Q&A / Travel FAQ

The in-flight smoking ban is not just an airline house rule — it grew out of real cabin fires, and in 2026 it covers vapes and heated tobacco too. Here is what actually happens if you light up, from Warsaw to the United States.

Most family packing disasters happen before the plane even leaves Warsaw — a missing consent letter or a sunscreen bottle over 100 ml, not a forgotten swimsuit. Here is the full checklist, organised the way it actually gets used: documents first, beach gear last.

Kraków and Poznań airports have already scrapped the 100ml limit, Warsaw Chopin has only just started and only for two lanes, and your return airport might not match your outbound one at all. Here is exactly what you can carry, where, and what still gets confiscated in 2026.

Two in the morning, a foreign country, closed pharmacies and a sudden stomach upset — that's exactly the moment you appreciate a well-packed medicine kit. We break down what belongs in the basic travel set, what to add for a specific destination (beach, mountains, tropics), what a children's kit looks like, and the rules for carrying medicines across the Polish and EU border.

Baggage rules aren't one universal standard — ICAO and IATA set the general safety framework, but the actual weight limit, size limit and what counts as your "personal item" is set by each airline, and often by the specific fare you booked. We break down checked baggage and carry-on limits by airline, the 100 ml liquid rule, banned and conditionally allowed items, oversized and special baggage, and what happens at the gate if your suitcase doesn't meet the limit.

When you book a holiday through a tour operator, your travel documents will list one of two things: "aircraft" (charter) or "scheduled flight." We break down what that difference actually means — from check-in and seat selection to luggage and in-flight catering — and help you work out which type of flight suits your specific trip.

Spain's beach fines aren't a municipal whim - they trace back to a 1988 law that declared the coastline state property. We explain how that single principle grew into an entire system of penalties, from €100 for a speaker on the sand to €300,000 for an illegal structure, who actually issues the fines, how the appeals process works, and ten specific violations tourists get caught for most often this summer.