Nepal is open for the autumn season, and glad you are coming.
Everest, Annapurna and Thorong La are open. Langtang treks stay paused while the Rasuwa road is rebuilt; Mustang and Manang roads are still being repaired.
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Money & Insurance
How family and group travel insurance really works in 2026 — whether children are covered under a parent's policy, the "kids go free" catch, single-parent and adult-child rules, and the altitude check every trekking family must make.
Safety & Advisories
Altitude sickness, not crime, is what kills trekkers in Nepal. A fresh ACAP toll shows exactly where it happens, and how not to become a statistic.
Safety & Advisories
The US, UK, Australia and Canada each rate country risk differently. Here is what every advisory level actually means, how regional warnings work, and the fine print that can void your travel insurance.
Wildlife & Nature
A 62-point court order is pushing Nepal's most famous jungle safari away from riding elephants. Here's what's actually changing in Sauraha, and what your options are now.
Records & People
The animatronic Yeti at Disney World has run stuck in place since 2006. The Sherpa monastery guarding the scalp said to have inspired it has kept its own mystery going a lot longer.
Deals & Routes
Shoulder season — the weeks either side of the peak — buys you lower prices, thinner crowds and often great weather. Here is what it is, why it works, and a month-by-month guide for Europe, the Mediterranean, SE Asia and Nepal.
Gear & Tech
Your phone is your map, wallet and boarding pass. Here is the exact drill if it vanishes overseas — remote-lock or wipe, block the handset with your carrier, file the police report your insurer will demand, and understand how gadget, travel and contents cover actually pay.
Records & People
Between two 8,000-metre peaks, the Kali Gandaki has carved a gorge over three times the depth of the Grand Canyon, and a trekking trail runs along its floor.
Records & People
Nepal flies the only national flag that is not a rectangle. Its shape is set by a construction in the constitution, and the result is an irrational ratio.
Visas & Entry
Visa-exempt visitors to Europe will soon need an ETIAS before they fly. Here is who it applies to, the €20 fee (free under 18 and over 70), the 3-year validity, and the honest truth about when it actually launches.
Money & Insurance
Travel-delay and missed-connection cover reimburse the meals and hotel bed you're forced to buy when a flight is held up — but only after a trigger, and only with receipts. Here's how it works, and how it differs from the airline's own EU261/UK261 duty of care.
World Destinations
From Amsterdam’s hotel tax to Venice’s day-tripper fee and Bhutan’s nightly levy, what the big-name destinations charge visitors in 2026, and how to budget.
Deals & Routes
A package can cost more than booking flights and hotels separately — or less. But in the UK the bigger difference is legal: ATOL and the Package Travel Regulations give package buyers a refund-and-flight-home safety net that DIY trips rarely have.
Records & People
Sagarmatha National Park stretches from 2,845 metres to Everest's 8,848-metre summit — and after a roughly 40-year absence, snow leopards are being seen inside it again.
Records & People
A 52-year-old Everest guide vanished at 24,600 feet after losing his client on the descent. Six days later, a garbage-collection crew spotted him crawling down the Khumbu Icefall — barely alive.
Flights & Access
CT scanners were meant to kill the 100ml liquids rule. Many airports reimposed it in 2024, so it is back and inconsistent airport to airport. Here is what you can carry through security in 2026 — liquids, laptops, powders and power banks — plus Nepal’s own strict cabin limits.
Visas & Entry
The UK Electronic Travel Authorisation rollout is complete. Here is the full 2026 guide — who needs one, the £20 cost, two-year validity, the application steps, and the mistakes that get travellers turned away.
Money & Insurance
CFAR is an optional upgrade, not standard cover — it pays back a partial share (typically 50–75%) if you cancel for any reason, but only under strict timing rules. Here is how it works and when it is worth the extra premium.
Trail & Weather
Both start in Lukla and both reach Everest Base Camp. Only one adds three passes above 5,300m, a glacier crossing and six extra days — here's who should attempt it.
Safety & Advisories
A data-grounded roundup built on the 2026 Global Peace Index — from Iceland to Japan — plus the honest caveats on petty theft, roads and natural hazards that no ranking captures.
Deals & Routes
Flexible-date search, alternate airports, split tickets, fare alerts and mistake fares — the tools that surface a lower fare, and the one myth you can stop believing.
Gear & Tech
Evil-twin hotspots, session hijacking and whether you truly need a travel VPN — an honest 2026 explainer on why ubiquitous HTTPS already does most of the work, and the four habits that matter more.
Visas & Entry
A verified 2026 guide to citizenship by investment — the real minimum amounts from St Kitts to Malta, what a second passport actually buys, and how to spot the cons.
Money & Insurance
Declaring a condition, the stable-condition clause and why an undeclared illness can void your whole claim — plus cover for cancer, diabetes, heart conditions and pregnancy.
