Travel news
Aug 14th, 2020 |
By The Editor
The big news of the week, as if I need to tell you, is that as of 4am tomorrow, you will need to go into a 14-day quarantine on returning from France, Malta and the Netherlands and the Turks & Caicos Islands.
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Tags: Cayman Islands, coronavirus, Egypt, France, Greece, lockdown easing, Northern Ireland, spain, Tunisia
Aug 14th, 2020 |
By The Editor
The government argument is that when there is sufficient evidence to remove a destination from the green list it should be done speedily
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Tags: Aruba, Foreign & Commonwealth Office Travel Advice, France, Malta, Monaco, Netherlands, Turks & Caicos
Aug 7th, 2020 |
By The Editor
Our weekly catch up of how the virus is affecting countries we can visit
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Tags: coronavirus, lockdown easing
Aug 6th, 2020 |
By The Editor
If it looks like a race to see which plane flies first both companies would probably deny the fact. But underneath, it is!
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Tags: Boom Supersonic, supersonic passenger flights, Virgin Galactic
Aug 3rd, 2020 |
By The Editor
Judging by the reports of the first weekend business in August, there will be a holiday season this August after all
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Tags: August holidays, Eat Out to Help Out, staycations
Jul 31st, 2020 |
By The Editor
As we foretold earlier this week, each Friday for the next few weeks Just about Travel will look at some favourite holiday destinations overseas. The purpose is to see whether the number of cases of COVID-19 is increasing and thus might be liable to being placed on the UK government’s “don’t travel” list. The measure we are using is the 14-day cumulative number of COVID-19 cases per 100 000 as revealed by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control website (https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/cases-2019-ncov-eueea. We could talk
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Tags: coronavirus, lockdown easing
Jul 28th, 2020 |
By The Editor
Now all travellers from Spain must self-quarantine, the Canaries and Balearics included.
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Tags: Balearics, Canaries, CEHAT, spain, UK 14 day quarantine rules
Jul 26th, 2020 |
By The Editor
What it has said is that those people who are travelling in the next fortnight or so will be treated more quickly than those whose travel plans are further ahead.
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Tags: HM Passport Office, passport issue delays
Jul 23rd, 2020 |
By The Editor
One of the reasons why bookings are not greater may be a concern of either catching the virus abroad or of he hassles upon their return.
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Tags: Musée Rodin, overseas holidays 2020, travellers as a source of coronavirus
Jul 22nd, 2020 |
By The Editor
The advice from the medics is that there should only be essential travel. that advice will be heeded because there is no easy way to visit some!
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Tags: Ireland, Ireland - green list
Jul 19th, 2020 |
By The Editor
The Department for Transport announced that the government would protect refund credit notes offered if packages are cancelled as a result of COVID-19.
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Tags: CAA, Department for Transport, holiday vouchers
Jul 14th, 2020 |
By The Editor
The idea is that we travel safely to return safely and not to spend time in clinics, medical practices or hospitals because we thought we could never catch the destructive coronavirus.
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Tags: coronavirus, Travel Safely
Jul 12th, 2020 |
By The Editor
The EU has decided to take ten member states to court for not enforcing the rules.
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Tags: EU, refunding passenger monies
Jul 11th, 2020 |
By The Editor
In all, I can’t see many people from this side of the pond visiting Florida in the next few months.
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Tags: Animal Kingdom, Disney, Florida, Magic Kingdom, Orlando, USA
Jul 6th, 2020 |
By The Editor
Readers are strongly advised to look at the destinations they are thinking of travelling to and checking the local regulations before they even book a holiday.
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Comments Off on 24 hours later – a revised list
Tags: Brunei, Canada, Estonia, Foreign & Commonwealth Office Travel Advice, Latvia, Malaysia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Solvenia, Taiwan
Jun 29th, 2020 |
By The Editor
After the weekend rush, tour operators need to see whether this has been a one-day wonder or whether bookings will continue at the same pace.
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Tags: high street booking, online booking, Summer holidays 2020
Jun 26th, 2020 |
By The Editor
“We’re good to go” is the name of the UK’s certification scheme for tourism organisations
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Tags: England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Visit England, Wales
Jun 22nd, 2020 |
By The Editor
Retailing is a significant tourism draw although quite often overlooked
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Tags: one-metre distancing, retail tourism, social distancing
Jun 17th, 2020 |
By The Editor
With two attractions closing their doors this week, there are many owners who must be looking at their finances and wondering if they can last another day
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Comments Off on Goodbye Wicksteed Park
Tags: BALPPA, Folly Farm, Highland Wildlife Park, Living Coasts, Wicksteed park, wookey Hole, World of Owls
Jun 16th, 2020 |
By The Editor
Governments will be watching to see if the international border travel and the unlocking causes an increase in the virus.
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Tags: coronavirus lockdown, easyjet, re-opening of zoos
Jun 10th, 2020 |
By The Editor
This isn’t Vacation Rentals being generous or kind to its customers. It appears that the CMA reminded the company what the law was.
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Tags: Competition and Markets Authority, cottages.com, holiday cancellation policies, Hoseasons, staycations, Vacation Rentals
Jun 8th, 2020 |
By The Editor
Despite the hot air being talked around quarantine, I really cannot seeing it last long and, yes, I do now see a summer holiday season.
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Tags: air bridges, air corridors, tourism summer 2020, UK quarantine restrictions
May 29th, 2020 |
By The Editor
For those of you who might be tempted to take a TUI holiday here are the ten things that TUI is putting into place to ensure our safety
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Tags: coronavirus, keeping holiday guests safe, sanitising hotels, TUI
May 24th, 2020 |
By The Editor
Coming so soon after the demise of Thomas Cook, here is another long lived holiday company that has collapsed. Unfortunately, there will probably be more.
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Comments Off on The end for Shearings?
Tags: coach holidays, Shearings, Specialist Leisure Group
May 21st, 2020 |
By The Editor
Some people in Chelmsford must thi k that McDonald’s is a tourist attraction!
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Tags: fast food, lockdown wishes
May 20th, 2020 |
By The Editor
That this hack wasn’t leaked to the press earlier shows that the airline can keep a secret – it just can’t keep our data secret.
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Comments Off on Why didn’t we know earlier?
Tags: BA, Cathay Pacific, easyjet, hacking travel websites, Marriott Group
May 19th, 2020 |
By The Editor
Deeply discounted sales have changed travel in the past. But this time O’Leary is fighting people’s perceptions of whether it is safe to fly rather than just appealing to their wallets.
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Tags: CNBC, flying after coronavirus, Michael O' Leary, Ryanair
May 14th, 2020 |
By The Editor
A holiday this summer with no hassle looks like one being just in the UK. And that is always supposing that the four governments allow you to move about
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Tags: FCO, Foreign & Commonwealth Office Travel Advice, Ryanair, Summer holidays 2020, Willie Walsh, Wizz