Travel blog

Crete holds four different islands in one: western Chania with the best beaches, central Rethymno and Heraklion with history and nightlife, and the quiet, upmarket east around Elounda. We break the island down by region - beaches, sea temperatures month by month, which of the two airports to fly into, weekly costs, and what to do about gorges, Knossos and the 2026 entry rules.

You can bring a laptop on a plane almost anywhere - the real question is how: as part of your carry-on allowance or as a separate personal item, and what exactly is and isn't allowed along the way. We break down airline rules, battery regulations, airport security screening and in-flight use - with concrete numbers and a packing checklist.

September is the month for anyone not tied to the school calendar: resorts empty out, prices drop 25–35% versus August, and the sea across the Mediterranean holds the maximum warmth it built up all summer. A roundup of 14 destinations from Poland - from Turkey and Greece to the Maldives and Bali - with weather, prices, flights and entry rules, plus a list of places to avoid this month.

Spain is two seas and two seasons: a summer mainland from the Costa Brava to the Costa del Sol, the year-round Canary Islands out in the Atlantic, and the Balearics in between. We break the coasts and islands down by beaches, sea temperatures month by month, flights from Poland, weekly costs, the 2026 tourist taxes and the entry rules.

How much alcohol you can bring on a flight in 2026: carry-on and checked baggage rules, limits by strength, Duty Free, import allowances into Poland from the EU and beyond, plus Turkey, Egypt, the UAE, and other destinations.

A complete, up-to-date list of what you can't pack in carry-on or checked baggage in 2026. New ICAO and IATA rules on power banks, destination-country customs restrictions, and what's changed at security screening in Warsaw's Chopin Airport.

Greece means two seas with different characters: the windy Aegean with whitewashed Cyclades and the Dodecanese in the east, and the calm, green Ionian with Corfu and Zakynthos in the west, plus warm Crete in the south and mainland Halkidiki. We break down the islands and coasts by beaches, sea, wind, prices and flights from Poland, with the 2027 climate fee and entry rules.