Golden Week can make or break a China trip before you've even landed. Here's how to actually time it.

China is roughly the size of the continental US. Most first trips fail simply by trying to cover too much of it.

Macau is Portugal and China layered onto the same few square miles, with casinos bolted on top. Here's how to actually see all three.

Forty-eight hours is enough to cover Macau's two very different faces, if you sequence it right.

Mexico isn't a beach country that happens to have a capital. Mexico City alone could fill a full trip on its own.

Cancún and Tulum sit an hour apart and deliver almost opposite trips. Here's how to actually pick

The US isn't one trip, it's five or six completely different ones depending on which coast, or which desert, you pick.

Everyone asks which coast to visit first. The honest answer depends on what kind of American trip you actually want.

The national parks are the best reason to rent a car in America. Here's how to actually string a route together.

Spain's interior and coast run on almost opposite calendars. Here's how to actually time a trip around that.

Everyone asks which city to visit first. The honest answer depends on what kind of trip you actually want.

Most ten-day France trips try to cram in too much. Here's a route that actually gives each region room to breathe.

Everyone asks which city to visit first. The honest answer depends on what kind of trip you actually want.

Everyone asks which city to visit first. The honest answer depends on what kind of trip you actually want.

Portugal doesn't have one high season — it has four different ones depending on what you're actually there for.

Everyone does Lisbon and Porto and calls it a trip. Here's how to actually plan Portugal — which regions earn a spot, when to go, and how long you really need.