u/TravelingAgave

We are here for a little while and are loving our time in Bratislava. We’ve had some fun days exploring the city and have met majority friendly people, overall it’s been a great experience.

We’d like to do a bit of hiking or exploring outside of the immediate city area but are not sure where to start. Nothing extremely challenging or technical and we’d prefer to access it by public transport if any way possible.

We prefer to do hikes that also include landmarks (such as castles or abandoned towns/etc) instead of nature only but that’s just a small preference. What do you recommend? Any other places close to the city that’s worth exploring (not Vienna lol) that most people would normally miss? Thanks!

I’m trying to buy a 1 month pass on the IDS BK app. I have them pictures of my face and passport; how long until I’m approved? Also how much is a 30 day pass? Thx!

I’m PE and have recently started traveling the world full time (for leisure). I received the $225 IC Ambassador email and only have 1 IC currently booked in Vienna but it includes a weekend. If I pay for the Ambassador program can I cancel my current booking and rebook it with points and use the voucher (saving 1 nights’ worth of points)? Or do I have to strictly/always pay with cash to use the free weekend?

Late checkout isn’t worth it for me. Is there any benefit to when stay in Crowne Plazas? Any other benefits I’m missing? Free dinner/breakfast and lounge is really all I think I want (never use parking for example).

I sometimes stay in Crowne Plazas but mostly in airbnbs but I do have a lot of IHG points and I haven’t bought the 600k for 2026 yet either so maybe I should accept the Ambassador offer and start staying at IC’s?

Hyatt gets all of my 10+ days business currently but with Chase devaluing transfer points I may lean into IHG more… TY for your advice.

As in what exact brand/etc. to make the standard regular cup of Turkish tea that I get everywhere everyday in say Istanbul for example.

I’m in Central Europe now (Hungary, Slovakia, Austria/etc) and looking to buy some to make at home myself.

Is it black tea? Any special way to brew it or just the standard tea bag soak for 5 minutes?

Thank you so much! 🇹🇷

Hello, my wife and I are slow traveling internationally full time and have been trying to learn as much as we can about Hyatt. We currently have 2 CSP cards with 175k and 130k points respectively. We will be staying for a month in Bangkok from mid September through mid October and are quite confused about the process and best way to proceed.

For the past 2 years all we’ve heard about was the “Hyatt hack” with the Chase points cards and we are aware of the recent devaluation. Our question/request is, given our dates what would be our best use of points and strategy?

We would like easy access to the MRT/public transport, possibly a kitchenette or access to breakfast/afternoon tea/lounge and we be happy to change hotels mid-month.

Being that you all are clearly the experts+ regarding everything Hyatt, what would you book and how? Thank you in advance.

Hello, I’m using Tello and flexiroam on an iPhone. Which exact settings do I need to use and when do I need to use them?

I’m in the U.S. for 5 more days then I leave for 9-12 months of full time world travel before returning to the U.S.

Could you please tell me the approximate settings such as:

Tello>International data>off

and

iPhone>settings>cellular>cellular data>off

or whatever settings I need to use while in the U.S. and when I leave for abroad. I apologize, I’m just confused and really don’t want to make any expensive mistakes. TYA!

Using Tello and flexiroam on an iPhone. What settings do I need to use and when do I turn them on (ex: international data settings on Tello before leaving the country, cellular data roaming on iPhone when coming back to the U.S., etc)? TY!

Staying 10-14 days and looking to explore a bit and also go to Pamukkale and Ephesus. Won’t have a car so research seems to keep saying Alsancak is the right neighborhood for us? Not looking for loud nightlife or anything dangerous and so need reliable safe access to public transportation.

We are flying into NAV for a few weeks before Izmir; this will be our second time to Turkey having only stayed in Istanbul once before. What is our best option for a pleasant experience and what is the best back to visit Ephesus and Pamukkale?

Thank you!

Does the DiveVolk case require you to take all screen protectors off of your phone?

I know you have to remove all cases/otterbox/etc before use but what about the actual plastic screen protectors? Does the phone have to go in completely? I really don’t want to have to remove it every time I dive.

I have a brand new iPhone 17 pro, it’s my primary and only phone, and I’m one bag permanently world traveling so my phone is quite important to me and space is super limited. I do have Apple care+ so I’m not too overly concerned about flooding (although they only ship replacements to US addresses…) and I’ve already sold my entire old camera/lights/tray setup.

I won’t be diving again until at least October (when I get to Raja/Indo) so I’ve thought about just buying a cheap Chinese GoPro knockoff or something when I get into SEA…

Thoughts? TYIA!

Does the DiveVolk case require you to take all screen protectors off of your phone?

I know you have to remove all cases/otterbox/etc before use but what about the actual plastic screen protectors? Does the phone have to go in completely? I really don’t want to have to remove it every time I dive.

I have a brand new iPhone 17 pro, it’s my primary and only phone, and I’m one bag permanently world traveling so my phone is quite important to me and space is super limited. I do have Apple care+ so I’m not too overly concerned about flooding (although they only ship replacements to US addresses…) and I’ve already sold my entire old camera/lights/tray setup.

I won’t be diving again until at least October (when I get to Raja/Indo) so I’ve thought about just buying a cheap Chinese GoPro knockoff or something when I get into SEA…

Thoughts? TYIA!

Needs to be ultra packable for FT OBT.

Bonus question, how about the best packable rain poncho that also fits over a backpack? TYIA

I’ve read so many threads now that I am just plain confused. Here’s my situation the best I know it, please tell me the proper settings and things to do before I leave for full time international travel in one week. Again I’m sorry, please help me.

I bought a new phone and I’ve already ported my personal phone number from att to Tello about 3 weeks ago. I bought the $20 unlimited plan and it seems to work fine except for when I’m out in the countryside and then it goes to SOS and I can’t make a call. Everything works fine and I still have like 19gb unused.

I *think* I need to buy $20 worth of payasyougo credit and I will use that once I go overseas?

That’s it. That’s as much as I know. So my questions are:

What roaming settings do I need to turn on or off on my phone? Can I leave those settings like that permanently or is there a reason to ever toggle them on/off?

Do I need to purchase flexiroam for data? Or can I just buy more $20 PAYG credit as it runs out? My spouse is convinced we need flexiroam and I simply have no idea yes/no or why.

What else do I need to do to have a seamless phone and data experience as I travel from country to country?

Thank you very much for explaining it as simply as possible 🙏