’90s Vacations: Simpler Times or Travel Nightmares?

The Falstaff Travel Editors, 12.06.2026

Traveling without Airbnb, smartphones or the euro: a new documentary by broadcaster "Arte“ revisits the vacations of the 1990s. Falstaff TRAVEL explores how dramatically travel has changed since then — and which once-routine rituals now feel surprisingly nostalgic.

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Without smartphones, apps and digital helpers - instead with city maps, travel guides and a lot of improvisation; this is how vacations were organized in the 1990s. A nostalgic contribution from "Arte TV" shows whether this meant pure inconvenience or perhaps even more freedom back then. Falstaff TRAVEL looks back at the analog world of travel and explores how being on the road has changed since then.

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