Travel news

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

It just goes to show that travellers should not take these figures at face value or necessarily be influenced on whether to travel to them or not.

There are a spate of cruise stories this week as most of us settle down to enjoy the last bank holiday until Christmas.

Tomorrow the final Great Getaway of the year begins. That is until the Great Christmas one! (Have you noticed  that all bank holidays have “Great Getways” rather than just “getaways?” Motorways and other roads will start getting busy from lunchtime onwards as people get away for the bank holiday weekend and the chance to get a little sunshine before the nights start to draw in. Most of us will stay in the UK and that means,according to the RAC,about 14 million of us will be
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English Heritage says that its castles are facing a new threat – invasive weeds, penetrating damp and severe weather.

This major highlight of the annual sporting scene which ranges as important as the Olympic Games and Ashes tests against Australia would have saddened many people if it had been cancelled.

A poll commissioned by British Airways Holidays says that 20% had no idea Europe was a continent and – more shaming than anything – 3% think Great Britain is a continent!

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!

Has there been an increase or is it better reporting? Or the fact that airlines are getting tougher on passengers?

Whatever the truth of where the origin of national Riller Coaster Day comes from, there are over fifty in the UK and Ireland

Balloons, books and bunce occupy some of Adrian’s thoughts this week

What rights do passengers who might be affected have?

It reminds me of the quote attributed to Abraham Lincoln – you can fool some of the people…

However you get your spending money this holiday it looks as though most of us will be getting less for our pound.

Despite a very wet winter and spring, there are some restrictions imposed by a lack of water in some of the canals due to the lack of rain in last few months.

With very hot temperatures in southern Europe holidaymakers are warned to make sure they wear protective creams and clothing if they venture out in the heat of the day and take plenty of water with them.

One Too Many is designed to remind us of the consequences of what will happen to passengers if they are disruptive. Not just gaol and fines are involved but being barred from flying could be a consequence.

A new scanning system at Heathrow, Great Bridlington and Doors Open attract Adrian’s attention this week.

According to a new study from Teletext Holidays, in a typical fortnight’s holiday, most of us get just nine days of relaxation and enjoyment out of the fourteen.

Noel Coward told us that mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun and sometourist officials will be hoping (privately and very quietly) that we continue to do just that and nor follow the Met Office suggestions of staying out of the sun.

The theft of a Thomas the Tank Engine land train from Lowestoft, the start of the school holidays in England and Wales as well as new forms of air transport unveiled at the Farnbrough Air Show raise Adrian’s interest this week.

Churches are adapting to an age where not just parishioners come and see but the wider world visits.

To be in with a chance of winning a stay in one of English Heritage’s historic holiday cottages (there are other prizes as well) you need to build a sandcastle.

Why is it that it took the EU so long to realise that Airbnb was not conforming to the law since the rest of the travel industry was brought into line many years ago?

Even if the weather didn’t tell us, summer is here now the Proms, the Liverpool Biennale, the Ekhof Festival and striking travel staff tell us it is.

The government suggested that, because of the billions that APD brings in, it is going to have to see some substantial reasons why it should kill the APD goose which lays so much Treasury gold.

Called the Lady of the Mercians, Æthelflæd has also been called our ‘greatest woman-general.’ This weekend in Tamworth there will be a celebration of her role in history.

We regulate spaces below which animals cannot travel: why not the same for humans?