The relationship is going so well that your thoughts turn to going away together. After all, what could be more romantic than a holiday a deux? Right? The trouble is, you’re about to see your potential life partner in an…
Hop On An Apolong
When boarding your next bus, be sure to smile at the driver. As you may not see him or her for much longer. Why? Because a Chinese company has just begun mass production of a self-driving bus. According to the…
For Sale. One Holiday. Unused
A website listing unwanted holidays sounds like a mad idea. After all, surely there’s no such thing as an unwanted holiday? In turns out there’s rather a lot of them and the guy that built the website is now doing…
Tuscany Sees Off The Competition. Or Is That Bakes Off?
As travel is such a personal experience we wonder why travel companies try to sell us ‘the best of’ lists. Standing on top of a mountain might be one person’s idea of heaven, but hell to someone else (a vertigo…
Travelling Soon? You’ll Need A Gadget Then
Why does travel turn us into gadget fiends? The thought of a long haul journey is enough to get most of us thinking about how we can take an everyday item and make it do three things instead of just…
Dubai Shows How It Should Be Done (Welcoming Tourists That Is)
You have to hand it the Dubai tourist authorities. Welcoming over 1.5 million British tourists each year could make them, well, a tad complacent. Not so as they have just announced that they’ll soon be introducing transit visas that will…
Sorry. Can’t Stop. Gotta Go.
Instagram is having a notable effect on tourism; both good and bad. The good effect is all those amazing shots of fantastic places are persuading more and more of us to travel there too. The bad news is that, err,…
Calling All Ranch Owners. Campers Want Your Land
Have you ever looked out at your garden and thought, ‘if only I could persuade someone to camp there overnight and pay me?’ If you have, then you’re in luck, as a new start up has just received $9.5 million…
Virgin Hypes Its Next Train Service. This One Will Definitely Work
What would it take to travel from London to Edinburgh in just 48 minutes? A magic carpet? Probably too drafty for most which is why Virgin is pressing ahead with building a Hyperloop One train system that will carry passengers…
Estonia. The Land Of The Free…Public Transport
The USA may call itself the land of the free but Estonia can now rightfully be called the land of the free public transport. Starting from next month every county in Estonia will be offering free public transport to its…