Whenever I visit a new place, I like to seek out advice from those who have visited before. While I was planning a family trip to Venice, Italy, many sources on the internet and people in real life ...

Deserted streets, silent canals and eerily empty bridges. Photos of an empty Venice during lockdown sent social media wild, with many people vowing to flock to the city as soon as borders reopened.

I seek advice from others when I'm traveling to new cities, but I felt led astray in Venice, Italy. Everyone I spoke to, in addition to people on the internet, said I should buy a ferry pass. Sadly, I ...