Posts Tagged ‘
Barbados ’
Jan 25th, 2021 |
By The Editor
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.
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on Tourists to pay
Tags: Barbados, bed taxes, compulsory health insurance, Mexico, Quintana Roo, St Lucia, Thailand
Oct 2nd, 2020 |
By The Editor
Poland and Turkey are now off-limits. But Scottish residents won’t have to quarantine on return from the Azores and Madeira
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Weekly holiday review – 2nd October 2020
Tags: Barbados, Bonaire, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Liechtenstein, Madris, Paris, Poland, Saba, Seychelles, South Africa, spain, St Eustatius, St Maartin, St Martin, St Vincent and the Grenadines, switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey
Sep 11th, 2020 |
By The Editor
The good news is that Sweden has been taken off the quarantine list so you can now travel there without the need to self-isolate
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Weekly holiday review 11th September 2020
Tags: Barbados, China, coronavirus, England, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Norther n Ireland, Scotland, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Turkey, UK, Wales
Aug 20th, 2020 |
By The Editor
Barbados could be expecting a bumper crop of Britons anxious to have a safe and sunny holiday this year?
Posted in Travel destinations |
Comments Off on A Barbadian holiday this year?
Tags: Barbados, British Airways, winter holidays 2020/2021
Dec 27th, 2019 |
By The Editor
Today Britons still make up the largest group of visitors and tourists to the island so the tourist authority will be working hard to persuade more of us to holiday there.
Posted in Travel destinations |
Comments Off on Barbados booms
Tags: Barbados, We Gatherin
Nov 1st, 2019 |
By Kaye Holland
Just About Travel gives you the low-down on what’s hot (and what’s not) in the travel world right now
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on What’s hot: November 2019
Tags: amsterdam, Australia, Barbados, Christmas, Cruise, holiday, Indian Ocean, Italy, Maldives, Rihanna, Scandinavian Mountains, Sydney, Sydney Harbour Bridge, vacation
Oct 22nd, 2019 |
By The Editor
The Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc. (BTMI) and members of the Barbados Hotel & Tourism Association (BHTA), have partnered to launch ‘Barbados Cares’
Posted in Travel destinations |
Comments Off on Barbados thanks Thomas Cook customers
Tags: Barbados, Barbados Cares, Thomas Cook
Jul 1st, 2019 |
By Kaye Holland
Just About Travel tells you what’s hot in the travel world right now
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on What’s hot: July 2019
Tags: Barbados, Berlin, Buenos Aires, Calgary, Canada, Caribbean, Cruise, Finland, Gatwick, Germany, Helsinki, Pussycat Dolls, Starbucks, Stoke, Toronto, travel insurance
Sep 15th, 2018 |
By Adrian Lawes
The opening of the V&A Dundee, APD in Wales, increasing visitor numbers from the UK to Qatar and the Barbadian Food & Rum Festival are some of the events capturing Adrian’s interest this week.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 15th of September 2018
Tags: APD, Barbados, Barbados Food and Rum Festival, battlefield sites, Doncaster Sheffield Airport, Dundee, Mallorca, Mallorca Classic car Week, New York, Qatar, V&A Dundee, Wales, World Trade Center
Jul 28th, 2018 |
By Adrian Lawes
A new scanning system at Heathrow, Great Bridlington and Doors Open attract Adrian’s attention this week.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 28th of July 2018
Tags: Apple River Fort, Barbados, Bridlington, Glitch Festival, Greenwich, Heathrow, Illinois, Malta, Ranger’s House, scanning liquids at airports, Summer Daze Malta, summer fires, USA
Mar 11th, 2018 |
By The Editor
Norstat announced the winners of its Destination Satisfaction Index and the overall winner was Barbados. Second was the Seychelles and third, Bermuda.
Posted in Travel destinations |
Comments Off on Barbados tops satisfaction index
Tags: Austria, Barbados, Bermuda, customer satisfaction., Destination Satisfaction Index, ITB, Maldives, Seychelles
Mar 10th, 2018 |
By Adrian Lawes
Its Las Fallas time in Valencia again this coming week. That’s just one of items Adrian covers this week.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 10th March 2018
Tags: Barbados, Barbados Family and Friends Club (BFF), India, Las Fallas, Liwonde African Parks, Lost baggage, Malawi, no deposit holiday bookings, Queer Britain: The National LGBTQ+ Museum, SITA, Sri Lanka, Thomas Cook, valencia, Virgin Atlantic
Mar 7th, 2018 |
By Kaye Holland
Sri Lankan author, film producer and hip hop artist, Ruby Lovell, shares her travel highs and lows
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on Where the experts holiday: Ruby Lovell, Sri Lankan author, film producer and hip hop artist
Tags: amsterdam, Asia, Barbados, Berlin, Big Apple, Caribbean, city breaks, Civil War, Colombo, elephants, Empire State Building, French Alps, Greenwich Village, holiday, Japan, Kyoto, London, Mullins Bay, New York, Rum Punch, Russia, skiing, Sri Lanka, Tamil, Tokyo, Val d'Isere
Feb 27th, 2018 |
By The Editor
A third of all the visitors to the Caribbean island of Barbados come from the UK. Given the weather this week, that number may increase!
Posted in Travel destinations |
Comments Off on Barbados – “Year of Culinary Excellence”
Tags: “Year of Culinary Excellence”, Barbados, Barbados Food and Rum Festival, Oistins Fish Festival, re-DISCOVER, Sugar and Rum Season
Sep 16th, 2017 |
By Adrian Lawes
Light shows, food festivals and a new US civil rights trail are some of the things catching Adrian’s attention this week.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: September 16th 2017
Tags: Barbados, Barbados Food and Rum Festival, British Airways, Canada, Chaudiere Falls, China Airlines, Eberbach Monastery, Germany, Hurricane Irma, Neustadt an der Weinstraße, Ottawa, Somerset Arts Week Festival, Taiwan, Thailand, US Civil Rights Trail
Jun 25th, 2017 |
By Kaye Holland
Torturous Brexit negotiations, four terrorist attacks in a month, the Grenfell Tower tragedy, a coalition of chaos… it’s time to escape for the summer, says Kaye Holland
Posted in Travel rumblings |
Comments Off on Bye bye Britain
Tags: Barbados, British government, Brits, Colombia, Ecuador, Finsbury Park, London, Russia, sand, sea, Sri Lanka, summer, sun, The Maldives, Wales
May 3rd, 2017 |
By The Editor
If you are in London this weekend, head for South Molton Street where the tourist authority for the Caribbean island of Barbados will present a three day, free extravaganza it calls a Taste of Barbados.
Posted in Travel destinations |
Comments Off on Barbados comes to London
Tags: Barbados, Crop Over, Taste of Barbados, The Food and Rum Festival
Feb 25th, 2017 |
By Adrian Lawes
Belly-dancing in the Scottish style, treasure hunting in Scunthorpe and avoiding Luton Airport by going to Southend are a few of the things on Adrian’s agenda this week.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 25th February 2017
Tags: Barbados, British Airways, Delta Air Lines, Dominican Republic, Florida, Flybe, free meals on flights, Hng Kong, Hong Kong Disneyland, Museum of Free Derry, Panama City, Royal Air Maroc, Ryanair, Saudia, Scottish Festival and Northwest Florida Renaissance &Fantasy Faire, Scunthorpe, Tunisia, U.S. Virgin Islands
Feb 1st, 2017 |
By Kaye Holland
Just About Travel tells you what’s hot (and what’s not) in the travel world
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on What’s hot: February 2017
Tags: America, Asheville, Barbados, British Airways, Canada, carry on, Dukes London, hand luggage, island, John Platt, Lonely Planet, Madlives, New York, Ottawa, spain, Tenerife, Travel, travel apps, Virgin Atlantic, Washington
Jan 24th, 2017 |
By The Editor
This was an “attempt” – their word, not mine – to create a brew that tastes like a holiday. Virgin has created the first data-driven rum built on emotions garnered from 15 million social media comments.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Virgin’s Holiday Spirit
Tags: Barbados, Holiday Spirit, Ian Burrell, Virgin Holidays
Nov 19th, 2016 |
By Adrian Lawes
A listed fort, toilets, supersonic flights, high-speed rail between Singapore and Malaysia, APD and Christmas Markets are on Adrian’s radar screen this week.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 19th November 2016
Tags: Air Passenger Duty, Airbnb, APD, Arundel Castle, Association of Scottish Visitor Attractions, Barbados, Chau Point, eco-tourism, Germany, Historic Environment Scotland, Jungfrau region, Kaikora, Malaysia, Museum of the University of St Andrews, New Lanark World Heritage Site, New Zealand, public toilets, Real Mary Kings Close, Sabah, Singapore, supersonic flight, switzerland, Thorne Island, Wonders of Nature exhibition
Jul 16th, 2016 |
By Adrian Lawes
Adrian summarises the stories you might have missed in a week that saw yet another tragic attack that will reduce the number of tourists visiting France but, hopefully, not for long.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets:16th of July 2016
Tags: "Lady Luck", Aer Lingus, Angkor Wat, Barbados, BBC, Cambodia, Competition and Markets Authority, dress etiquette at temples, easyjet, Florida, Holidays in term-time, Jet 2, Jon Platt, National Space Academy, Oregon, Pompano Beach, Portland 2016 Biennial of Contemporary Art, restrictiive hotel pricing practices, Skull Island: Reign of Kong, speedy bag drop services, Universal Orlando Resort, USA
Feb 6th, 2016 |
By Adrian Lawes
A new children’s play area at Alicante airport, Piers Morgan giving the travel industry a hard time and how can someone on £15,000 afford three holidays a year? It’s all part of Adrian’s catch-up of the week.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: February 6th 2016
Tags: Alicante Airport, Barbados, British Airways Holidays, Costa Blanca, easyjet, Garuda, Good Morning Britain, Greece, Guernsey, Herm, Indonesia, Jethu, Las Vegas, Miami International Airport, Passenger Terminal Today, Piers Morgan
Aug 6th, 2015 |
By The Editor
Santander released a piece of research that shows that Barbados is one place where our purse strings might get stretched.
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on Barbados or Austria?
Tags: Austria, Barbados, Santander
Mar 3rd, 2015 |
By Judith Baker
Judith reviews the updated edition of 101 Things to do & Places to see in Barbados 2015 edition by Russell Streeter.
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
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Tags: 101 Things to do & Places to see in Barbados 2015 edition., Barbados, Russell Streeter
Jan 22nd, 2015 |
By Kaye Holland
It’s wet, windy and dark at four o clock so it must be time to head abroad and bask in some winter sun. Just About Travel has the low-down on 10 destinations where sun, sand and sea come as standard
Posted in Travel destinations, Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on Memorable mid winter getaways
Tags: America, Barbados, Brazil, California, Cape Town, Caribbean, China, Dubai, FIFA, Hainan, holidays, Israel, Mexico, Nha Trang, Palm Springs, Playa del Carmen, Rat Pack, Rio de Janeiro, Sanya, South Africa, sunshine, Tel Aviv, Travel, UAE, Vietnam, winter sun, World Cup
Nov 2nd, 2014 |
By Kaye Holland
Meet Generation big: the travel enthusiasts who refuse to be tied down
Posted in Travel rumblings |
Comments Off on The rise of generation big
Tags: America, Barbados, Blighty, Ely, Generation big, Geneva, India, Limoges, London, New York, Picture of Italy, South America, Tel Aviv, Travel, UK, Up in the Air
Sep 5th, 2014 |
By The Editor
Why has the Barbados Tourism Authority joined in partnership with Liverpool Football Club?
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Liverpool and Barbados
Tags: Barbados, Liverpool Football Club