CHRISTMAS MARKET COLLECTION
It’s October, and you’re twelve Pinterest boards deep into Christmas markets you’re not going to.
Munich or Strasbourg. Zurich or Bruges. Somewhere in Alsace with the half-timbered houses everyone screenshots. You’ve saved so many pins that you couldn’t find your favorite one again, even if you tried.
So you close the laptop. You tell yourself next year, when you’ve actually figured out where to go.
The European Christmas Market Trip Planning Kit is the tool that gets you past that. Not another list of pretty places. A way to actually pick one, build a route around it, and stop pushing this year into next year.
Here’s what’s actually happening
You don’t have a Christmas market problem. You have eleven of them.
Munich has the towering tree and the beer tents. Colmar has the canals lit up gold. Strasbourg has the cathedral. Zurich has a market inside the train station, the largest indoor one in Europe. Bruges has waffles, canals, and a Belfry rising over the whole square.
Every single one is worth going to. That’s the problem. You can’t book a feeling. You have to pick a city, a route, and a trip length. And every option you add just makes the choice harder, not easier.
So you keep browsing. You tell yourself you’re still researching. What you’re actually doing is avoiding a decision you don’t feel ready to make.
It isn’t that you can’t plan a trip. You’ve traveled before; you know how to book a flight and find a hotel. It’s that nobody handed you a way to actually narrow eleven incredible options down to the one that’s yours. So you default to the easiest choice available: wait.
What it looks like when you stop waiting
You already know which city you’re going to. Not because you finally settled on it out of exhaustion, but because you walked through what you actually want and it pointed you there.
Your dates are picked. You know how many days you need, because you’re not trying to see every market in Europe on one trip, just the one or two that actually fit what you’re after.
You’re standing in a market square in December with a mug of glühwein warming your hands, string lights overhead, a language you don’t speak all around you. That’s the whole thing you were after. Not a checklist. That feeling.
And when someone asks where you’re headed for the holidays this year, you have an answer. Not “still thinking about it.”
What’s inside
✨Which Christmas market trip fits you, matched by what you actually want out of it (traditional, storybook, food-focused, easy hopping)
✨How many days you need, from a long weekend in one city to a two-week multi-country journey.
✨Suggested routes for Strasbourg, Munich, Colmar, Zurich, and Belgium, plus dream routes for Central Europe, Germany, and the Alsace region
✨A taste guide by city, so you know what to actually order at each market
✨Train and car tips specific to December travel in Europe
✨Route worksheets and a destination planner for each stop
✨Full travel checklist from six months out to 48 hours before you leave
✨Winter packing guide, outfit formulas, and a 5-day carry-on packing plan
✨Christmas Market Passport, awards page, and travel journal prompts to document the trip once you’re there
What our readers say
“Becky goes beyond traditional tours”
“My wife and I had the pleasure of experiencing Old World Christmas charm at several Christmas markets, thanks to Becky’s expertise. After benefiting from her tips during our Maui trip, we were thrilled to have her organize our holiday adventure in Switzerland and France. Becky goes beyond traditional tours, offering unique, off-the-beaten-path experiences that are far less touristy. She immersed us in authentic Christmas cultures and traditions that typical tour guides or groups often miss. The sheer number of activities she packed into our trip exceeded all our expectations. Kudos to Becky once again!”
They didn’t just get a trip. They got the version of Europe at Christmas that most tourists never see, because the planning was actually built around what makes each market different.
What changes for you
You stop scrolling and start deciding. The “which market is right for you” breakdown does the narrowing for you. Traditional German Christmas points to Munich. Storybook atmosphere points to Colmar. Easy city hopping points to Belgium. You stop weighing eleven options and start weighing two or three.
You know exactly when to go. Munich’s Marienplatz market runs through December 24th. Strasbourg and Basel close the 23rd or 24th. Colmar stays open until the 29th. Brussels, Bruges, Ghent, and Antwerp run into the new year. Once you know your dates, the whole trip gets easier to plan around them.
You build a route instead of guessing one. Worksheets walk you through arrival city, departure city, day trips, and how many nights at each stop, so you’re not doing that math at 11pm three weeks before you leave.
You pack right the first time. A full winter packing guide for standing outside in European December weather for hours at a time, plus outfit rotations if you’re trying to pack light and still look put together in photos.
You actually remember the trip. A Christmas Market Passport to collect experiences as you go, plus journal prompts, so this doesn’t become one more trip you can barely describe a year later.
Before you close this tab and tell yourself next year
“I still don’t know if I want Munich or Strasbourg.” That’s exactly what this kit is for. You’re not supposed to know yet. The “which trip is right for you” section is built to answer that question for you, based on what you actually want out of the trip, not which city has the best photos.
“I could probably just figure this out myself.” You could. You could also spend another few evenings in Facebook groups getting conflicting opinions about which market is “worth it.” This gets you there faster, and it’s built from someone who’s actually planned these routes, not someone guessing from photos.
“What if I don’t end up going this year?” Then you’ve still got a route, a packing list, and a decision made for whenever you do go. Nothing in here expires. The market dates change year to year, but the way you pick between them doesn’t.
Because someday is not a promise
You don’t need to see every Christmas market in Europe on one trip. You just need to pick one and actually go.
Munich’s tree, Colmar’s canals, Zurich’s market inside the train station, Strasbourg’s cathedral. They’ll all still be beautiful next year. The question isn’t which one is best. It’s whether you’re finally ready to stop scrolling and pick.