[LukeB_UK]

I went to Bologna earlier this month and the only thing I had planned was a cooking course for one afternoon.

I loved wandering around and getting lost, stumbling upon museums, places to eat and other interesting places. My mobile provider lets me use my data in other countries, so I was happy knowing that if I felt I was too lost, I could just open Google maps and find my way somewhere.

Sites like tripadvisor add convenience and their rating system, which allows people to filter out the ones that may be a mistake going to. (Although these systems have biases)

[spydum]

Yes, agree TripAdvisor and yelp type things help to avoid bad experiences, but I find them useless for finding good ones.