Travel tips & opinions

I was more optimistic about overseas travel a month or so ago. Now I think a domestic holiday is a more relaxing option.

It is beginning to look like cruise companies have decided that the UK represents a goldmine (or lifeline) for their business in the early summer.

A happy Easter will be one where we folow the rules otherwise lockdowns might last even longer.

Could it be that they are planning to say on the 5th that the May 17th date which was seen as the earliest day we could travel abroad is now to be pushed back into June or later?

Smooch staycationers, caress them and make them feel like only they matter.

The new law will ban travel until the end of June unless rescinded by the government before then.

Only a few weeks ago I was optimistic that we would have an overseas summer holiday later this year. Now I am not so sure.

Even the bureaucrats in Brussels are realising how important British tourists are so this could be good news for us as visitors.

Only 20% plan on travelling abroad, 25% plan on a staycation but 9% plan to travel both at home and abroad.

Sustainable tourism rather than decimation tourism may become a reality rather than an over-talked about wish.

Hopefully when the awards are announced next year, things will be a bit more “normal.”

Sub-editors or whoever CNN employ to create headlines for stories filed by their reporters had exercised their love of drama to come up with an attention grabbing headline

Readers know that –subject to life following the British government’s timetable – we can fly again as from May 17th. But should we travel that early?

Leisure travel might bring more pressure on weekend services and we might have to get used crowded services again. Why should we?

As the Sunday People put it in its headline today, “Free by Summer.”

What does come through though is that the traditional places -Spain, Greece and Portugal – are getting bookings over other destination despite our inability to travel.

She told people not to book Easter holidays saying that it was highly unlikely to use her words that hotels or self-catering places would be allowed to open.

In the future lastminute.com customers will remember and when it comes time to book again they may be a bit reluctant to book and part cash with it.

Is what the minister really saying is that she sees less demand for airport expansion?

W had warnings and conflicting thoughts yesterday but no answers. For that we have to impatiently wait another eleven days.

Tourism and travel (that includes airline companies as rail as rail and bus services) showed the two biggest declines in customer satisfaction.

On the Beach considers that bookings will remain “weak” until the second half of the year.

Why this Australian attitude concerns me is that it might become the thinking in other countries.

The BMJ has published the results of some research which seem to confirm that we are responsible for the spread of coronavirus.

I think travellers can expect to see increased costs as destinations try to work out ways to pay for what the pandemic has cost them.

Unlike previous years, if you are searching for a holiday this year there are new things you need to take into account.

The suggestion by Qantas boss, Alan Joyce, that only those vaccinated will be able to fly on his airline touched a nerve with other airlines. Desperate to find any way to get us to get on planes again, there was criticism of this idea by people such as Michael O’Leary from Ryanair who wanted testing – like IATA and the WTTC – as the way forward. Now the Qantas suggestion has received backing from two of the best-known and innovative airline bosses. Both Tony Fernandes
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Vaccinations seem to be stimulating confidence about travelling again.