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Feb 10th, 2020 |
By Adrian Lawes
Unless you want a beach destination, Funchal is an ideal place to holiday in Madeira for the first time.
Posted in Travel destinations |
Comments Off on Basic Funchal
Tags: Camara de Lobos, CR7, Cristiano Ronaldo, Funchal, Madeira, Monte, Porto Santo, Portugal, Universal Store
Feb 9th, 2020 |
By Adrian Lawes
Expect to see both travel agents and tour operators talking more frequently about the attractions of Tunisia.
Posted in Travel destinations |
Comments Off on Tunisia looks to the future
Tags: Cyplon, easyjet, Expedia, Love Holidays, Nouvelair, On the Beach, TUI, Tunisair, Tunisia
Jan 30th, 2020 |
By Adrian Lawes
The idea is to suggest holidays and breaks in keeping with the things that Peppa and her fans like to do.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Coming to you soon – Peppa Pig
Tags: family holidays, Peppa Pig, Visit England
Jul 13th, 2019 |
By Adrian Lawes
New eco-taxes in France, compulsory travel insurance in Thailand then some music festivals made Adrian a little less grumpier than when he started writing this week’s column.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 13th of July 2019
Tags: APD, Cairngorm funicular railway, Delta, departure taxes, eco-taxes, Fishguard International Music Festival, France, Jim Clark Motorsport Museum, Magnetic Opera Festival, Proms, Thailand, Verbier Festival
Apr 27th, 2019 |
By Adrian Lawes
Gorillas in Virunga National Park, an Eagle in Potsmouth and a generous gesture from Historic Houses are some of Adrian’s snippets today.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 27th April 2019
Tags: ADT (Air Departure Tax), APD, Democratic Republic of Congo, Historic Houses, Kuoni, Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, Scotland, Scottish winter sports season, Sri Lanka, Surrey day, Thomas Cook, TUI, Virunga National Park
Apr 13th, 2019 |
By Adrian Lawes
Will we holiday at home over easter or go abroad? The signs are we are doinf both!
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 13th April 2019
Tags: 35 Great St Helen's, adventure tourism, Brexit, Cruise 118, Easter, Genoa, Icelandair, Jet Airways, Level, staycation
Mar 29th, 2019 |
By Adrian Lawes
For just a short few decades, the group flourished but the style they created has remained popular ever since.
Posted in Travel destinations |
Comments Off on Making the Glasgow Style
Tags: Charles Rennie Mackintosh: Making the Glasgow Style., Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Liverpool, Walker Gallery
Mar 2nd, 2019 |
By Adrian Lawes
Some of Adrian’s concerns this week; A travel guide gets a 21st century update, a ban on flying to Sharm and another survey about Brexit and travel.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 2nd March 2019
Tags: Bradt, Brexit, Canada, Egypt, Florida, Guernsey, Heathrow, India, Legoland Florida Resort, Sharm El Sheikh
Feb 21st, 2019 |
By Adrian Lawes
Having survived the worst, all the accommodation providers, the attractions and the destinations hope to prosper now the Britons are returning.
Posted in Travel destinations |
Comments Off on Awaiting the Britons
Tags: Carthage, Douz, Hammamet, Port El Kantaoui, Sidi Bou Said, Tozeur, Tunis, Tunisia
Jan 12th, 2019 |
By Adrian Lawes
Adrian thinks he has only seen the sun twice since Christmas so Grenada and Toulouse are more appealing than some of the news that is around at the moment
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: January of 12th 2019
Tags: British Airways, fraudulent travel sickness claims, Thomas Cook Airlines, WOW air
Jan 5th, 2019 |
By Adrian Lawes
Away from the grey murk that has hung over much of the UK since Chrsitmas, Adrian looks at Central America and the Caribbean for warmth.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 5th January 2019
Tags: Brussels, Cayman Islands, drones, Gatwick, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, North Korea, Paris
Dec 8th, 2018 |
By Adrian Lawes
Lapland doesn’t exist according to some people. On the other hand Hogwarts and Gotham City do. One report says that we will also spend less on Christmas this year. Adrian asks if this is humbug!
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 8th of December 2018
Tags: Aer Lingus, Christmas spend, El AL, Greece, Japan, Japanese departure tax, Lapland, Loganair, London Southend Airport, Norwegian, Paris, Ryanair, WOW air, Wrexham
Dec 1st, 2018 |
By Adrian Lawes
After Brexit there will be flights to counties; some have been already agreed. Other items catching Adrian’s eye include a virtual reality Helsinki, airline seat sizes, Zambia fake news and the Mary Rose
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: December 1st 2018
Tags: CairnGorm Mountain Funicular Railway, disruptive passenger beahviour, Helsinki, Jet 2, Mary Rose, Northern Ireland, Portsmouth, stopovers, Tourism NSW, Virtual Helsinki, Vivid Sydney, Zambia, Zoan
Nov 17th, 2018 |
By Adrian Lawes
Adrian sums up some other stories from the World Travel Market, is surprised how quick it is to go through formalities at Cardiff Airport and looks at developments in the Dominican Republic and Switzerland
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 17th November 2018
Tags: Cardiff Airport, citybreaks, Doha, Dominican Republic, Qatar Airlines, switzerland, Thomas Cook, World Travel Market
Nov 10th, 2018 |
By Adrian Lawes
Charlie Brown, Bruneland carry on baggage sizea are some of Adrian’s comments this week.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 10th November 2018
Tags: Aqaba, Cyprus., Good Growth for Cities Index, jordan, Peanuts, Philippines, Remembrance Sunday, Somerset House, Sri Lanka, travel visas, Wizz, WTTC
Nov 3rd, 2018 |
By Adrian Lawes
The largest statue in the world, removing travel restrictions on Virgin Trains on Friday afternoons, changing Turkish visa restrictions and a new fare structure at Thomas Cook are just some of the stories that Adrian looks at this week.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 3rd November 2018
Tags: Belize, Costa Rica, fly-drive holidays, Frantoi Aperti, Gujarat, India, Merano, millennials, The Statue of Unity, Thomas Cook Airlines, Turkey, Turkish visas, Umbria, UNWTO, Virgin trains, Western Australia
Oct 31st, 2018 |
By Adrian Lawes
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 27th October 2018
Oct 20th, 2018 |
By Adrian Lawes
Another airline collapsed this week – Cobalt Air, there seems to be a Brexit effect around and yet another investigation shows that some website reviews are faked
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 20th October 2018
Tags: Amorevore Food & Arts Festival, Aosta Valley, Brexit, Brittany Ferries, CAA, Cobalt Air, Cyprus., electric planes, fake reviews, Heathrow, Ibiza, Italy, St Lucia
Oct 13th, 2018 |
By Adrian Lawes
Destinations are pointing out what a good summer it has been for them. But a VAT increase in Ireland may deter UK tourists from visiting the Republic.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 13th October 2018
Tags: Birgufest, British Airways, Cornwall Airport Newquay, disruptive passenger behaviourur, Greece, Ireland, Jet 2, Malta, Nepal, Netherlands, Over 55's
Oct 6th, 2018 |
By Adrian Lawes
New Zealand and Venice both are likely to introduce more rules which might deter tourists visiting whereas Malaysia and Dubai want to attract many more of us.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 6th October 2018
Tags: dream holidays, Dubai, Malaysia, New Zealand, Pobeda Airlines, Primera, Russia, Ryanair, Severn Bridge toll, Venice
Sep 29th, 2018 |
By Adrian Lawes
The three W’s, Dublin, World Tourism Day and England’s bumper holiday season attract Adrian’s attention this week.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 29th of September 2018
Tags: Dublin, England, Eurochocolate, Glenfinnan Viaduct, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Perugia, Tanzania, V&A Dundee, Vietnam
Sep 22nd, 2018 |
By Adrian Lawes
Its Open House weekend in London where more than 800 buildings will open their doors to visitors. Unlike Venice and Moray which seem to want to curtail visitors!
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 22nd of September 2018
Tags: "Open House", bed taxes, Glasgow School of Art, Harry Potter, holiday spending, Moray, One Too Many, Seychelles, USA, Venice, Warner Bros. Studio Tour London
Sep 15th, 2018 |
By Adrian Lawes
The opening of the V&A Dundee, APD in Wales, increasing visitor numbers from the UK to Qatar and the Barbadian Food & Rum Festival are some of the events capturing Adrian’s interest this week.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 15th of September 2018
Tags: APD, Barbados, Barbados Food and Rum Festival, battlefield sites, Doncaster Sheffield Airport, Dundee, Mallorca, Mallorca Classic car Week, New York, Qatar, V&A Dundee, Wales, World Trade Center
Sep 8th, 2018 |
By Adrian Lawes
Brazil’s heritage received a clout as many items were lost from its National Museum. Florence tries to regualte visitors and Kenya is said to be wooing low-cost airlines.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 8th of September 2018
Tags: Brazil, China Eastern, Cyprus., easyjet, Etihad, Florence, Hurghada, Italy, Kenya, National Musuem - Rio de Janeiro, Sagra Dell’uva, Steigenberger Aqua Magic hotel, Uganda, Uganda Wildlife Authority, VLM, Wigtown Book Festival, Wizz Air
Sep 1st, 2018 |
By Adrian Lawes
As summer ends Adrian looks at new campaigns by Singapore, South Africa and Thailand to entice us to visit them for a winter sun break. But first there is the Last Night of the Proms and Proms in the Park
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 1st of September 2018
Tags: BA, Edinburgh Fringe, Festival Toute la Mer sur un Plateau, Lithuania, mobile phone travel bookings, Proms, Ryanair, Singapore, South Africa, Thailand, Wizz Air
Aug 25th, 2018 |
By Adrian Lawes
Adrian looks at information provided by My Voucher Codes as to how expensive some theme parks and attractions really are.
Posted in travel, Travel rumblings |
Comments Off on A family day out
Tags: Alton Towers, Centre Pompidou, Chessington World of Adventure, Disney, Efteling, Europa Park, Legoland- Denmark, Legoland- Windsor, Louvre, My Voucher Codes, theme park entry prices, Thorpe Park, Universal
Aug 25th, 2018 |
By Adrian Lawes
There are a spate of cruise stories this week as most of us settle down to enjoy the last bank holiday until Christmas.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 25th of August 2018
Tags: Australia, Costa Rica, cruise prices, cruise ships' service charges, cruisedeals.co.uk, Kotor, Montenegro, Nepal, New Zealand, Ryanair, Scott Morrison, spain, Tourism Australia, tourism pollution
Aug 18th, 2018 |
By Adrian Lawes
As summer reaches it peak in August, coracle racing at a village festival, jousting at Arundel Castle and a holiday preference for Tenerife confirm its a typical summer!
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 18th of August 2018
Tags: activity holidays, Arundel Castle, Dublin, Mini-Cooper, New Caledonia, On the Beach, Scotland's Storybook Trail, Surbiton, Tenerife, Yosemite National Park