Six ways to holiday like an old-school travel journalist – without using the internet

The Travelling Companions by Augustus Leopold Egg (1862). Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery

We all want to get the most out of our holidays, which is why we so often turn to online “top things to see” lists, or TikTok recommendations of a destination’s best sights and eateries.

But as useful as these strategies can be, using the internet to plan every detail of your travel omits the essence of discovery – the very thing that made pre-internet travel journalism so thrilling to read.