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Browse more guides: United States travel | Americas destinations I drove down to Virginia Beach for the first time in late spring of 2023, expecting another stretch of east coast sand and overpriced fudge shops. What I found was a town with a split personality. One half is a t-shirt-shop strip along Atlantic Avenue that pumps cover-band music into the night until almost two in the morning. The other half is a quiet pine-and-cypress state park where the first English colonists stepped off their boats in April 1607 before they ever made it to Jamestown. So most visitors only see the loud half. This guide is for the half that wants both, and I'll be honest about which parts are worth your money. I've been back twice since then, once flying into Norfolk International Airport (30 minutes east on I-264) and once on a southern road trip that connected here to the Outer Banks. The town wears different faces in different months, and mid-August jellyfish swarms are real. How I Appro...

Browse more guides: India travel | Asia destinations Top Honeymoon Destinations in India Last updated: April 2026 · 12 min read I've been writing about Indian travel for years, and the honeymoon question is the one that splits the most opinions. Everyone has a favourite. Everyone thinks theirs is right. So instead of giving you a vague "all options are great" answer, I'm going to rank them. For Indian couples planning a 7-10 day honeymoon in 2026, here are my top 8 picks ordered by overall honeymoon-worthiness: Andaman Islands (Havelock and Neil) Kerala (Munnar, Alleppey, and Kovalam) Udaipur (lake-palace imperial romance) Goa South (Palolem-Patnem-Cola) Kashmir (Dal Lake houseboat and Gulmarg) Ladakh (Pangong glamping and Leh) Coorg and Chikmagalur (coffee plantations) Lakshadweep Bangaram (the splurge pick) A quick honest framing first. Plus plus plus plus indian honeymoons aren't Maldives honeymoons. Most Indian couples have 7-10 days, a...