With each passing year, the number of pages of editorial given over to analysing the Government’s Spending Review and Autumn Statement goes up and we at Explorer Travel Insurance have no wish to add to the millions of words…
Cruise Companies Battle it out to be the Biggest or the Best
One of the most oft-spoken phrases has to be that ‘the biggest isn’t always the best’, but it’s a phrase that the senior managers of cruise companies clearly choose to ignore. How else can we explain their continued ambition to…
What it takes to be a record breaker
No doubt the latest Guinness Book of Records will find its way into many Christmas stockings this year. A much-loved national institution in the UK, the 16th edition has just been published and for the intrepid travellers amongst us, the…
Ice cream or burgers? You just can’t beat jet lag
With just over four weeks to go until schools and Universities break up for Christmas, families up and down the country will be beginning to get excited at the thought of spending time with their loved ones. For many families…
Happy Diwali, wherever you are and whoever you are
As in America, where Thanksgiving is the time when families travel huge distances so they can celebrate together, so for Indians, Diwali is their most favoured festival for travelling to international destinations. This has given the festival of lights a…
Travel; what the future holds
2030 may seem so far in to the future that it should it should belong to a science fiction film, but its only 15 years away and and such, is already beginning to feature in market research reports. Euromonitor International…
Dun Roaming
Hoorah. Its official. Roaming charges are on their way out. The previously iniquitous system by which mobile phone operators caught out the unwary and charged extortionate prices to its customers for making calls abroad is coming to an end.…
Shop till you drop
Shopping is (very) big business. Just ask the Hong Kong tourist authority. According to a recent report published by Euromonitor International, Hong Kong is the world’s number one destination for shopping, with an estimated $25,000 million being spent there in…