Continuing the mini-series on how to plan your trip, this episode delves into overplanning, setting a loose schedule, and protecting your mental health. Of course, it covers so much more, such as finding your hotel in a strange areas of town, needing a kitchen, and choosing where to book your hotel.

As mentioned in the episode (multiple times), we finally have new microphones! Which means a MASSIVE "thank you" to everyone who donated and made this a reality! Thank you!

This also means that [hopefully] we will sound better, but there’s also going to be a slight adjustment period. In our free time as frequently as we can, we’ll be playing with the settings and getting familiar with how they work, but if you have any thoughts, suggestions, or advice, please feel free to reach out at onlyabag.com.

In this episode Darcy mentions a website for finding LGBTQIA+ friendly hotels. We couldn’t find the exact site Darcy was thinking of, but here are some other similar sites.

https://www.mygayhotels.com/en/region-gay-hotels-it.html

https://www.worldrainbowhotels.com/europe/italy

https://www.travelgay.com/

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