Despite many naysayers, cryptocurrencies are here to stay. For travelers in particular, they look to offer many advantages over traditional currencies. After all, today’s international travelers are faced with lots of costs including exchanging one foreign currency into another plus…
‘Catch The Night Train To…Anywhere’
Being able to do things twenty four hours a day is getting easier. Five of TfL’s Tube lines now run all night and most of us live within easy reach of a supermarket that’s open 24×7. Night birds looking for…
Beach Lovers To The Left, Orca Swimmers To The Right
Manufacturers of sun tan lotion and lilos can breathe a sigh of relief. The British have not fallen out of love with beach holidays. Just yet. New figures contained in a travel report issued by the Association of British Travel…
Nice And Steady; You’ll Get There Soon Enough
It had to happen. This growing preoccupation at doing everything as fast as possible has caused a backlash. So more people now want to do more things more slowly again. And that includes travel. Yes. Slow travel is making a…
Cruise Ships Put Safety First
Planning your first cruise holiday but worried about falling overboard? Well you needn’t. Since 2000, reports say roughly 300 people on cruise ships have fallen overboard. There were 17 cases reported in 2017 and so far in 2018, there have…
The Brighton Belle Glides Back
Why do historic trains have such emotional appeal? Say the words ‘Orient Express’ to most people and their eyes glaze over at the thought of elegant soirees. The words ‘Flying Scotsman’ will conjure up in most people’s minds dramatic images…
Look Out Online Travel Market, Amazon Could Be Back
“Alexa. Book me a holiday”. If reports from the US are to be believed, then Amazon is about to re-enter the travel market. In which case, as Jeff Goldblum would say to all the current players in the online travel…
Adios Avios
Hurrah. You’ve done so much travelling recently you’ve amassed a great pile of Avios points. So now you can afford a free long haul holiday somewhere. Well, only if you book it before the summer, because the International Airlines Group…
Queen’s Baton Travels 230,000km But Arrives In Time
Well. It’s arrived. After travelling 230,000 kilometers in 388 days and crossing all six Commonwealth regions, the Queen’s Baton made it in time for the opening ceremony of this year’s Commonwealth Games, which were officially opened by HRH the Prince…
Newcastle Airport Shows London’s Airports How It Should Be Done
Britain’s airports were busy again at the weekend as millions of us jetted off for a well deserved Easter break. (Heathrow alone handled a record 1.1 million passengers). But according to a new report published by price comparison website skyscanner,…