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Sep 2nd, 2019 |
By The Editor
Flight bookings up until 31 July for departures in the next six months (between August 2019 and January 2020) from the UK indicate that key growth destinations include Ecuador (up 25.1%), Dominican Republic (24.1%), Costa Rica (20.3%) and Chile. (8.3%.)
Posted in Travel destinations |
Comments Off on South America calls
Tags: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Forward Keys, LATA, Mexico, Peru
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 |
Comments Off on Mind the Gap
Tags: America, Argentina, Britain, Buenos Aires, California, Canada, Cayman, Chile, China, Colombia, Hawaii, Mandarin, mate, Middle East, Mind The Gap, switzerland, tango, UK, Uruguay
Feb 3rd, 2018 |
By Adrian Lawes
Ziplining in Ras Al Khaimah, passport price increases and learing that we are creatue of habit when travelling took Adrian’s attention this week.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 3rd February 2018
Tags: Alice Hawkins, British Airways, Chicago, Chile, Customer Satisfaction Index, Dreamland, GEEK, Greece, Jamaica, Leicester, Margate, passport price rise, Primera Air, Ras al Khaimah, travel insurance, Turner Contemporary, USA
Dec 1st, 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: December 2017
Tags: apres ski, Asia, Canberra, Chile, Christmas, Detroit, Dubai, Estonia, Europe, Eurozone, Greece, Lion city, Lonely Planet, Poland, Russia, Seville, Singapore, skiing, St Petersburg, Thomas Cook, UAE, Verbier, World Cup
Nov 23rd, 2017 |
By Kaye Holland
Peter Vella is the director UK & Ireland at the Malta Tourism Authority and holds a dual nationality with Malta and the UK. Here he shares his favourite destinations and forthcoming trips with Just About Travel readers and reveals why you should visit Malta
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on Where the experts holiday: Peter Vella, Director UK & Ireland at the Malta Tourism Authority
Tags: Argentina, Asia, Australia, Caribbean, Chile, England, Europe, experts, France, Gozo, Hong Kong, Isle of Wight, Japan, Malta, Mediterranean, Patagonia, Shanghai, Uruguay
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 |
Comments Off on Where the experts holiday: Nick Kontis, travel author and journalist
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
Apr 8th, 2017 |
By Adrian Lawes
Tall ships in Greenwich, a pygmy tribe in Uganda and a possible reduction in the number of properties in Menorca are some stories capturing Adrian’s attention this week.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: April 8th 2017
Tags: Australia, Chile, Drayton Manor Theme Park, Fraser Island, Greenwich, Holiday Inn Express, India, India e-Visa, Malaga, Malaga Picasso Museum, Menorca, Museum of the American Revolution, Philadelphia, Quebec City, Queensland, Rendez-vous 2017, Sandals, Scottish Seabird Centre, spain, Stansted, Thomas Land, Unique Caribbean Holidays Limited
Dec 31st, 2016 |
By The Editor
We continue with the last of the tips we have received for holidays in 2017
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on What’s hot in 2017 – according to the travel industry part 3
Tags: Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Donegal, Douro Valley, Dusseldorf, Finland, Greenland, India, Iran, Keulap, Myanmar, National Geographic Traveller (UK, Nepal, New Zealand, On The Go Tours, Poland, Responsible travel, Scottish highlands, Seoul, Sicily, South Africa, Trailfinders, Travelzoo, Trip.com, USA, Virtuoso
Sep 30th, 2016 |
By Kaye Holland
Just About Travel tells you what’s hot in the travel world for October
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on What’s hot: October 2016
Tags: Airbnb, Anfield, Barcelona, Barking, Barking Riverside, Brexit, British Airways, Chile, Dagenham, Greece, hot, Jeddah, Jet2, Liverpool, local, London, Marylebone, Middle East, Santiago, Saudi Arabia, Travel, Willie Walsh, Zetter
Sep 24th, 2016 |
By Kaye Holland
Celebrate Chilean National Pisco Week
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on Pisco power
Tags: Atacama, brandy, Chile, Coquimbo, London, National Pisco Week, Pisco, South America, Travel
Jul 17th, 2016 |
By Kaye Holland
Argentines and expats alike have developed an appetite for the charming British ritual of afternoon tea as Emily Farmer – the Brit whose baking has hit the big time in Buenos Aires – can attest
Posted in Travel destinations |
Comments Off on A bit of Britain in Buenos Aires
Tags: Afternoon tea, Argentina, Britain, Brits, Buenos Aires, Chile, Costa Rica, Emily Farmer, London, Mexico, oxford, Panama, parillas, puerta cerradas, Queen of Tarts, Villa Crespo
Jul 2nd, 2016 |
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 2016
Tags: Airbnb, America, Breaking Bad, British Airways, cabin crew, Chile, China, Disney, Disney Shanghai, Edinburgh, expat, Greenwich, London, Russia, Santiago, UK, USA, Virgin Atlantic
May 11th, 2016 |
By Kaye Holland
Chile is poised to take centre stage in South America after decades of playing catch up with its neighbours. Explore before you have to share it, says Kaye Holland
Posted in Travel destinations |
Comments Off on Red hot Chile
Tags: Calama, Chile, desert, La Sebastiana, Pablo Neruda, San Pedro de Atacama, Santiago, Simon Bolivar, South America, stars, Torres del Paine, Valparaiso
Apr 11th, 2016 |
By Kaye Holland
Buenos Aires – Argentina’s charismatic capital – may get most of limelight but a trip to the country’s Lake District is fully warranted in in its own right says Kaye Holland.
Posted in Travel destinations |
Comments Off on Don’t overlook the Lake District
Tags: Argentina, Bariloche, Chile, La Ruta de los Siete Lagos, Lake District, Little Switzerland, mate, Peron, San Martin de los Andes, Seven Lakes Route, South America, Walt Disney
Mar 5th, 2016 |
By Adrian Lawes
A gin distillery at Gatwick captured Adrian’s attention this week but so did Joan of Arc’s ring, the wreck of a gambling ship off San Diego and St Piran’s Day which happens to be today.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 5th March 2016
Tags: ABTA, Alto Atacama Observatory., Belvoir Castle, Capability Brown, Chile, Cornwall, Florida, Flybe, Keukenhof, Kuelap, Miami, Peru, Puy du Fou, Ryanair, San Diego, Shop Miami Month, SS Monte Carlo, St Piran's Day
Feb 11th, 2016 |
By Kaye Holland
Kaye’s constant quest for adventure has taken her back to Argentina – the land of gauchos, glaciers, football, tango and beef
Posted in Travel destinations |
Comments Off on Postcard from Argentina: part three
Tags: Argentina, Bariloche, Chile, Cristina Fernandez, football, gauchos, Germany, glaciers, helado, La Ruta de los Siete Lagos, Lake District, Michael Palin, Nazi, San Carlos de Bariloche, San Martin de los Andes, switzerland, tango, Villa Baviera, World War Two
Dec 28th, 2015 |
By Kaye Holland
It’s been a busy year of travelling and it’s time to take stock. Here Just About Travel contributor and travel enthusiast, Kaye Holland, shares some of her favourite 2015 travel destinations
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on The year that was
Tags: Argentina, Asheville, Budapest, Buenos Aires, Chile, Colombia Cartagena, Colonia del Sacramento, Hawaii, Hungary, London, North Carolina, UK, UNESCO, Uruguay, USA, Valparaiso
May 31st, 2015 |
By Kaye Holland
Santiago has become a city worth stopping in rather than just using as a transit hub on the way to Torres del Paine and Patagonia in the south of Chile or San Pedro de Atacama – aka the driest desert in the world – in the north. Just About Travel shows you the way to go…
Posted in Travel destinations |
Comments Off on Santiago made simple
Tags: Bellavista, Boris Basso Benelli, Buenos Aires, Chile, Chilean Cuisine, Masterchef Chile, Pablo Neruda, Patagonia, Rio, San Pedro de Atacama, Santiago, Simon Bolivar, South America, Torres del Paine, UNESCO, Valparaiso
May 22nd, 2015 |
By Kaye Holland
Malbec has put Mendoza on the map, but there’s more to this northern region of Argentina than great grapes writes Kaye Holland
Posted in Travel destinations |
Comments Off on More than Malbec
Tags: Argentina, Buenos Aires, Chile, Lujan de Cuyo, Malbec, Mendoza, The Vines Tasting Room, Valle de Uco, Valparaiso
May 12th, 2015 |
By Kaye Holland
In her bunk bed, a laptop propped on her pillow, Kaye writes the latest news of her travels as she heads back into Argentina
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on Notes from a traveller: part six
Tags: Argentina, Bolivia, Cachi valley, cameras, Chile, colonial, Facebook, Flights, Jorge Luis Borges, Peru, pinar, Quebrada de Humahuaca, Salta, San Pedro de Atacama, Spanish, Travel
Apr 29th, 2015 |
By Kaye Holland
Kaye’s travels have taken her to Chile. Read the latest on her South American adventures here
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on Notes from a traveller: part five (continued)
Tags: Buenos Aires, Chile, desert, Emmerdale, Middle East, Salta, San Pedro, San Pedro de Atacama, Santiago, South America, Travel
Apr 28th, 2015 |
By Kaye Holland
Kaye ends her stay in Argentina and heads for Chile in the latest installment of her South American trip.
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on Notes from a traveller: part five
Tags: Airbnb, Argentina, Chile, La Sebastiana, Mendoza, Pablo Neruda, Pisco Sours, Porteños, Santiago, Valparaiso, Valpo, Vina de Mar
Apr 14th, 2015 |
By Kaye Holland
Kaye has itchy feet. Or had the cats? Kaye reaches Mendoza on her travels in Argentina.
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on Notes from a traveller: part four
Tags: Airbnb, Andes, Argentina, asado, Buenos Aires, Chile, Easter, Malbec, Mendoza, milonga, parks, tango, Travel, vienyards, wine, Wine country
Aug 9th, 2014 |
By Anna Maria Espsäter
Home to snow-capped peaks, impressive waterfalls, abundant wildlife and stunning glaciers, Torres del Paine national park in southern Chile is one of the must-sees of South America. Anna Maria Espsäter gets to grips with the guanacos, exploring the park on foot, by bus and on horseback.
Posted in Travel destinations |
Comments Off on Time out in Torres del Paine
Tags: Chile, Cuernos del Paine, Patagonia, Torres del Paine, Torres del Paine national park
Jun 14th, 2014 |
By Anna Maria Espsäter
The best way to explore the far south of the American continent is by taking to the waters. Anna Maria Espsäter cruises the remote islands, fjords and straits of southern Chile on a 4-day glacier viewing trip.
Posted in Travel destinations |
Comments Off on Cruising solitary waters – Ushuaia to Punta Arenas
Tags: Chile, Garibaldi glacier, Magdalena Island, Pia glacier, Punta Arenas, Ushuaia, Via Australia
May 15th, 2014 |
By Kaye Holland
Charlie McGrath from Objective Gap Safety talks travel
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on Where the experts holiday: Charlie McGrath, MBE, Objective Gap Safety
Tags: Africa, Antartica, Asia, Central America, Charlie McGrath, Chile, Dorset, guide books, Ireland, Middle East, Moscow, Objective Gap Safety, Russia, St Petersburg, West Country
Mar 7th, 2014 |
By Kaye Holland
The photojournalist and co-founder of The Flash Pack on Brixton, Brazil and Bucket Lists
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on Where the experts holiday: Lee Thompson, award winning photojournalist and co-founder of The Flash Pack
Tags: Antarctica, Brazil, Brixton, Brixton Market, Bucket List, Chile, Lee Thompson, London, Sierra Leone, The Flash Pack, UK, Vietnam, World Cup
Aug 3rd, 2013 |
By Kaye Holland
Author and entrepreneur Colin Wright has spent the last four years travelling full time. Here the 28 year old shares his life in travel with CD-Traveller readers
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on Where the experts holiday: Colin Wright, author, entrepreneur and full time traveller
Tags: Airbnb, Argentina, author, California, Chile, Cluj, Colin Wright, Iceland, Montana, New Zealand, Romania, Tourism, traveller, UK, USA, Wikipedia