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Jun 18th, 2020 |
By The Editor
The Australian tourism minister yesterday said that the Australian border might stay closed until next year for short term visitors.
Posted in Travel destinations |
Comments Off on Forget Australia this year?
Tags: Australia, Beijing, coronavirus, coronavirus second wave, New Zealand, Qantas, South Korea
Apr 7th, 2018 |
By Adrian Lawes
As well as wondering why fewer of us are going to the Spanish region of Andalucia, Adrian considers restrictions in the Galapagos and Edinburgh and whether his mobile phone is covered by his travel insurance policy.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 7th April 2018
Tags: Albania, Andalucia, Beijing, Blackpool, British passport printing, Broadway, City of Derry Airport, De La Rue, Ecuador, Edinburgh, Galapagos Islands, Gemalto, Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway, Hainan Airlines, Sante Fe Islands, spain, Thai Airways, toll roads, travel insurance
Mar 31st, 2018 |
By Kaye Holland
Just About Travel lets you in what’s hot (and what’s not) in the travel industry this month
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on What’s hot: April 2018
Tags: Air Baltic, Australia, Baltimore, Beijing, Berlin, Blackpool, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Brisbane, Brits, Chengdu, China, city, Commonwealth Games, Ecuador, Europe, Greeks, Hainan, Hainan Airlines, Harry Met Sally, Hawaii, Las Vegas, Mamma Mia, Maryland, New York, pets, Queensland, Quito, Sex and the City, Singapore, Singapore Airlines, solo, solo travellers, South America, Travel, Turkey, Xian
Jan 4th, 2018 |
By The Editor
If you want to be part of the incoming visitor crowd, The China Guide has told you where to go and when. If you want to see a quieter and less busy China, this gives you a clue on where to avoid!
Posted in Travel destinations |
Comments Off on When and where to go in China
Tags: Beijing, China, Shanghai, The China Guide, Xian
Aug 31st, 2017 |
By Kaye Holland
Just About Travel tells you what’s hot and what’s not in the travel world right now
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on What’s hot: September 2017
Tags: ABTA, all-inclusive, All-Inclusive Holidays, Argentina, BA, Beijing, Beijing International airport, boarding cards, Bogota, Boston, Buenos Aires, Colombia, Denver, Gabriel García Márquez, Gatwick, Inca Citadel, JetBlue, Lonely Planet, Machu Picchu, One Hundred Years of Solitude, Pablo Escobar, solo, solo travel, solo travellers, South America, Wales
Feb 12th, 2017 |
By Kaye Holland
I’d love to see you, but you live too far away says Kaye Holland
Posted in Travel rumblings |
Comments Off on London life
Tags: Abu Dhabi, Arsenal, Beijing, Brixton, Buenos Aires, Dubai, Grand Cayman, Greenwich, Harrow, London, postcodes, Primark, Uber, Wembley
May 2nd, 2016 |
By Kaye Holland
Just About Travel tells you what’s hot in the travel world this month
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on What’s hot: May 2016
Tags: Airports, America, Atlanta, Beijing, Boris Johnson, Delta, Dubai, Egypt, Gap Years, Gatwick, golf, Heathrow, Lima, London, Lonely Planet, National Portrait Gallery, Paddington, Peru, Red Sea, Richard Branson, Sharm El Sheikh, Virgin America
Mar 17th, 2016 |
By Kaye Holland
A record number of 30 somethings are considering leaving the capital. Kaye Holland is one of them
Posted in Travel destinations |
Comments Off on So long London…?
Tags: Argentina, Beijing, Boris Johnson, Britain, Buenos Aires, Dr Johnson, Dubai, German Gymanasium, London, Oxford Street, skyscrapers, Soho, The Cheesegrater, The Gherkin, The Walkie Talkie, UK
Dec 31st, 2015 |
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: January 2016
Tags: AirPortr, America, Beijing, British Airways, Charlie Chaplin, China, Eurovision, Greece, Heathrow, Hilton Hotels, Hotels, Lake Geneva, Las Vegas, London, skiing, Stockholm, Sweden, switzerland, USA
Aug 4th, 2015 |
By Kaye Holland
Kaye’s itchy feet have taken her to New York. Read the latest instalment of her ‘Notes from a traveller’ series, only on Just About Travel
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on Notes from a traveller: part 12
Tags: America, An American In Paris, Asheville, Beijing, Big Apple, Broadway, Brooklyn, Buenos Aires, Central Park, Ellis Island, Empire State Building, Fifth Avenue, Gossip Girl, Grand Cayman, Harrow, Hudson River, JFK, Manhattan, Midtown, New York, Oman, Sex and the City, Statue of Liberty, Tiffany’s, Times Square, Travel, Tribecca
Feb 15th, 2015 |
By Kaye Holland
Heading to China to usher in the Year of the Sheep? Former China resident, Kaye Holland, has the low-down on the destinations you mustn’t miss while in the Middle Kingdom
Posted in Travel destinations |
Comments Off on China treasures
Tags: Beijing, Chengdu, China, Chinese New Year, forbidden city, Great Wall, Great Wall of China, Guangxi province, Hainan, Leshan, pandas, Sanya, Silk Road, Temple of Heaven, Terracotta Warriors, The Leshan Giant Buddha Statue, Tiananmen Square, Year of the Sheep
Jan 13th, 2015 |
By Kaye Holland
Kaye Holland – a former laowai (foreigner) in China – loved her time in China but there were a few things she doesn’t miss…
Posted in Travel rumblings |
Comments Off on Eight things I don’t miss about living in China
Tags: 7-Eleven, Baiju, Beijing, Beijing International airport, China, China Unicom, internet, Marmite, Michael Jackson, Middle Kingdom, pollution, vegetarian, VPN
Jan 9th, 2015 |
By Kaye Holland
Ahead of Chinese New Year next month, Kaye Holland – a former laowai (foreigner) in China – reveals what she misses most about the Middle Kingdom
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on Eight things I miss most about China
Tags: Beijing, China, Instagram, jianbings, karaoke, KTV, laowai, Mao Zedong, one child policy, Shanghai, TCM, Thai chi, villages
Aug 9th, 2014 |
By Kaye Holland
London has been betrayed by Boris
Posted in Travel rumblings |
Comments Off on Blonde ambition: Boris has betrayed London
Tags: Beijing, Boris Johnson, Europe, Evening Standard, London, Mayor, MP, Nick Clegg
Jul 15th, 2014 |
By Kaye Holland
London’s air pollution problem
Posted in Travel rumblings |
Comments Off on London needs to clean up its act
Tags: air, Beijing, Bird's Nest Olympic Stadium, Boris Johnson, China, Dhaka, forbidden city, Imperial City, King's College London, London, Mayor of London, Michael Jackson, Oxford Street, pollution, Temple of Heaven
Mar 26th, 2014 |
By Kaye Holland
Sadly the UK visa system is STILL failing the Chinese
Posted in Travel rumblings |
Comments Off on The Chinese visa farce continues
Tags: Beijing, Berlin, British government, Chinese, David Cameron, Europe, London, Milan, Nick Clegg, Paris, Teresa May, UK, visas
Mar 21st, 2014 |
By Kaye Holland
Here’s a snapshot of the destinations that travel enthusiast, Kaye Holland, has called home…
Posted in Travel destinations |
Comments Off on Travel tales
Tags: Asia, Beijing, Caribbean, Cayman, China, Dubai, expats, London 2012 Olympics, Lonely Planet, UAE, Watford
Jan 2nd, 2014 |
By Kaye Holland
It’s that wet, miserable time of year when thoughts turn to paradise – and plans for 2014. Thinking about a fresh start – perhaps somewhere sunny? Former expat, Kaye Holland, has some advice to help you realise those expat ambitions
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on Top tips for first time expats
Tags: Abu Dhabi, Beijing, Caribbean, Cayman, China, Dubai, expat life, Internations, jobs, KTV, language, London, Middle East, NHS, PADI, reverse culture shock, TCM, UAE
Nov 16th, 2013 |
By Kaye Holland
Beijing maybe the political and cultural capital of China but it’s Chengdu – home to China’s most famous face, the panda, – that is the headline act in 2013. British Airways launched direct flights from Heathrow to Chengdu in September.
Posted in Travel destinations, Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on Animal magic: Chengdu
Tags: Bamboo, Beijing, Chairman Mao, Chengdu, China, Giant Panda Breeding Research Base, Great Buddha, Guangzhou, hot pot, Leshan, pandas, People's Park, Shanghai, Tibetan Quarter
Oct 1st, 2013 |
By The Editor
CD Traveller tells you what’s hot and what’s not in the travel world. This month Southend and Spain are both in the spotlight, if for different reasons
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on What’s hot: October 2013
Tags: Africa, Barcelona, Beijing, China, Disney, Egypt, Essex, Fukushima, Hobart, Japan, la tomatina, Little Red, Luton, New Jersey, Red Sea, Richard Branson, Sharm El Sheikh, spain, UK, Virgin Atlantic
Aug 12th, 2013 |
By Kaye Holland
Kaye loves London, so why did she leave? Read the seventh part of her story exclusively on CD-Traveller
Posted in Travel rumblings, Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on I love London, so why did I leave? (Part seven)
Tags: BA, Beijing, China, Diamond Jubilee, London, London riots, Mandarin, Olympics
Jul 2nd, 2013 |
By Kaye Holland
Kaye loves London, so why did she leave? Read the sixth part of her story exclusively on CD-Traveller
Posted in Travel destinations |
Comments Off on I love London so why did I leave? (Part six)
Tags: Beijing, Britain, China, Ely, Facebook, forbidden city, Jinshan Park, LA, London, Mandarin, New York, Olympic Games, Shanghai, The Temple of Heaven
May 15th, 2013 |
By Kaye Holland
Kaye loves London, so why did she leave? Read the fifth part of her story exclusively on CD-Traveller
Posted in Travel destinations, Travel rumblings |
Comments Off on I love London, so why did I leave? (Part five)
Tags: Asia, Beijing, China, forbidden city, Great Wall, hutongs, London, Mandarin, Ritan Park, Sanlitun, Shanghai, Silk Market, TCM, The Forbidden City, Tiananmen Square, UK
Apr 11th, 2013 |
By Kaye Holland
Kaye loves London, so why did she leave? Read the fourth part of her story, exclusively on CD-Traveller
Posted in Travel rumblings |
Comments Off on I love London, so why did I leave? (Part four)
Tags: Asia, Beijing, Brecon Jazz Festival, Britain, Cayman, China, Heathrow, London, Mandarin, Samuel Johnson, Soho, The Thames, UAE
Mar 16th, 2013 |
By Kaye Holland
As regular CD-Traveller readers will know, Kaye loves London so why did she leave?
Posted in Travel rumblings |
Comments Off on I love London, so why did I leave?
Tags: Abu Dhabi, Australia, BBC, Beijing, Caribbean, Cayman Islands, China, Dubai, expats, Hertfordshire, London, Lonely Planet, Middle East, Primrose Hill, Salford, Saracens, Shepherds Bush, Switerland, Sydney, Thailand, UAE, UK, Watford, Watford FC
Mar 2nd, 2013 |
By The Editor
CD-Traveller tells you what’s hot and what’s not in the travel world. Read on to find out why it’s a good month for Sri Lanka, if not Scunthorpe…
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on What’s hot: March 2013
Tags: Alton Towers, Beijing, Blackpool, Bradford, Britain, China, Garrett McNamara, House of Mutt, Las Vegas, Norway, Portugal, Rio de Janeiro, Scunthorpe, Sri Lanka, UK
Feb 2nd, 2013 |
By The Editor
CD-Traveller tells you what’s hot and what’s not in the travel world. This month, The Shard and Sri Lanka are hitting the headlines for all the right reasons, but trips to Thailand are in trouble
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on What’s hot: February 2013
Tags: Air New Zealand, Association of British Travel Agents, Beijing, British Airways, Cathay Pacific, China, China Airlines, EU, FCO, Finnair, Gatwick, George Best, John Lennon, Ozzy Osbourne, Saga, Shanghai, Sri Lanka, Thailand, The Shard, Vietnam, Virgin Atlantic
Dec 8th, 2012 |
By Kaye Holland
Austria’s capital and largest city, Vienna, claimed top spot in Mercer’s 2012 Quality of Life survey
Posted in Travel news, Travel rumblings |
Comments Off on Viva Vienna!
Tags: Abu Dhabi, Auckland, Austria, Beijing, Dubai, Grand Cayman, London, Mercer Quality of Life, Montreal, Munich, Ottowa, Toronto, Vancouver, Vienna, Zurich