5F Alternatives to Popular Travel Destinations

a fun spin on this month's travel edition

Hello all! It’s great to be back in your inbox with this month’s travel edition. By request, I’m sharing five favorite (lesser-known) places worth considering for your next trip — especially if you’re looking to escape crowds or try something new.

Overtourism has undoubtedly become an issue, especially with the rise of Internet sharing and influencer culture. So often we see people planning the same trips to the same places, taking the same photos.

While there’s certainly no shame in visiting popular places — many of them are iconic and/or popular for a reason — I love talking about really worthy spots that deserve your vacation time…but that you may not see as often in your Instagram feed.

Whether you’re planning to visit one of these five places, or you have already been and loved them and want something different this time around, here are my five favorite “if you loved this, try that” destinations.

If you love Paris, try…