or safe, why big hubs need more time, and what to do with a long layover — with general time guidelines and a worked example.
What a transit visa is, the airside-versus-landside distinction that decides whether you need one, what changes when you leave the airport, and how to check your requirement by nationality.
How your body clock works, why light is the master lever, why flying east is harder than west, and a practical light-and-sleep plan to arrive functional instead of wiped out.
Which flights qualify under EU261 and UK261, how much compensation is commonly available, what counts as extraordinary circumstances, your right to care, and how to claim.
Where tipping is expected, where it is included, where it can cause offence, and how much to tip by service type and country — with three broad patterns and a worked example.
How eSIMs work, the difference from a physical SIM, which phones support it, how to choose a data plan, and how to keep your home number while staying online abroad without roaming fees.
A step-by-step checklist for first-time international travellers — passport validity, visa checks, budgets, packing, layovers, jet lag and arrival tips — with the free PlanTrippr tool that handles each step.
A walk through PlanTrippr's 14 free travel tools and how each one turns a common trip-planning question into a quick, confident answer — from passport validity and visa requirements to budgets, layovers and jet lag.