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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

My objections to the Qantas plan is that I don’t think the results they gain will be necessarily indicative of how passengers will react.

Cathay Pacific said last week that it did not have cameras in its back-of-seat entertainment just in the lounges, planes and other places.

Today, the UK is the seventh most popular tourist destination, the fourth in Europe and is the fifth largest sector in the UK in terms of GDP.

UPDATE: 8 August 2019 – The RDG has changed its mind and will not now withdraw from Eurail.

It means that us ordinary mortals travelling on holiday his weekend will find it hard to answer the question about when to buy our holiday foreign money.

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I had been expectating that this would be a good year for the home holiday industry. That may not be the case.

We who live in the UK spend more on tourism in the UK than all of the overseas visitors so the strategy is meant for us as well.

It suggests that Jet2Holidays has found a happy marriage between being big, respected and performing well in the eyes of its customers.

The great getaway has already begun on the continent and in Northern Ireland and Scotland.

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.

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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.