Compare before the trip becomes a plan
Compare destination load with how much the trip matters to you.
Energy-ROI is a simple planning question: does the personal value of this trip feel worth the travel, planning and recovery cost of the version you are considering?
Ticked Bucket List provides broad destination-load baselines. You decide the personal value. The result is a prompt for better planning—not a safety score, medical assessment or prediction of how your body will respond.
Use the hub in three steps
Compare, open the full guide, then plan the real trip.
1. Compare broad load
Use the cards to see which destinations are usually easier to simplify, highly version-dependent or likely to need stronger planning.
2. Open one full guide
Check the destination-specific walking, terrain, climate, transport, accommodation and lower-load options before deciding.
3. Build your version
Once one destination becomes a real trip, use the Mini-Check or Starter Kit to examine the dates, base, transport and itinerary you are actually considering.
Personal trip-value check
Check one destination and one version of the trip.
This does not calculate whether you should travel. It helps you notice when a trip matters enough to simplify carefully—and when the current version may ask more than it gives back.
How to read the starting bands
These describe planning load—not safety, accessibility or medical suitability.
More control may be available
A stable base, direct transport or resort-style setup may reduce daily decision-making. Transfers, climate and excursions can still change the picture.
The itinerary may matter more than the destination name
Region, season, hotel location, transport and the number of bases can move the same destination into a very different load level.
Several load factors commonly overlap
Long travel, walking, terrain, climate, crowds or route complexity may need earlier choices, fewer priorities and clearer fallbacks.
Destination comparison
Compare 26 destination baselines.
Each card links directly to the complete Destination Fit Guide. There is no separate scorecard page to open first.
Showing 26 destinations.
Maldives
Often chosen for: island rest and water views.
Main planning pressures: boat or seaplane transfers, heat, sun exposure and excursion days.
Lower-load move: use one resort base and keep excursions optional.
Hurghada
Often chosen for: a resort stay and Red Sea access.
Main planning pressures: heat, boat days, transfer comfort and exposed outdoor time.
Lower-load move: choose a well-located resort and limit boat or excursion days.
Dubai & Abu Dhabi
Often chosen for: indoor attractions, architecture and short urban stays.
Main planning pressures: heat, airport and mall walking, city spread and stimulation.
Lower-load move: choose one city, stay centrally and use direct transport.
Qatar
Often chosen for: a compact stopover, museums and controlled indoor time.
Main planning pressures: heat, indoor–outdoor changes, short activity windows and transfers.
Lower-load move: use a central hotel and keep each outing short.
United States
Often chosen for: high choice across cities, nature and events.
Main planning pressures: long distances, driving, airport scale and major regional variation.
Lower-load move: choose one region and keep the daily travel radius small.
Iceland
Often chosen for: scenery, geothermal sites and road-trip experiences.
Main planning pressures: weather changes, long drives, exposed stops and limited fallbacks.
Lower-load move: use one base or a short route and make driving the main event.
Crete
Often chosen for: coast, food, villages and slower island time.
Main planning pressures: driving, hills, heat, old-town surfaces and spread-out sights.
Lower-load move: choose one region and use a stable base.
Madeira
Often chosen for: scenery, gardens and ocean views.
Main planning pressures: steep terrain, winding roads, steps and changing weather.
Lower-load move: stay in one base and use taxis for selected viewpoints.
London
Often chosen for: museums, theatre, history and high choice.
Main planning pressures: walking, stairs, queues, crowds and large transport interchanges.
Lower-load move: stay centrally and limit each day to one major venue.
Quy Nhon
Often chosen for: a slower coastal stay in Vietnam.
Main planning pressures: heat, transfers, road access and uneven accommodation information.
Lower-load move: confirm the hotel and transport first, then keep the plan beach-led.
France
Often chosen for: culture, food, cities and regional variety.
Main planning pressures: walking, rail changes, crowds and major differences between regions.
Lower-load move: choose one city or region and stay close to the main priority.
New Zealand South Island
Often chosen for: high-value scenery and outdoor experiences.
Main planning pressures: long-haul travel, driving, weather and multiple accommodation bases.
Lower-load move: choose one region and reduce both driving days and base changes.
Spain
Often chosen for: cities, coast, food and culture.
Main planning pressures: heat, late schedules, walking and pressure to combine several cities.
Lower-load move: choose one region and protect a midday recovery window.
Puerto Escondido
Often chosen for: beach time and a lower-structure coastal stay.
Main planning pressures: heat, road quality, hotel access, transfers and limited fallbacks.
Lower-load move: confirm location and access, then keep activities flexible.
Kenya
Often chosen for: safari, city, coast and personal connection.
Main planning pressures: road transfers, early starts, rough travel and mixed trip types.
Lower-load move: choose one main trip type and add recovery around transfers.
Saudi Arabia
Often chosen for: heritage, new tourism routes and major landscapes.
Main planning pressures: heat, long distances, changing infrastructure and route complexity.
Lower-load move: choose one city or region and pre-arrange direct transfers.
Tbilisi
Often chosen for: food, history and compact cultural experiences.
Main planning pressures: hills, uneven surfaces, stairs, traffic and sensory variation.
Lower-load move: stay in a compact district and use taxis for steep sections.
Italy
Often chosen for: art, food, history and high personal meaning.
Main planning pressures: walking, cobbles, stairs, queues and pressure to city-hop.
Lower-load move: choose one city or region and use direct transport.
Brazil & Rio
Often chosen for: culture, coast, events and major natural sights.
Main planning pressures: heat, hills, city scale, transfers and long regional distances.
Lower-load move: choose one city or region and keep transport direct.
Turkey
Often chosen for: history, food, coast and cultural variety.
Main planning pressures: hills, cobbles, crowds, climate variation and regional distances.
Lower-load move: use one city and one coastal base rather than a multi-region circuit.
Paris
Often chosen for: art, food, landmarks and personal meaning.
Main planning pressures: walking, stairs, queues, crowds and large museums.
Lower-load move: choose a neighbourhood base and one major attraction per day.
Cusco & Machu Picchu
Often chosen for: a major cultural and bucket-list journey.
Main planning pressures: altitude, steep or uneven routes, transfers and fixed excursions.
Lower-load move: use a slower arrival, fewer excursions and confirmed provider details.
Cairo & Nile Cruise
Often chosen for: ancient sites and a high-meaning historical trip.
Main planning pressures: heat, crowds, early starts, transfers and tour rigidity.
Lower-load move: keep one major experience per day and protect hotel recovery time.
Marrakech
Often chosen for: architecture, food, markets and atmosphere.
Main planning pressures: crowds, noise, heat, uneven medina routes and navigation.
Lower-load move: choose a calm base and use guided, time-limited outings.
Rome
Often chosen for: history, art and iconic sights.
Main planning pressures: walking, cobbles, stairs, queues and tightly packed sightseeing.
Lower-load move: stay centrally, use taxis and choose only a few major sites.
Beijing & Shanghai
Often chosen for: major cities, history and cultural variety.
Main planning pressures: long distances, language and admin friction, large sites and routing.
Lower-load move: use one or two cities, pre-arranged transfers and shorter days.
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How Ticked Bucket List sets a baseline
Five destination-load lenses, reviewed as planning prompts.
The starting band is editorial judgement based on the usual trip pattern represented by the full guide. It is not a measured bodily capacity score.
Choose the next step
Move from a broad comparison to one real trip.
Destination Fit Guides
Open the complete guide for the places that remain possible. Compare mobility, accommodation, transport, sensory load and lower-load versions.
Free Mini-Check
Answer six questions about the actual trip and get an on-screen read of what may need protecting or making easier first.
Trip Fit Check & Starter Kit — $69
Bring the destination, dates, accommodation, transport, pacing, backups and recovery into one reusable self-guided plan.
Questions about Energy-ROI
What the comparison can—and cannot—tell you.
Why did Ticked Bucket List remove fixed Reward Scores?
Meaning, joy, connection and bucket-list value are personal. A destination cannot have one valid reward score for every traveller. The rebuilt hub asks you to judge personal value instead.
Why are there broad bands instead of exact destination scores?
Exact numbers can suggest more certainty than the information supports. Season, neighbourhood, hotel, transport and itinerary choices can change the load substantially, so the hub uses broad starting bands.
Does a lower-load band mean the destination is accessible or safe?
No. The band is only a broad planning baseline. Confirm accessibility, assistance, current conditions and safety information with the responsible provider or authority.
Can a higher-load destination still be worth it?
Yes. A trip may be deeply meaningful and still require strong simplification. The useful question is whether you can protect the main reason for going while reducing avoidable load around it.
Why do country-level destinations need extra caution?
Countries can contain very different climates, terrain, transport systems and trip styles. Treat a country card as an entry point, then use the full guide and narrow the real trip to a region or route.
Where did the separate Energy-ROI Snapshot pages go?
The useful comparison information now sits on this hub and in the complete Destination Fit Guides. This removes an extra step and avoids maintaining many repetitive pages.
Important boundary
Planning support only.
Energy-ROI is an educational planning concept. It does not assess your health, predict symptoms, provide medical advice or clearance, certify accessibility, rank destination safety or guarantee how a trip will affect you.
You remain responsible for your decisions and for confirming current information with the relevant clinician, airline, hotel, operator, insurer, embassy, authority or other provider. Do not use this page or an application for urgent medical help.