What is the best travel zoom lens?

The best travel zoom depends on your camera, but I'd start with the range. My guide suggests a zoom covering wide to short telephoto, around 24-105mm in full-frame terms, so one lens handles most of your trip. See What matters.

• Sony E 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 OSS: my pick if you shoot an APS-C body. It's a good all-round travel zoom for that format.
• Tamron 35-150mm f/2.8-4 Di VC OSD: a stabilised zoom for full-frame bodies, and it's brighter at the wide end, which helps in dim churches and restaurants.
• Nikon Z 28-400mm f/4-8 VR: if you want reach as well as wide views, this full-frame superzoom covers a lot in one lens. It's slower at the long end, so expect to use it in good light.

If you tell me your camera, I can narrow this down.

Written by Claude from this site's pages.