What to Expect

How I Write My Travel Guides

The internet is absolutely full of travel guides. So why should you trust mine?

Here are the three principles I write my travel guides after: firsthand experiences, local and practical details, and exploring hidden gems and lesser-known places.

Let’s look at them one by one!

Firsthand Experiences

Every single guide on Becci Abroad is based on my own firsthand experience, either from actually living in a destination or from travelling there myself. And I’ll always tell you which one it is.

When I write about Buenos Aires, you’re getting seven years of daily life: the neighbourhoods I walked through every morning, the cafés I became a regular at, and all the mistakes I made along the way.

When I write about somewhere like Miami, where I have visited several times but never officially lived long-term, I’ll tell you that upfront too. Because advice from seven years and advice from seven days are two very different things, and you deserve to know which one you’re reading.

Local and Practical Details

Living abroad has also taught me to see destinations the way locals experience them, not the way a quick press trip does. That means my guides go beyond the standard top-10 lists (and most of the time end up being more like 25+ things to experience in a city!).

I’ll give you the practical details you can actually act on: addresses, opening hours, how to get there, and roughly what things cost. And I do my best to keep them updated as things change.

And maybe most importantly: I’ll give you my honest take. If a famous attraction turned out to be overrated, crowded, or simply not worth your precious travel time, I’ll say so. I’d much rather point you towards the places that genuinely surprised me than pretend everything is equally amazing. Because it isn’t – and we both know it!

Hidden gems & Lesser-known Spots

I have a real soft spot for the places most guidebooks skip, and for finding a city’s hidden gems and a region’s lesser-known spots.

Don’t get me wrong! I’ll happily tell you about the big sights too, and some of them are famous for very good reasons.

But after seven years in Buenos Aires, I learned that the moments I treasure most rarely happened at the landmarks on every postcard. They happened at places like the Feria de Mataderos, a folk market on the edge of the city that most visitors never hear about, or on a day trip from Buenos Aires to the lesser-known small town of San Isidro, just north of Buenos Aires.

And even when I write about popular cities like Barcelona, Madrid, or Copenhagen, I always try to dig a layer deeper than the usual suspects: the viewpoints locals actually go to, the neighbourhoods beyond the city centre, and the corners of the city where you can still hear more Spanish (or Catalan) than English.

So if you’re the kind of traveller who loves wandering off the beaten path (or at least a few streets away to a place you never heard about), I think you’ll feel right at home here at Becci Abroad!

Read my popular hidden gem and off=the-beaten-path travel guides: