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Mar 1st, 2020 |
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 |
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Tags: Airlie Beach, Australia, Austria, caffeine, California, Celebrity Apex, Easter, football, Great Barrier Reef, Hamilton Island, Holy Week, Italy, Madrid, Munich, Seville, solo travel, solo travellers, spain, Vienna
Nov 5th, 2019 |
By Kaye Holland
Chase champagne powder, ignite the night with high-octane après-ski parties, and live life on the vertical edge with North America’s best ski adventures.
Posted in Travel destinations |
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Tags: Aspen, British Colombia, California, Colarado, New Mexico, North America, ski, Utah
Apr 3rd, 2019 |
By The Editor
It looks as though San Francisco is seeing fewer British holidaymakers but that may not be the case for the USA as a whole.
Posted in Travel destinations |
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Tags: California, San Francisco, USA
Sep 5th, 2018 |
By The Editor
I suspect that the news coverage largely affected domestic tourists because Britons and other Europeans would have booked their trips some time ago and probably still made their trips albeit with some possible changes
Posted in travel, Travel destinations |
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Tags: California, Hawaii, Oregon, Washington
Mar 25th, 2018 |
By Kaye Holland
Is the daily commute to office cubicle getting you down? It’s time to take a break from Britain, says Kaye Holland
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
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Tags: America, Argentina, Britain, Buenos Aires, California, Canada, Cayman, Chile, China, Colombia, Hawaii, Mandarin, mate, Middle East, Mind The Gap, switzerland, tango, UK, Uruguay
Aug 12th, 2017 |
By Adrian Lawes
The wet weather has caused a last minute rush for holidays abroad and we say goodbye to Klaus Lohmann as he returns to Germany and Dennis Cleveland-Peck who sadly died recently.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: August 12th 2017
Tags: California, Dennis Cleveland-Peck, easyjet, France, Gatwick, Germany, Klaus Lohmann, Oakland, PortAventura World, Portugal, Saundersfoot, spain, UNWTO, USA
Jun 30th, 2017 |
By Kaye Holland
Award-winning journalist and author, Nick Kontis, shares his travel highs and lows with Just About Travel
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
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Tags: America, Armenia, Athens, Australia, Azerbaijan, Backpacking, California, Chile, Darwin, Easter Island, Georgia, Greece, Istanbul, Lonely Planet, Mexico, Napa Valley, Nick Kontis, Perth, Santorini, Sydney, Travel, Turkey, USA
May 6th, 2017 |
By Adrian Lawes
Adrian ends the week happy that a Rubbish Party candidate was elected in Scotland, more hold baggage is not getting lost on planes and that private detectives are deterring touts from advising holidaymakers to make bogus insurance claims.
Posted in Travel news |
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Tags: Art Fund Museum of the Year, Bogus food poisoning claims, California, Dominican Republic, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, Jet2holidays, Lost baggage, North of England Rover, Rubbish Party, Sally Cogley, SITA, Vietnam
Dec 2nd, 2016 |
By Kaye Holland
Just About Travel tells you what’s hot and what’s not in the travel world
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
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Tags: Alix Experience, Amber Fort, America, Brexit, California, Colombia, Design Musuem, EU referendum, glamping, Golden Temple, Highlands, India, London, Medellin, New York, Paris, pilots, plane, San Francisco, Scotland, Seattle, Seoul, snorkelling, Taj Mahal, tent, Terence Conran, USA, Virgin Atlantic
Sep 20th, 2016 |
By Kaye Holland
Georgina Wilson-Powell, travel editor at Good Things magazine shares her travel highs and lows with Just About Travel readers
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
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Tags: Airbnb, Argentina, Brexit, California, Colombia, cycling, Faroe Islands, holiday, Iceland, islands, Japan, Norway, Palm Springs, Peru, South America, Sri Lanka, Suffolk, UK, Wales
Feb 8th, 2016 |
By Lynn Houghton
Excellent food and retro trends are emerging from quite unlikely places in Los Angeles. Food trucks and ‘ma and pa’ eateries are taking the place by storm.
Posted in Travel destinations |
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Tags: California, food trucks, Grand Central Market, Los Angeles
Nov 15th, 2015 |
By Kaye Holland
No trip to the City of Angels is complete if you don’t spot at least one celeb. Kaye Holland reveals how you can up the odds…
Posted in Travel destinations |
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Tags: Bar Marmont, Beverly Hills, Brentwood, California, Hollywood, House of Blues, Kardashians, LA, LA LIve, Los Angeles, Malibu, Mondrian Hotel, Santa Monica, SoulCycle, South Park, Staples Center, The Chris McMillan salon, The Grove, Troubadour, Union Station, Viper Room, Walk of Fame, Westwood Village
Jun 22nd, 2015 |
By Kaye Holland
Kaye’s itchy feet have taken her to Hawaii. Read the latest instalment of her ‘Notes from a traveller series’, only on Just About Travel
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
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Tags: aloha, America, Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, California, City of Angels, Hawaii, Hawaiians, Hollywood, Honolulu, Iolani Palace, islands, LA, Mai Tai, Oahu, Pearl Harbor, UK, USA, Waikiki, WW11
Jun 12th, 2015 |
By Kaye Holland
Kaye’s itchy feet have taken her to LA. Read the latest instalment of her ‘Notes from a traveller series’, only on Just About Travel
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Tags: aloha, America, Baywatch, California, CBS, City of Angels, Colin Wright, Disney, Hawaii, Hollywood, James Corden, Joshua Fields Millburn, LA, La la land, Los Angeles, Matt Sumell, South America, The Grove, The Last Bookstore, The Late Late Show, The Minimalists, Travel
Jun 9th, 2015 |
By Kaye Holland
Kaye’s itchy feet have taken her to LA. Read the latest instalment of her ‘Notes from a traveller series’, only on Just About Travel
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
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Tags: America, Beverly Hills, California, Harrow, Hawaii, Hollywood, LAX, Los Angeles, South America, Spanish, The Grove, Travel, USA
Feb 1st, 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 |
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Tags: Africa, Azores, California, Caribbean, Christmas, Condé Nast Traveller, Conde Nast, cricket, Ethiad, Garuda, Indonesia, Jamaica, Middle East, New Zealand, Palm Springs, Paris, SonntagsZeitung, switzerland, The Chedi, The Gambia, Vietnam, Wellington
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 |
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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
Dec 18th, 2014 |
By The Editor
In Nevada County in California, you can combine the two in almost a twin-centre holiday because here are the vineyards of the Sierra Vintners wine region.
Posted in Travel destinations |
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Tags: Boreal Mountain Resort, California, Nevada County, Pilot Peak Winery, Sierra Vintners
Nov 6th, 2014 |
By Kaye Holland
New Orleanians like to dress up
Posted in Travel rumblings |
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Tags: All Saints Day, Antoine's, California, dress code, Louisiana, Mardi Gras, New Orleans, Rome
Sep 10th, 2014 |
By Irene Middleman Thomas
Irene visits the small town of Healdsburg in the wine country of California and finds that, for some reason, it is still uncrowded compared to some other parts of the Napa Valley.
Posted in Travel destinations |
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Tags: California, Healdsburg, Sonoma
Jul 6th, 2014 |
By Kaye Holland
Aged 33 1/2 and can’t get served
Posted in Travel rumblings |
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Tags: America, Big Apple, Billy Bobs Honky Tonk, Boston, California, ID, Las Vegas, Londoner, Marquee Dayclub Pool, Native Americans, Nevada, New York, Palm Springs, passport, Temecula, Texas, The Cosmoplitan Hotel
Jul 5th, 2014 |
By Kaye Holland
Discover a store that sells only American made goods
Posted in Travel news |
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Tags: American dream, Buffalo, California, China, Elma, Made in America, Mark Andol, New York state, San Diego, souvenirs, unemployment
May 6th, 2014 |
By admin
Visit California has teamed up with the MeringCarson agency to created a new global platform brand, Dream Big
Posted in Travel news |
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Tags: America, California, Caroline Beteta, Dream 365, The Golden State, US, USA, Visit California, William Shatner
Apr 30th, 2014 |
By Kaye Holland
Spending the summer – or part of it – in LA? Here’s four places where you can make like a local and join the Angelenos for a daily juice fix…
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
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Tags: Angelenos, California, City of Angels, juice, LA, Los Feliz, San Fernando
Apr 27th, 2014 |
By Kaye Holland
If you think LA is about fitness and fashion, think again. The city of Angels has a burgeoning art scene that’s sure to delight travellers who crave more from California than crowded shopping malls, sand, surf and sea. Here’s the skinny on the three streets that are collectively helping transform the LA art scene…
Posted in Travel news |
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Tags: Art, California, Culver City, fashion, Gallery Row, Highland Avenue, LA, Perry Rubenstein, Santa Monica
Apr 14th, 2014 |
By Kaye Holland
Santa Cruz is creating a buzz
Posted in Travel news |
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Tags: Balboa Pier, California, Gerard Butler, Giant Dipper, Jack O'Neill, Newport Beach, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz Boardwalk, Santa Cruz Harbor, Santa Cruz Wharf, The Lost Boys
Jan 26th, 2014 |
By The Editor
Leo Holding – aka Britain’s best climber – talks travel
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Tags: Algeria, Alps, Amazon, Anarctica, California, France, Hong Kong, Lake District, Leo Holding, Libya, New Zealand, Orkney Isles, Sahara desert, Venezuela, Yosemite Valley
Jan 12th, 2014 |
By Lynn Houghton
Sea Otters living along California’s Central Coast were, as recently as the 1930’s, believed to have been hunted to extinction. But a colony of about fifty were discovered in Big Sur and, from these animals, otters have made a remarkable comeback in California
Posted in Travel destinations |
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Tags: California, Monterey, sea-otters