Everything you need to plan an amazing vacation to Iceland!
A tiny seaside Airbnb cottage by Kristen Sloan is licensed under CC BY 2.0 For our trip to Iceland, I started by looking at hotels. Many were already sold out for the summer, or the rooms were too small. And getting two rooms would be prohibitively expensive. Then I started looking for cottages and apartments to rent, …
“Colors of Water” by Ulrich Latzenhofer is licensed under CC BY 2.0 A surprising number of tourists get themselves into trouble while driving in Iceland. They blindly follow their GPS to destinations 6 hours the wrong direction. Or they follow their outdated GPS onto closed and dangerous roads. Or they cause accidents by stopping in the middle of …
Guesthouse Milli Vina in Hvitarbakka by Maedi. is licensed under CC BY 2.0 (Link to Milli Vina on Booking.com.) (This is not a sponsored post- I have no affiliation with Booking.com.) If you are planning a trip to Iceland this summer, you probably started looking at hotels. At least, that seems to be the default option when traveling. Hotels offer …
One of the struggles of travelling with children is lugging car seats everywhere you go. So the question is, when you travel to Iceland, do you bring your own child car seats? I think, for the most part, the answer is NO. As you would expect, Iceland has its own rules about car seat safety. …
Camuflaje by Andrés Nieto Porras is licensed under CC BY 2.0 Update December 2017: Worldwide Insure, my favorite excess rental car insurance company, no longer offers excess car rental insurance in Iceland. I recommend them for coverage in other countries, but you’ll have to go with Roamright or someone else for Iceland. See all of the details below. Car …
If you’re planning to go to Iceland, it might be useful to learn a bit of Icelandic first! A lot of Icelanders speak English, but you’ll be able to go to more places and learn more things with at least basic knowledge of Icelandic. I don’t know much Icelandic yet, so I’m going to be …
