Welcome to 2026!
The new 12 months is a superb time to pause, calm down and replicate — and begin serious about what you’d like to realize in the following 12 months. While you’re easing into the brand new 12 months, get began serious about the place you want to go on trip.
Perhaps we might help?
NCS Travel has simply revealed its listing of places to visit in 2026. These 20 locations embrace spots on six of seven continents (sorry, Antarctica!), so odds are good no less than one will scratch your travel itch.
Some locations — like Bahrain and Adelaide, Australia — have new flight routes that can make it simpler than ever for Americans to get there. Others, like Oulu in Finland and Brussels in Belgium, have thrilling arts and tradition choices. And if you need the journey to be a part of the vacation spot, may we propose the Chilean fjords or Mongolia’s distant Orkhon Valley?
Places To Go 2026
If too many decisions make you really feel overwhelmed, think about using a technique of elimination to make your resolution. We’ve additionally put collectively an inventory of places you can’t visit in the 12 months to come back.
For instance, a number of widespread Paris points of interest, just like the Centre Pompidou and the Catacombs, might be present process renovation work in 2026, so you could resolve to reorganize your itinerary.
Planes and trains
For these of you trying ahead to touring by aircraft, try this complete breakdown of all of the aviation intel you’ll want for 2026, like new buzzword “premiumization.” Plus, we provide some perception on how geopolitics and inflation will assist decide the worth of your airline tickets.
Trains are also gearing up for a giant 2026. That’s excellent news for European vacationers, because the continent’s famed night time trains are returning in a giant method and new high-speed routes are coming to Germany, Italy, Hungary, Denmark and different international locations.
The Middle East is scorching on Europe’s heels. Saudi Arabia’s high-speed rail is among the many tech developments making it simpler than ever to discover the nation’s deserts and megacities, whereas the United Arab Emirates’ Etihad Rail community is because of join all seven of its emirates.
When serious about the place to go, it’s additionally good to consider what sort of a traveler you need to be. Will you take images of individuals with out their permission, or will you study to say please and thank you in the native language?
An intensive evaluation of the worst travelers of 2025 will give you loads of inspiration for what to not do.
We examined ChatGPT travel recommendation in 5 cities
NCS Travel group members in 5 main cities all over the world requested ChatGPT to create journeys for them. Watch how we examined the itineraries to assist you use the most well-liked LLM (giant language fashions) for travel planning extra successfully. To study extra about our experiment, read the full report.
Are you planning to make use of ChatGPT or an identical AI program to assist plan your subsequent trip? Five NCS Travel editors in 5 main cities put these programs to the check, making an attempt to maintain a cranky toddler entertained in New York City, keep away from spicy meals in Thailand, and get round with out a automobile in Atlanta.
Find out how it worked for them — and find out how you could make the perfect use of ChatGPT if you use it for journey recommendation.
She had given up on discovering love …
Then the house sitter confirmed up on Christmas.
Paris’ riverside e-book stalls are a beloved landmark.
They at the moment are making an attempt to survive in the digital age.
Can a aircraft study to land itself?
Yes, in a world-first experiment on a passenger-less plane.
Meet a “water sommelier.”
He’ll present the way it goes past simply still or sparkling.