Travel tips & opinions

The research suggests that those taking a staycation will be spending on average £874 on a week’s holiday.

If individuals are placing confidence and trust in organisations then when the worst happens, they should receive a portion of any fines.

The Lake District is a huge tourist draw so if the airport can get direct flights to the places from where existing (and potential) visitors come, then there is no reason why the airport shouldn’t flourish.

Just as Center Parcs put outdoor attractions under cover, destinations and attractions need to invest in all-weather attractions to get us to visit them.

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The latest survey of rail passenger satisfaction shows that 87% of long-haul passengers are satisfied, some four percentage points more than the average for all rail journeys.

The question for all of them is how do they manage to have their cake and still eat it.

Frankly both politicians and airports in Great Britain are happy with this heightened emphasis on climate change.

As for reading the small print, who really wades through all of that dry text?

The latest research from Post Office Money suggests that the vast majority of us are still planning to travel abroad despite Brexit

Tourism wouldn’t exist in such a big way without volunteers. Our heritage sites be they buildings, railways or the landscape rely on volunteers

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What I find surprising is that with children and teenagers being at the most difficult from about 12-17, any parent wants to travel with them at all.

The lovely folk at Lonely Planet have put together a list of the best cocktail bars on the planet

With bookings down apart from cruise ships and some specialist holidays a surprisingly high number of people haven’t booked their summer holidays yet.

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All-in-all, it isn’t too bad. But that is today. That isn’t the way the media is spinning it. Unfortunately, In a week’s time it could alter significantly.

Destinations have been tightening up on how long you can you can rent a property as well as introducing safety and maintenance measures.

Is the day ahead where we won’t have landing cards to complete?

From our largest tour operator, TUI, comes some intriguing research that they commissioned from University College London’s Affective Brain Lab.

Recently, a specialist tour operator, Responsible Travel, issued a manifesto which – among other things – called upon the UK government to increase APD to dissuade people from flying.

According to ABTA, Action Fraud and getsafeonline, over 5,000 people reported to Action Fraud that they had lost a total of just over £7 million to holiday and travel related fraud in 2018.

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It is non-EU countries like Turkey and Tunisia which are proving popular, along with all-inclusive deals as customers “lock-in” costs

In essence that is the advice from the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office. It doesn’t actually say “don’t go” that but dresses it up.

If so little interest is being paid to the day maybe we should question whether we need a patron saint’s day for England at all?

Istanbul must be hoping that there is still a future for big hubs despite current aviation trends.

If you lost something – after checking you had been in the last couple of hours – what would you do? Report it to the police?