We’ve been travelling and writing about it full time since 2010, and for the past four years most of our clothes have crossed borders inside a set of cheap Amazon packing cubes we bought when we were living in the UK. Jess, meanwhile, has been packing with the same Eagle Creek cubes for over twelve […]
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The Best Hotels Near London Airports (And the One to Book at Each)
I lived in central London for over two years, and I’ve flown in and out of all six of its airports more times than I can count. In that time I’ve tried the 4am taxi across the city, the first train that arrives twenty minutes after bag drop opens, and the night spent airport-side at […]
The Best Travel Power Banks for 2026 (and Which Ones Are Actually Airline-Legal)
I’ve been buying, and wearing out, travel power banks since 2016. These days the one that lives in my camera bag is an INIU P63, a 25,000mAh brick I chose partly because it sits right around the airline carry-on limit, so I never have to think twice at security. Before that I carried an older […]
Amalfi Coast Itinerary: How Many Days You Need and Where to Base
I’ve been visiting the Amalfi Coast since 1995, most recently in 2023, when Jess and I based ourselves in Sorrento for the best part of a week and explored the coast from there. We’ve also done it the other way, cramming the whole coastline into a single day trip from Naples. I’ll save you the […]
Best Camera Bags for Travel Photography in 2026: What I Actually Use After 15 Years on the Road
I slipped on ice at Kirkjufell once, scrambling for a sunset shot, and the only reason my camera survived the fall was the bag I happened to be carrying. The dignity, of course, did not survive. Over fifteen years of professional travel photography I’ve put a lot of bags through a lot worse than that. […]
Cinque Terre Itinerary: The Perfect 2 Days (and How Many You Really Need)
I’ve been to Cinque Terre more than once, and I can tell you exactly where I’ve stayed: Manarola, at a small five-room guesthouse called Arpaiu, with a rooftop terrace that looks straight across the harbour and out to sea. I’ve walked the villages end to end, including the steep mountain path over the headland from […]
Things to Do in Vicenza: A Palladian Day Trip from Venice
Vicenza is the Veneto city I’d push you towards if you care even slightly about architecture, and it’s the one most visitors skip on the train between Venice and Verona. I’ve been coming back to this part of Italy for thirty years, and Jess and I finally gave Vicenza a full day and a night […]
Prime Day 2026: The 7 Photography Deals Actually Worth Buying
I have been a professional travel photographer since 2010, and I buy a lot of my gear, and a frankly silly number of memory cards, in the Amazon sales. Outside of sale season, my budget-by-budget photographer gift guide has the same kind of picks organised by price instead. So every Prime Day I go through […]
One Day in Padua: How to Plan the Perfect Day
I’ve been coming back to the Veneto since I was fifteen, when my parents first brought me and a thunderstorm chased us across St Mark’s Square. Over the years Jess and I have worked our way out from the lagoon into the mainland cities most visitors skip, and Padua is the one we keep pressing […]
9 Best Day Trips From Venice, By Someone Who Got Married There
I got married in Venice, in St. Mark’s Square, and I’ve been coming back to the city since I was fifteen, when my parents first brought me here and a thunderstorm chased us across that same piazza. I’m also a professional travel photographer, and I’ve spent a good chunk of those return trips shooting the […]