What should I know before my trip to Sao Paulo? [more inside]
posted on May 31, 2008 - 9 answers

What's the best and safest way to travel through some rather sketchy parts of Africa with a sizable chunk of cash? [more inside]
posted on Jul 9, 2007 - 14 answers

What is there to do in Capetown? I mean I plan on buying a cool cape from one of the legendary cape tailors of cape town but after that...what do I do? [more inside]
posted on Oct 30, 2006 - 8 answers

A friend of mine is a felon. He has been convicted twice, but he would like to travel internationally. Does the US government issue passports to felons? Do they even care? Does the type of felony even matter? Is there any hope!!?
posted on Aug 13, 2005 - 4 answers

TravelFilter: We're going to spend about two weeks around New Years in Northern France (no specific itinerary yet). We're renting a car to get around, which is new for me and leads to my question: all the internet resources, guidebooks, etc say that the problem of theft from cars is significant in France. We will have a couple backpacks sitting in a hatchback, so they should be pretty easy to see if we leave them in the car.

Is theft as big a problem as "they" say, given our destination and time of year? If so, any ideas on what to do with the bags? Are there still luggage lockers at the train stations, or do those no longer exist? Any other tips and things to do in Northern France at that time appreciated as well...
posted on Dec 19, 2004 - 11 answers