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Aug 11th, 2020 |
By The Editor
The holiday rental search company, Holidu, has put together a list of what it says are the best places to visit in the UK and the top three include two cities and a town.
Posted in Travel destinations |
Comments Off on What does the best offer?
Tags: Bournemouth, Brighton, cambridge, Chichester, Ely, Holidu, Norwich, Peterborough, Poole, Southend-on-Sea, St Albans
Jan 31st, 2018 |
By The Editor
Yesterday at the Westminster Media Forum meeting on tourism, a different subject was raised by a Cambridge councillor, John Hipkin. It is the problem of having too many of us visiting his city.
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on Tourism despoilation
Tags: cambridge, facilities for tourists, Lake District, over tourism, tourism despoilation
Jan 14th, 2018 |
By The Editor
Before any city seriously considers an accommodation tax, the fairness of it and the effect on both tourism and locals needs to be assessed.
Posted in Travel rumblings |
Comments Off on Are bed taxes fair and just?
Tags: accommodation tax, Bath, bed taxes, cambridge, Edinburgh, New York, Rome, Venice
May 31st, 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: June 2017
Tags: America, cambridge, Cambridge University, Clare College, Cuba, Detroit, Flying, Greece, Havana, Kenya, Kos, Middle East, middle seats, planes, Qatar Airlines, Responsible travel, Royal Caribbean, spain, Thomas Cook, United States, USA, Varadero, Virgin Atlantic, zoo
Aug 1st, 2016 |
By Kaye Holland
Just About Travel tells you what’s hot in the travel world right now
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
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Tags: Airbnb, Brexit, cambridge, Croydon, expat, holiday brochures, Kate Moss, LA, National Trust, Natural History Museum, Prince, San Francisco, Shoreditch, TUI, Washington DC
Jul 27th, 2015 |
By Kaye Holland
Jeremy Macdonogh, author of A Gap Year or Two, talks travel
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
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Tags: A Gap Year or Two, Bali, cambridge, Cambridge University, East Anglia, Gili islands, Iceland, Indonesia, James Bond, Jeremy Macdonogh, Lake District, Lombok, Rajastan, The Broads, Travel
May 31st, 2014 |
By Adrian Lawes
From bison being re-introduced into Romania and ferry services in Croatia, Adrian’s column this week has an Eastern European flavour as even a lace festival is taking place in Slovenia.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 31st May 2014
Tags: cambridge, Croatia, Idrija, Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden, New Zealand, Romania, Tarcu Mountain Reserve, Zadar
Dec 6th, 2012 |
By The Editor
Close to home pregnancy breaks for the expectant royal couple
Posted in Travel news, Travel tips & opinions |
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Tags: cambridge, Kate Middleton, Prince William
Jul 30th, 2012 |
By The Editor
Literatours, Sci-Fi Adventures, the Kate effect, Horrible Histories and set-jetting (still!) will be among the key travel trends of 2013, according to the national tourist board, VisitEngland
Posted in Travel destinations, Travel news |
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Tags: Alan Partridge, Blackpool, cambridge, Danny Boyle, Dickens, England, Isle of Wight, Jack the Ripper, James Bond, Jane Austen, Kate Middleton, Kensington Palace, Kent, Lock, Norfolk, Northanger Abbey, Persuasion, Pride and Prejudice, Shakespeare, Somerset, Spitalfields, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, The Westleton Crown, Visit England, War of the Roses, Weymouth, Wimbledon, Yorkshire
Apr 16th, 2012 |
By Kaye Holland
Another weekend, another wedding… this one was in Cambridge – a bustling market town famous for its bicycles, choristers and one of the most respected universities in the world, if not its affordable accommodation
Posted in Travel rumblings |
Comments Off on Free Wi-fi: should hotels offer it to their customers?
Tags: Caffe Nero, cambridge, Costa, Hotels, McDonalds, Wi-Fi
Apr 1st, 2012 |
By Kaye Holland
My friend Ben popped down to London from Leeds yesterday. As his time in the capital drew to a close, he confessed that he was more than a little relieved to be leaving – and then laughed as he watched my draw drop to the floor
Posted in Travel rumblings |
Comments Off on I love London!
Tags: cambridge, Cotswolds, Kew, Leeds, London, London Underground, Royal Botanic Gardens
Dec 17th, 2011 |
By The Editor
Hurray! Westminster Council has finally seen sense and scrapped its plans to charge for parking in the evenings and on Sundays – for now at least.
Posted in Travel news, Travel rumblings |
Comments Off on Westminster makes a welcome u-turn
Tags: cambridge, Edinburgh, parking charges, Riots, tax, Westminster
Dec 13th, 2011 |
By Kaye Holland
UPDATE: 17/12/2011. Scottish Tourism Minister Fergus Ewing has announced that there will be no accommodation tax in Edinburgh.Without the transfer of powers from the government to loacl authorites, any such introduction would be illegal.
Posted in Travel news, Travel rumblings |
Comments Off on Edinburgh to charge £2-per-night tourist tax?
Tags: cambridge, Edinburgh, oxford, Scotland, Tourist tax, Vancouver, Venice
Nov 2nd, 2011 |
By Kaye Holland
Oxford and Cambridge are renowned as two of the world’s most famous university towns and consequently crowded with tourists at any time of year. But perhaps – in the case of Cambridge – not for much longer.
Posted in Travel news, Travel rumblings |
Comments Off on Cambridge to charge tourist tax?
Tags: cambridge, Chariots of Fire, Oscar Wilde, oxford, Tourist tax
Mar 30th, 2011 |
By Adrian Lawes
The Lottery Heritage Fund has just announced grants of £10 million towards restoration of some of the UK’s most popular- and not so well known – tourism destinations and attractions.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on More Money to Spruce Tourism
Tags: Bath, cambridge, Cardigan, Cardigan Castle, Charleston Barns, Heritage Lottery Fund, Kettle’s Yard, Lewes, Royal Crescent
Feb 11th, 2011 |
By Peter Martin
Exactly how I ended up in Peterhouse college a few weekends ago is a very long story. It has a lot to do with study and the Open University. Every now and again they organise trips and study weekends to some really great places. Peterhouse in Cambridge is the oldest of the Cambridge colleges and I found myself with a free morning and afternoon to wander around Cambridge, heaven really but where to start and what to see?
Posted in Photorial, Travel destinations |
Comments Off on A Day at Cambridge
Tags: cambridge, Corpus Christi, Kings College, Peterhouse
Sep 12th, 2010 |
By The Editor
With the rest of the world to explore, it’s easy to overlook what’s on your doorstep – Blighty! In the second part of our British cities series, we open our address books in Bristol, Cambridge and Southend
Posted in Travel destinations, Travel tips & opinions |
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Tags: Bristol, cambridge, Southend
Dec 8th, 2009 |
By The Editor
My first thought on hearing the two names coupled together was that this was some comedy duo that were probably playing in panto as the ugly sisters or the baron’s henchmen this Christmas.
Was I the only one who was a little surprised to hear that Swindon has been chosen to twin with Florida’s Disney World in 2010? Amongst the 500 entries, 3 people had nominated Swindon and it was the entry of Rebecca Warren that was successful.
Posted in Travel destinations, Travel rumblings |
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Tags: Blackpool, Brighton, cambridge, Disney World, EPCOT, Florida, Swindon
Oct 26th, 2009 |
By The Editor
Oxford and Cambridge are renowned as two of the world’s most famous university towns and consequently crowded tourist hotspots in the summer ‘high’ season. With autumn and the start of the new semester upon us, now is the time to visit if you want to soak up the history and heritage of either without jostling with throngs of other tourists. The question is Oxford or Cambridge? You decide…
Posted in Travel destinations, Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on Mini break of the month: Oxford or Cambridge?
Tags: cambridge, oxford, short break, staycation