Discover
Travel guides, review sites, hiking maps, World Heritage sites, climate data and offbeat ideas for choosing where to go and what to see.
- Lonely Planet lonelyplanet.com
- Wikivoyage en.wikivoyage.org
- Atlas Obscura atlasobscura.com
November 2026 edition · links checked
Travel resources worth bookmarking
Nine short lists for choosing a destination, booking a bed, getting around and staying safe, plus fact sheets for 91 countries. Each month every link is checked again, and the changes are noted below.
31 countries list November among their best months to visit. Some are for skiing, northern lights or Christmas markets, so read each country's note. Where to go in November and December.
Visas & entry
How to check which visa or travel authorisation you need, and the official government sites for ETAs, the EU EES and ETIAS, and digital arrival cards.
- UK Foreign Travel Advice gov.uk
- Government of Canada: travel advice travel.gc.ca
- GOV.UK: check if you need a UK visa gov.uk
Plan & pack
Route planners, entry requirements, currency and time zone tools, activity booking, packing advice and food guides for planning a trip.
- Rome2Rio rome2rio.com
- Booking.com booking.com
- XE Currency Converter xe.com
Travel
Flight search and tracking, seat maps, trains, buses, car rental, carpooling and cheap flight deals for getting from A to B.
- Skyscanner skyscanner.com
- Kayak kayak.com
- Google Flights google.com
Accommodation
Where to book hostels, hotels and holiday rentals, how to check cancellation terms, plus house sitting, home swaps and free stays with locals.
- Booking.com booking.com
- Hostelworld hostelworld.com
- Airbnb airbnb.com
Safety
Is it safe to travel there? Government travel advisories, health advice, what to check in travel insurance, emergency numbers and how to spot booking scams.
- U.S. Department of State travel.state.gov
- UK Foreign Travel Advice gov.uk
- Government of Canada travel.gc.ca
Budget & solo
Budget planning, money abroad and solo travel: cost data, rail passes and government safety advice for solo and women travellers.
- Wikivoyage: Budget travel en.wikivoyage.org
- Numbeo cost of living numbeo.com
- Interrail interrail.com
Digital nomad
City comparisons, internet speeds, remote-work visa pages, tax residency rules, coliving and health insurance for remote workers who travel.
- Nomads.com nomads.com
- Numbeo numbeo.com
- Speedtest Global Index speedtest.net
Sustainability
Eco certification schemes, flight-free trips by train, flight carbon calculators, responsible tour operators and Leave No Trace guidance.
All 12 Sustainability linksPlanning guides
Before you book
- Where to go, month by month
Which of our 91 countries are in season for the month you can travel.
- Is it safe to travel there?
How to read US, UK and Canadian travel advice, with official links for every country.
- Which review sites to trust
What Tripadvisor, Booking.com, Viator and GetYourGuide reviews can and cannot tell you.
- Is this travel website legit?
Eight quick checks before you book with a site you don't know, and what to do if you've already paid.
- Motorway vignettes
The official e-vignette shop and price for 8 European countries, and the resellers that add fees.
The year at a glance
How many countries are in season each month
Counts come from the best-time note on each country page. Pick a month for its list.
Edition notes
What changed in November
Each monthly link check is an edition. These are the changes worth knowing about.
- Added A one-sentence summary at the top of each country's quick facts, with its plug types, driving side, currency and emergency numbers.
- Added A few in-season picks from different continents at the top of each month guide, and a link to next month's guide on the homepage.
- Added Official registers for looking up a travel company in the UK, four US states, three Canadian provinces, Australia and the EU, in the guide to checking whether a travel website is legit.
- Added Country codes, such as GB, GBR, JP or CZE, in the filter on the countries page.
- Added Practical rules cited to the body that sets them on France's and Italy's pages: Crit'Air stickers, free-flow tolls, the compulsory vest and triangle, Calanques bookings, driving licences, traffic zones in Rome and Florence, the Amalfi Coast plate rule and the Pantheon ticket.
- Added Official tourism sites next to the Wikivoyage guides for most of France's and Italy's top destinations.
- Added Japan's National Police Agency and Fire and Disaster Management Agency as sources for its emergency numbers, next to UK government advice.
- Replaced Uncited tips on France's and Italy's pages with ones cited to the body that sets each rule, or to GOV.UK for safety warnings. Italy's Trevi Fountain line now cites the city's own page.
- Dropped Unsourced claims from France's and Italy's pages, such as cheapest early TGV fares, contactless tolls and restaurant cover charges.
- Corrected Venice's access fee: the 2026 trial has ended, and the page now points to the city's 2027 dates.
Country fact sheets
Official tourism, transport and park links, quick facts and practical tips for each country. Compare all 91 countries.
Africa
10 countries
Asia
- Cambodia
- China
- Georgia
- Hong Kong
- India
- Indonesia
- Israel
- Japan
- Jordan
- Laos
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Nepal
- Oman
- Philippines
- Qatar
- Singapore
- South Korea
- Sri Lanka
- Taiwan
- Thailand
- Turkey
- United Arab Emirates
- Uzbekistan
- Vietnam
25 countries
Europe
- Albania
- Austria
- Belgium
- Bulgaria
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Hungary
- Iceland
- Ireland
- Italy
- Malta
- Montenegro
- Netherlands
- Norway
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- United Kingdom
30 countries