Travel tips & opinions

The plan might work if people pay attention, don’t run late and those that are not called don’t push in.

Just as we know have expressions like “tourism pollution” which are critical of tourism, the misuse of the word is likely to lead to even more derogatory thoughts.

This year because of personal issues I am missing WTM but it doesn’t worry me. That’s untrue – it does slightly.

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Increases were spotted just after the Thomas Cook collapse. A month on and other companies have moved in to fill the gap. That means prices will stabilise or even go down.

Such a phenomenon has it become that we have listed over a thousand events that are coming up in the next few days

All-in-all it doesn’t give passengers a great deal of confidence in Boeing or the 737 Max.

The future for ever-expanding airports might be altering but it all comes down to us, the passenger. Would we be happy flying for about 20 hours non-stop?

Is a combination of high street and online is the way forward and that both are needed?

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Sophia Constant, director at Sophia Rose Travel – which specialises in organising luxury adventure travel in Africa & Latin America, talks travel

Keep your eyes out for bargains. I am sure there will be some launched over the next month or so.

The “package” holiday is here to stay. At least for a little bit longer and people who say it is on the way out haven’t realised that it has just evolved.

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It is a little ironic given the collapse of Thomas Cook that the theme for today should be “Tourism and Jobs: A better Future for All”.

Unbeknown to most of us, I suspect, certain suntan lotions contain substances which can threaten marine environments.

For some readers they will have already heard and read as much about the demise of Thomas Cook as they would want to know. Those had better look away know then although I would prefer they remain because this story is not really about Thomas Cook but about what we should all be reminded about. The first, surely, is the need to have travel insurance. But, according to some, only about a quarter of travel insurance policies have clauses in them whereby you are paid
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By mentioning the name of the company aren’t I just contributing to the doubts that any readers may have about buying a holiday from them?

This year I am pretty sure the promotion has run its course and most readers will find the time restrictions on when you can or cannot travel as being off-putting.

Under the directive, all transactions over £28 must have two-stage authentication. As just about every travel product costs more than that, holidaymakers and travellers will be one of the first groups affected.

Heathrow Pause is treading a fine line. Just one plane crash would remove that any sympathy the group has.

Last Sunday, Paul Chan, the Financial Secretary for Hong Kong wrote that visitor numbers in August were down by 40% compared to the same time last year.

Reader then beware! As those financial ads say – look at the small print – or, in this case, look to see if the methodology is explained.

Both the plane and the ground work in little cocoons. Breaking that, said Gaense, will lead to more personalisation than is currently available.

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Those people with more experience of flying – in this case people who have flown in the last ten years – are almost twice as likely to say that flying is getting better rather than worse.

On the whole, I’d rather use a smaller airport like Southend rather than a bigger one like Stansted.

Mel Stephens, founder of Travel Queen – a UK based group tour operator specialising in adventures with style for women aged 25 to 60 – shares her travel experiences and insights with JAT readers