Travel news
Nov 16th, 2020 |
By The Editor
Many of us will have made countless telephone calls, queued at airports and generally made nuisances of ourselves in an attempt to get a seat on a flight home.
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Comments Off on Protecting tourists
Tags: International Code for the Protection of Tourists, UNWTO
Nov 15th, 2020 |
By The Editor
On Friday, news broke that John Hays, one of the best known names in travel, had suddenly died
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Comments Off on Bye John
Tags: Hays Travel, Irene Hays, John Hays, Sunderland, Thomas Cook
Nov 12th, 2020 |
By The Editor
Now people in the south west will see the service and solid customer satisfaction levels for which the airline and holiday company has become well known
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Comments Off on Bristol Airport must be cock-a-hoop
Tags: Bristol Airport, Cardiff Airport, Jet 2, Jet 2 Holidays, TUI
Nov 9th, 2020 |
By The Editor
Up until yesterday you might have guessed that at some time in 2021 there would be a small increase in holiday numbers.
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Comments Off on Pfizer boosts travel
Tags: coronavirus vaccine, PCR testing, Pfizer, World Travel Market
Nov 9th, 2020 |
By The Editor
the concern of voters wherever they live seems to be growing and the cruise industry needs to come to terms with a change in the air.
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Comments Off on Will cruising change?
Tags: Key West, limits on cruise ship travel, Sydney, Venice
Nov 1st, 2020 |
By The Editor
Will December be a dawning of a travel age or just more of the same?
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Comments Off on Who knows?
Tags: coronavirus lockdowns. winter 2020 ski season, winter sun holidays 2020/2021
Oct 30th, 2020 |
By The Editor
As AllClear point out, “consumers need simpler, clearer guidance” and that has not been the case for much of the time.
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Comments Off on Most of us just don’t know
Tags: AllClear, FCDO, travel advisories
Oct 26th, 2020 |
By The Editor
International holidays continue to blow domestic getaways out of the water… putting promises that the UK could become a “staycation nation
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Comments Off on Was it the year of staycations?
Tags: IATA, lastminute.com, Overseas Holidays, staycations, TUI
Oct 21st, 2020 |
By The Editor
Passengers could pay the money across and find they will still not gain entry.
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Comments Off on Airport COVID-19 testing
Tags: antibody testing, antigen testing, Heathrow, Italy, PCR testing
Oct 16th, 2020 |
By The Editor
This will be the last weekly update on holiday possibilities just because it is looks irrelevant for the foreseeable future.
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Comments Off on Weekly holiday review: 16th October 2020
Tags: Antigua and Barbuda, Cape Verde, Crete, France, Germany, Italy, Jamaica, Latvia, Mykonos, Slovenia, South Korea
Oct 14th, 2020 |
By The Editor
The annual prize has been a muted affair this year with probably very few people even aware that it was still running.
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Comments Off on Art Fund Museum of the Year 2020
Tags: Aberdeen Art Gallery, Art Fund, Gairloch Museum, Science Museum, South London Gallery, Towner - Eastbourne
Oct 9th, 2020 |
By The Editor
Following is news from some destinations Britons and Irish visit Cyprus – The authorities in the north of Cyprus are allowing arrivals from the UK. You must show a negative COVID-19 PCR test result (done between 0 – 120 hours prior to the time of the flight) on arrival. You must then enter authority-assigned quarantine facilities for 7 days. A second PCR test will be carried out at the end of the quarantine period. All travellers should be aware that if other passengers on your
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Comments Off on Weekly holiday review: 9th October 2020
Tags: Cyprus., Czech Republic, Denmark, Faroe Islands, France, Italy, Latvia, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Scotland, South Africa, St Vincent and the Grenadines
Oct 7th, 2020 |
By The Editor
At present the airport – and all airports – ought to dreaming up ideas to encourage us to use them not trying to drive us away.
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Comments Off on Gatwick clobbers drop-off passengers
Tags: airport drop-off charges, Gatwick
Oct 4th, 2020 |
By The Editor
There are thousands of Victorian buildings, and thousands more of buildings from previous times but are they worth saving?
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Comments Off on Worth saving?
Tags: heritage buildings at risk, Victorian Society
Oct 2nd, 2020 |
By The Editor
Poland and Turkey are now off-limits. But Scottish residents won’t have to quarantine on return from the Azores and Madeira
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Comments Off on Weekly holiday review – 2nd October 2020
Tags: Barbados, Bonaire, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Liechtenstein, Madris, Paris, Poland, Saba, Seychelles, South Africa, spain, St Eustatius, St Maartin, St Martin, St Vincent and the Grenadines, switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey
Sep 25th, 2020 |
By The Editor
This week, Curacao, Denmark, Iceland and Slovakia have been added to the list of countries where quarantine restrictions will be applied on our return..
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Comments Off on Weekly holiday review – 25th September 2020
Tags: Antigua and Barbuda, Curacao, Denmark, France, Gibraltar, Greece, Iceland, Italy, Marseilles, Slovakia, Slovenia
Sep 24th, 2020 |
By The Editor
This is probably one of the most opportune of times to alter the way we travel and hydrogen powered travel might be the shake-up the industry needs.
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Comments Off on Zero-emission aircraft
Tags: Airbus, hydrogen powered aeroplanes
Sep 23rd, 2020 |
By The Editor
Tthe four announcements that were made yesterday might also affect domestic tourism.
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Comments Off on No October half-term holidays?
Tags: coronavirus travel restrictions, England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, UK, Wales
Sep 22nd, 2020 |
By The Editor
“Both Boeing and the FAA gambled with the public’s safety.” says the report.
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Comments Off on Boeing’s deceptions
Tags: Boeing 737-Max 8, FAA, US House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Sep 18th, 2020 |
By The Editor
Seven countries have been added to the list to which Irish reidents can visit. The UK has added teo but taken another two off.
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Comments Off on Weekly holiday review: 18th September 2020
Tags: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cyprus., ECDC, England, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Greenland, Guadeloupe, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Maldives, Mexico, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Norway, Poland, Scotland, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Thailand, UK, Wales
Sep 16th, 2020 |
By The Editor
That was the colourful language used by Ryanair to describe the Irish government’s attitude to opening up the travel and tourism industry.
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Comments Off on Ireland: locked up like North Korea
Tags: Department of Foreign Affairs (Republic Of Ireland), ECDC, EU travel scheme, Ireland
Sep 11th, 2020 |
By The Editor
The good news is that Sweden has been taken off the quarantine list so you can now travel there without the need to self-isolate
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Comments Off on Weekly holiday review 11th September 2020
Tags: Barbados, China, coronavirus, England, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Norther n Ireland, Scotland, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Turkey, UK, Wales
Sep 10th, 2020 |
By The Editor
Although more than 680,000 people have volunteered, these and the local bodies that have been set up would always welcome a few more volunteers
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Comments Off on Join the Great British September Clean
Tags: Great British September Clean, tourism and litter
Sep 4th, 2020 |
By The Editor
If you thought that quarantine restrictions were confused last week, then this week they are mired in disagreement between the four nations.
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Comments Off on Weekly holiday review 4th September 2020
Tags: Belize, British Virgin Islands, Cuba, Egypt, Estonia, Gibraltar, Greece, Hungary, Malaysia, Maldives, Portugal, Scotland, Wales
Aug 28th, 2020 |
By The Editor
The main news this week is that “don’t fly” recommendations have been introduced for the Czech Republic, Jamaica and Switzerland.
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Comments Off on Weekly holiday review 28th August 2020
Tags: Bali, Bermuda, Cuba, Czech Republic, ECDC, Egypt, Indonesia, Jamaica, Netherlands, switzerland, Tunisia
Aug 27th, 2020 |
By The Editor
What is concerning cruise companies is the speed with which some countries have virtually blocked travel to other destinations by imposing “don’t fly” notices.
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Comments Off on Ocean cruising delayed again
Tags: CLIA, Costa, Cunard, Hurtigruten, Marella, ocean cruising
Aug 21st, 2020 |
By The Editor
The good is that UK tourists will no longer need to quarantine after holidaying in Portugal.
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Comments Off on Weekly holiday review 21st August 2020
Tags: Austria, Bahamas, Costa Rica, Croatia, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, France, Italy, Portugal, spain, switzerland, Trinidad & Tobago
Aug 17th, 2020 |
By The Editor
The opening date has been postponed again but this time no future date has been suggested.
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Comments Off on Stricter controls at Machu Picchu
Tags: coronavirus, Machu Picchu, Peru