Tips
Airport Lounge Access for Free: 5 Legal Ways to Get In Without Business Class (2026)
36 euros. That's what it costs to walk into the BER Lounge Tegel in Berlin. No status. No fancy credit card. Just show up and pay.
Tobias Weßling
Tips
Tips 27
All Posts
Tips
Tobias Weßling
Tips
Carry-On Packing List: What Actually Needs to Go In
The average traveler forgets two items per trip. According to a Radical Storage survey, replacing those forgotten bits costs around $53. And 77% of travelers say a packing list would've saved them the trouble.
Lena Brandt
Tips
Compression Packing Cubes vs Standard: Are They Worth It?
You're standing in the store (or scrolling Amazon) looking at two nearly identical packing cube sets. One costs ten euros more, just because "compression" is printed on the box. Which brings us to the whole reason this compression packing cubes vs standard comparison exists: is the extra money...
Lena Brandt
Tips
Erasmus Packing List: How to Pack Your Suitcase for 3 to 12 Months Abroad
Three bags, 38 kilos, two aching arms. That's how I showed up for my Erasmus semester in Barcelona. Half of it never left the suitcase.
Lena Brandt
Tips
Liquids in Carry-On: How Many 100ml Bottles Can You Bring?
My friend Sandra lost her favorite body lotion at airport security last week. A 200ml tube, almost empty. She figured they'd let it through because there was barely anything left. Nope. Gone in two seconds.
Miriam Kohl
Tips
How to Sleep on a Plane: 7 Tricks That Actually Work (Plus Gadget Picks)
On an 11-hour flight in economy, plenty of passengers manage only a few disconnected naps while the person next to them by the window sleeps for hours. Same plane, same food, same noise — and yet whether you have a system or just figure exhaustion will handle things makes a huge difference to how...
Tobias Weßling
Tips
Can You Bring Medication in Carry-On Luggage? All Rules 2026
My neighbor Petra packed her insulin pen in her checked luggage last summer. Sounded reasonable, that way she wouldn't need to show it at security. What she didn't know: cargo holds can drop below minus 20 degrees Celsius. The insulin was destroyed after landing.
Tobias Weßling
Tips
Flashlight in Carry-On or Checked Luggage? The 2026 Rules
Last year at Stuttgart Airport, my buddy Matze packed his brand new LED flashlight and two spare batteries into his checked bag. Tucked away at the bottom, between hiking boots and a sleeping bag. Then came the announcement at the gate: "Passenger with bag tag XY, please report to security." The...
Miriam Kohl
Tips
Lost Luggage at the Airport? Your Rights, Deadlines and Up to 1,900 EUR Compensation
Airlines mishandled 33.4 million bags globally in 2024. According to SITA Baggage IT Insights 2025, that's 6.3 bags per 1,000 passengers. If your luggage just went missing, here's what you need to know: since December 2024, you're entitled to up to 1,900 EUR in lost baggage compensation. But only...
Miriam Kohl
Tips
Solo Female Travel South America: 4 Weeks, 7 kg Carry-On, 5 Countries
A suitcase circling the baggage carousel (or not circling, which is worse) is more than inconvenient on a solo trip through South America — it's a security risk. That's exactly why a 7 kg carry-on for four weeks across five countries isn't just a packing choice, it's the single most important...
Lena Brandt
Tips
City Trip Packing List 2026: How to Pack for a Multi-Stop Short Trip
Three days in Vienna, two days in the Alps. Or Lisbon followed by the Algarve coast. Sounds like it needs a huge suitcase? With the right city trip packing list, it really doesn't.
Lena Brandt
Tips
Eurowings Baggage Add-On: How to Save Up to 50%
276 euros for a suitcase. That was the shock at Düsseldorf Airport when my sister tried to add her 23 kg bag. Online, the same bag would have cost 19 euros. The difference? She missed the 2-hour deadline. If you want to add baggage to Eurowings, you'll save up to 50% online versus booking at the...
Tobias Weßling
Showing 24 of 27 posts
Load 3 more posts