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Method, field notes and things I got wrong

Longer pieces about how I actually plan and travel, rather than where to go. Fewer, slower posts, each one written after the trip rather than during it.

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  • Field notes6 min read

    The case for the shoulder season

    The weeks either side of peak season usually give you a better version of the same place: fewer people, softer light and lower costs, in exchange for weather you have to plan around.

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  • Method8 min read

    How I plan a trip two years out

    A two-year horizon is not about booking early, it is about putting destinations in an order that makes sense, so that each season and each long-haul flight does as much work as possible.

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  • Method7 min read

    Twelve hours in a city you have never seen

    A single short day in an unfamiliar city can still be worth having, as long as you stop trying to cover the whole of it and choose instead to know one small part properly.

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