Trip planning, without the 40 open tabs

Short, practical guides from the Next Getaway team.

• How to plan a trip (without the 40 open tabs) — Seven steps that take you from “we should go somewhere” to a booked, day-by-day itinerary — and the parts you can hand off to an app.
• Japan in 15 days with a group of six — Tokyo, Mount Fuji, Hakone, Kyoto, Nara, Osaka and Hiroshima in one open-jaw route — no backtracking, and the logistics that keep six people moving together.