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EPISODE · Sep 3, 2025 · 35 MIN

How to Plan Your Trip to Italy: Overplanning and Protecting Your Mental Health (Part 3/6)

from Only A Bag - An Italy Travel Podcast · host Darcy Melton | Nathaniel Mellor

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/italyhttps://www.travelgay.com/ If you enjoyed this episode please leave a review and follow Only a Bag wherever you listen to podcasts! If you'd like to get in touch, you can send us a message on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠onlyabag.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠email⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ at [email protected], on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bluesky⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.For more info, check out our articles on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠onlyabag.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and read our Substack ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Letters from the Balcony⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.Want to help the podcast? You can use our affiliate links for booking hotels, transportation, and experiences with ⁠⁠booking.com⁠⁠, ⁠⁠omio.com⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠viator.com⁠⁠. You can also donate to Only a Bag on ⁠⁠ko-fi.com⁠⁠ to keep the podcast going! As always, thank you all so much for listening.x Darcy and NathanielOnly A Bag

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/italyhttps://www.travelgay.com/ If you enjoyed this episode please leave a review and follow Only a Bag wherever you listen to podcasts! If you'd like to get in touch, you can send us a message on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠onlyabag.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠email⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ at [email protected], on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bluesky⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.For more info, check out our articles on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠onlyabag.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and read our Substack ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Letters from the Balcony⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.Want to help the podcast? You can use our affiliate links for booking hotels, transportation, and experiences with ⁠⁠booking.com⁠⁠, ⁠⁠omio.com⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠viator.com⁠⁠. You can also donate to Only a Bag on ⁠⁠ko-fi.com⁠⁠ to keep the podcast going! As always, thank you all so much for listening.x Darcy and NathanielOnly A Bag

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