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Maximize your weekends by planning ahead 📆 [View in browser]( [TikTok]( [instagram]( [facebook]( [Friday Around the Planet - Your source for all things travel news](www.lonelyplanet.com) Friday Around the Planet May 26, 2023   This week: Maximize your weekends by planning ahead 📆 [Two people stand on a dark-sand beach near a tent looing out at sea]( Do yourself a favor and take Monday off 👋 Hello, fellow travel people. The summer holiday season is here. In the US, the official start comes in tandem with the three-day weekend to commemorate Memorial Day. For as long as there have been cities, people have flocked to the country or the beach for long weekends to escape the heat. Most recently many 9-5 workers have embraced the idea of Summer Fridays, taking off early or entirely to maximize the inherent celebratory nature of a warm weekend. The pro move, however, is to work those Summer Fridays and instead, take Monday off. Here are just a few of the advantages of switching it up: 1️⃣ You can’t get stuck at work if you never show up 2️⃣ Fridays are just less hectic in the summer so you’ll likely escape early anyway 3️⃣ Sunday night becomes Saturday night, part 2 4️⃣ You start the week with only four days to go! I know not everyone enjoys this kind of privilege and flexibility but, if you can, look ahead and determine if you're able to swing a Monday off here and there. If you have vacation days, use them. And remember that summer is a season of possibilities, opportunities and most importantly, FUN. To get you on your way, here are our favorite places to travel this June. – Brekke Fletcher, Senior Director of Content [Where to go in June]( Plan for long weekends Have friends, will travel Getting away with your crew is one of life’s greatest pleasures, but it’s not always easy to align on where and when to go and what to do. Here are the best places to experience and celebrate life with your friends. [Read more]( [I'm an image](   The world’s most extraordinary train journeys There’s plenty of magic with train travel: meeting fellow travelers, eating and sleeping with the sensation of wheels rumbling on the steel rails beneath you and viewing epic landscapes. Take one (or all) of these 8 amazing train trips. [Read more]( [I'm an image](   Rock a yacht in the south of France As the annual Cannes (pronounced can not cahn) Film Festival comes to a close, we’re gonna be like Bezos and Leo et al and set sail aboard a yacht along the Cote d’Azur. It’s more affordable and easier than you think. [Read more]( [I'm an image](   More travel headlines from this week - [The best cities for wild swimming]( - [My neurodivergent son taught me how to travel the world]( - [A next-level trip to Madrid doesn’t have to break the bank]( - [France has banned some short-haul flights. Here's what it means for your trip]( Trending destination [Parkland with the San Francisco high-rise skyline in the distance]( San Francisco San Francisco-based writer Alison Bing has spent more time on Alcatraz than some inmates. After 20 years in the city and writing 10 guidebooks, her advice for what to see and do in San Francisco is a must-read (and save). [Check out Alison's recommendations](     Love travel inspiration in your inbox? Share with a fellow travel lover by forwarding to a friend. Did someone share this email with you? Subscribe by clicking [here](.   This email was sent to you by: Lonely Planet Publications Ltd. | 1101 Red Ventures Drive, Fort Mill, SC 29707 © 2023 Lonely Planet [Unsubscribe]( Policy](