Travel blog

October is the only month when both halves of Egypt work at once - the Red Sea still at 26-28C and Luxor down from July's furnace heat. Five bases compared on air, sea, flights from Warsaw and cost in PLN, plus what the 2026 visa changes actually mean.

December in Turkey turns on two dates: the middle of the month, after which the snow on the slopes is the real thing, and the last days of the year, when hotels switch to New Year pricing. Here is what each window is good for, and what a week costs in PLN.

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.

The key to Malta is that the sea lags the air by two months, so spring looks like a beach holiday but isn't, and autumn stays swimmable into November. A full season-by-season guide - spring, summer, autumn, winter - with the standout months, costs in PLN and Schengen entry rules.