Sometimes the big hitter cities such as Paris, Rome and Madrid can seem just too much like hard work. Then it’s time to start ticking off some of the second tier cities […]
Want a city break in Spain? Caroline tries out Salamanca
Non-stop to Australia: Fantastic or flight of fancy?
With the news that within two years you might well have the chance to fly from London all the way to Perth on the west coast of Australia, we wonder if that […]
Top Ten Cultural Holiday Reads
Going traveling, either for a short stay somewhere or a round the world trip, means one thing to me: reading. Sometimes, it’s nice to sit back and pick up a trashy novel […]
Virgin West Coast Mainline refunds show a way forward – but more is needed in the refund war
Calling it a war between consumers and rail operators when it comes to refunds might sound a bit extreme. However, for those of you who have ever tried to claim back your […]
Booking a flight or holiday: My top money saving tips!
With the age of the internet making us all our own travel agents, the world is our oyster and the online world is our tool in terms of making sure that we […]
Does Riviera Travel deserve top award?
Caroline feels that Riviera Travel really deserves its recent Sunday Times Travel Award. Having read recently that Riviera Travel had won the Sunday Times Award for Best Escorted Tour Operator I wasn’t […]
Family days out: Squirrels, Sea and Sand at Formby
The north of England has some fantastic places to visit for a family day out but very few of them are as good value for money as Formby! Offering sea, sand dunes […]
First Great Western expose shows train travel rip off continues
Anyone who lives in Leeds and wants to travel by train to Sheffield will find that there are two options when it comes to using the ticket machines at Leeds station for […]
Give me back my 20% or I won’t show you my pass!
So, I always believed it was essentially obligatory to show my boarding pass at an airport. Sure, when I bought some cheap booze outside the EU I knew I was doing this […]
Big game ban: helping or hindering the fight against hunters?
And so the backlash has begun on a practical level. Delta, American Airlines and a fair few other airlines either have banned or are likely to ban the shipping of legally hunted […]