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Off season travel means everything is shuttered

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Travel bloggers constantly preach the genius of visiting prime destinations during the winter to avoid the crowds. They conveniently omit that 'avoiding crowds' also means avoiding open doors. The charming coastal towns are complete ghost towns, the famous gelaterias are boarded up, and you are left wandering empty streets eating snacks from a gas station.

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