Travel tips & opinions
Feb 14th, 2020 |
By Kaye Holland
Not sure where to start your planning? Take our family traveller quiz to figure out the type of trip that’s right for you.
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Tags: adventure, Alps, city breaks, family travel, half term, nomad, quiz
Feb 13th, 2020 |
By Kaye Holland
Travel has never been so child-friendly. Long gone are the days when in-flight entertainment was limited to one communal screen, museums hid all their fascinating wares behind glass, and dining out at fancy restaurants was an adults-only affair. Now you can fly wherever you want to (and often for reasonable fares), there’s a huge range of accommodation options for travelling families, and many more sights and attractions are geared towards entertaining small people. And that’s without even mentioning the benefits of technology. Digital maps, translation
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Tags: cruises, family travel, kids, kids and museums, Lonely Planet, safaris, Trains, Travel
Feb 12th, 2020 |
By The Editor
Although most arrangements are still unknown, the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office have issued advice to travellers to the EU from 1st of January 2021.
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Tags: Common Travel Area, FCO, travelling to EU countries after 2020
Feb 4th, 2020 |
By The Editor
Spain is only the choice of 13.6% of people aged 25-34.
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Tags: China, Egypt, Estonia, Gibraltar, New Zealand, Slovenia, spain
Feb 2nd, 2020 |
By The Editor
An art supplies company in Bolton has had a think and created ten travel posters as if they were designed by famous artists from past and present.
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Tags: travel posters
Feb 1st, 2020 |
By Kaye Holland
Just About Travel tells you what’s hot (and what’s not) in the travel world right now…
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Tags: app, Australia, Bogota, Caribbean, Colombia, Europe, Faroe Islands, island, Jamaica, Japan, Palm Springs, skiing, Travel, UK
Jan 29th, 2020 |
By The Editor
Not wishing to look a gift horse in the mouth, for the tourist and visitor there are some things that would help tourism and make it easier for people to visit parts of our countries
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Tags: Borders Railway, Dartmouth Steam Railway, Fishguard, Harrogate, Plymouth, re-opening rail lines, Stranraer
Jan 28th, 2020 |
By The Editor
Fear not readers, ferry travel will be exactly the same as before.
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Tags: Brexit, Brexit confusion, Discover Ferries
Jan 24th, 2020 |
By The Editor
What people wish to do and what they actually do makes me think there will still be an increase in the number of those flying when 2020 figures become available.
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Tags: Climate Change, cutting back on flights, European Investment Bank
Jan 22nd, 2020 |
By The Editor
If I don’t use Travelex again have I not partially succumbed to the wiles of the hackers?
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Tags: cyber hacking, hacking travel websites, Travelex
Jan 1st, 2020 |
By Kaye Holland
Just About Travel tells you what’s hot (and what’s not) in the travel world right now
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Tags: Charles Dickens, Florence Nightingale, forests, Heathrow, hot, language, Marrakech, Olympics, Rewilding, Scotland Yard, Tokyo
Dec 31st, 2019 |
By The Editor
Now if I had been asked, I think my choice would have been more flights to places I want to go from my local airport
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Tags: eDreams Odigeo, flat beds, future wishes of airline passengers, Wifi
Dec 29th, 2019 |
By The Editor
Cruise passengers are very loyal with 82% of them saying that they will book another cruise.
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Tags: Caribbean cruises, CLIA, cruise holidays, Mediterranean cruises
Dec 28th, 2019 |
By The Editor
ABTA says that staycations will continue to perform well and that Europe will continue to be host to the main destinations.
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Tags: ABTA, ABTA Travel Trends 2020, personalisation in travel, slow holidays, staycations, tourism pollution
Dec 22nd, 2019 |
By The Editor
Readers should respect the results as being indicative of Which? readers but treat it as being biased in reflecting the passenger flying public as a whole.
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Tags: airline passenger satisfaction, Aurigny Airlines, British Airways, Consumers Association, Ryanair, Which?
Dec 15th, 2019 |
By The Editor
The model for railway infrastructure is in dire need of modernisation so that holidaymakers, day-trippers, those taking short breaks as well as commuters can have a twenty-first century service.
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Tags: Borders Railway, Ebbw vale line, holiday trains, rail timetables, rail travel
Dec 10th, 2019 |
By The Editor
Should tour operators deliver tours to live volcanoes?. If yes, at what point do operators decide that there should err on the side of caution and stop tours?
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Tags: New Zealand, volcano tourism, White Island
Dec 7th, 2019 |
By The Editor
the travel industry just doesn’t know what those previous Thomas Cook holiday bookers will do now they no longer have their favourite brand.
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Tags: easyJet holidays, Holiday bookings, Jet2holidays, Kuoni, Thomas Cook, TUI, Virgin Holidays
Dec 6th, 2019 |
By The Editor
Can easyJet move quickly enough to sign hotels, attractions and excursions so that it can capture a chunk of those who are looking for a holiday in 2020?
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Tags: easyjet, easyJet holidays, Jet 2 Holidays, Package holidays, Thomas Cook
Dec 5th, 2019 |
By The Editor
For those planning on a Christmas break the issue is whether you buy your currency now or wait and get a better deal after the election is over.
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Tags: Euro, foreign exchange, sterling, US dollar
Dec 2nd, 2019 |
By The Editor
All-inclusives may be loved by tour operators and liked by holidaymakers but destinations aren’t fond of them.
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Tags: All-Inclusive Holidays, MoneySavingHeroes
Dec 1st, 2019 |
By Kaye Holland
Just About Travel tells you what’s hot and what’s not in the travel world right now
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Tags: Antarctic, Cape Town, Cirque du Soleil, England, Kerala, Lonely Planet, Miami, Stanfords, USA, Vegas, Wizz Air
Nov 29th, 2019 |
By Kaye Holland
It’s a challenge to travel anywhere without leaving a carbon footprint, but by adding more planet-healthy choices to your travel diet, you can help to keep yours to an absolute minimum. Here’s how…
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Tags: Australia, Ecuador, energy, Lonely Planet, Mauritius, Nepal, planet, Travel
Nov 24th, 2019 |
By The Editor
The advice to air passengers must bedon’t buy at the airport but on the high street and keep your remaining cash for next time or donate it to one of the charities.
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Tags: Sydney Airport
Nov 22nd, 2019 |
By The Editor
If you want to encourage passengers to genuinely provide feedback you should put satisfaction forms somewhere obvious and well frequented.
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Tags: customer satisfaction., Pu Dong Airport, Shanghai
Nov 13th, 2019 |
By The Editor
In the UK we have any number of theme parks but how many are under cover?
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Tags: American Dream mall, indoor theme parks, Nickelodeon Universe®
Nov 7th, 2019 |
By The Editor
The plan might work if people pay attention, don’t run late and those that are not called don’t push in.
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Tags: airline passenger seating, Gatwick
Nov 5th, 2019 |
By The Editor
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.
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Tags: medical tourism, orphange tourism, Tourism, volun-tourism