Posts Tagged ‘
Greece ’
Mar 3rd, 2021 |
By The Editor
Readers know that –subject to life following the British government’s timetable – we can fly again as from May 17th. But should we travel that early?
Posted in Headline |
Comments Off on When to holiday in the EU
Tags: Bulgaria, Co-op Holidays, EU vaccine certificate, EU vaccine passport, Greece, Portugal, spain
Feb 28th, 2021 |
By The Editor
I have been a little surprised at the destinations that seem to be topping the lists of travel agency and tour operator bookings.
Posted in Featured |
Comments Off on Summer holiday destinations
Tags: Brexit, Cape Verde, coronavirus, Cyprus, Egypt, Greece, Morocco, Portugal, spain, summer holidays 2021, Tunisia
Feb 21st, 2021 |
By The Editor
As the Sunday People put it in its headline today, “Free by Summer.”
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on Vaccination timescales
Tags: Algarve, Azores, Balearic Islands, Canary Islands, Greece, Madeira, Portugal, spain, UK vaccination programme, vaccination passports
Feb 21st, 2021 |
By The Editor
It has been confirmed that the Greek and UK governments have been talking about a travel bubble or corridor between the two nations.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on An Anglo-Greek travel corridor?
Tags: Anglo-Greek travel corridor, Germany, Greece, travel corridors, UK
Feb 19th, 2021 |
By The Editor
What does come through though is that the traditional places -Spain, Greece and Portugal – are getting bookings over other destination despite our inability to travel.
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on Searching to travel where?
Tags: Greece, Portugal, Sojern, UK holiday bookings 2021
Jan 15th, 2021 |
By The Editor
Vaccinations seem to be stimulating confidence about travelling again.
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on Over 50’s lead the holiday charge
Tags: Balearics, Canaries, Greece, Portugal, spain, Vaccination as a holiday booking stimulant
Dec 28th, 2020 |
By The Editor
Just about Travel continues its look at what is being tipped for the coming year.
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on Some travel tips for 2021 – part two
Tags: Africa, Canada, Greece, Italy, Japan, lastminute.com, New Zealand, Remote holidays, staycations, sustainable travel, Topdeck
Dec 27th, 2020 |
By The Editor
As usual Just about Travel looks at some of those organisations involved in the industry to see what they are tipping for the coming year.
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on Some travel tips for 2021 part one
Tags: Atigua, Bali, Botswana, CV Holidays, GIC Holidays, Greece, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Kuoni, Maldives, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Thailand
Dec 5th, 2020 |
By The Editor
Ccountries moved to protect their own tourism businesses rather than to join together and protect the EU’s as a whole.
Posted in Travel rumblings |
Comments Off on Looking after number one
Tags: Eduardo Santander, EU, EU co-ordinated travel response, European Travel Commission, Greece
Sep 25th, 2020 |
By The Editor
This week, Curacao, Denmark, Iceland and Slovakia have been added to the list of countries where quarantine restrictions will be applied on our return..
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Weekly holiday review – 25th September 2020
Tags: Antigua and Barbuda, Curacao, Denmark, France, Gibraltar, Greece, Iceland, Italy, Marseilles, Slovakia, Slovenia
Sep 18th, 2020 |
By The Editor
Seven countries have been added to the list to which Irish reidents can visit. The UK has added teo but taken another two off.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Weekly holiday review: 18th September 2020
Tags: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cyprus., ECDC, England, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Greenland, Guadeloupe, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Maldives, Mexico, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Norway, Poland, Scotland, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Thailand, UK, Wales
Sep 8th, 2020 |
By The Editor
There is confusion as all four nations now have different rules for Greece.
Posted in Travel rumblings |
Comments Off on UK has four different quarantine rules
Tags: Canaries, England, Greece, Mykonos, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales
Sep 4th, 2020 |
By The Editor
If you thought that quarantine restrictions were confused last week, then this week they are mired in disagreement between the four nations.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Weekly holiday review 4th September 2020
Tags: Belize, British Virgin Islands, Cuba, Egypt, Estonia, Gibraltar, Greece, Hungary, Malaysia, Maldives, Portugal, Scotland, Wales
Aug 14th, 2020 |
By The Editor
The big news of the week, as if I need to tell you, is that as of 4am tomorrow, you will need to go into a 14-day quarantine on returning from France, Malta and the Netherlands and the Turks & Caicos Islands.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Weekly holiday review 14th August 2020
Tags: Cayman Islands, coronavirus, Egypt, France, Greece, lockdown easing, Northern Ireland, spain, Tunisia
Jul 15th, 2020 |
By The Editor
Now that Britons are free to travel to Greece what might we expect?
Posted in Travel destinations |
Comments Off on What to expect in Greece
Tags: coronavirus, Greece, Kathimerini, travel restrictions
May 26th, 2020 |
By The Editor
After the UK announced that they would impose a 14-day quarantine period on people entering the countries, France and Greece have announced similar restrictions.
Posted in Travel rumblings |
Comments Off on Tit-for-tat quarantines
Tags: 14 day quarantines France, Cyprus., Germany, Greece, Italy, Malta, Portugal, spain, tit-for-tat politics
May 13th, 2020 |
By The Editor
Even if countries open up to Britons when will the Foreign Office remove its ban?
Posted in Travel destinations |
Comments Off on Summer holidays abroad in 2020?
Tags: coronavirus, Egypt, France, Greece, international tourism, Italy, removing lockdowns, spain
May 1st, 2020 |
By The Editor
Whatever happens abroad is being closely watched in the UK and Ireland to help decide when we might be able to re-open museums again.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on May: the month of change?
Tags: Belgium, China, coronavirus, Florida, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, museum re-openings, Texas, USA
Nov 28th, 2019 |
By The Editor
The fallout from the collapse of Thomas Cook keeps on coming.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on The fallout continues
Tags: Caribbean, Greece, Thomas Cook, Tunisia, Turkey
Sep 24th, 2019 |
By The Editor
The collapse of Thomas Cook has hit some destinations and only now in the cold light of day are they realising the implications.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Thomas Cook collapse affects destinations
Tags: Greece, spain, Thomas Cook, Thomas Cook collapse, tourism as an economic driver, Tunisia
Aug 16th, 2019 |
By The Editor
Today there is yet another weather warning so I suspect that even more of us will try and book a holiday away.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on A last-minute break?
Tags: Bulgaria, Greece, Last minute holidays, spain, Tunisia, Turkey
Aug 10th, 2019 |
By The Editor
Adrian considers the impact of the Mona Lisa, Raffles Hotel in Singapore and hyperloop travel in India. Amongst other things!
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 10th of August 2019
Tags: Empire State Building, Greece, hyperloop travel, India, Jamaica, Leeds Restaurant Week. India, Louvre, New York, Norwich Cathedral, Paris, Rochester Cathedral, Singapore, Vietnam
Jul 27th, 2019 |
By The Editor
Adrian takes a quick tour to see how countries are faring this year.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 27th July 2019
Tags: Belize, British Airways, Croatia, Egypt, Greece, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Tenerife, Tunisia
Jun 4th, 2019 |
By The Editor
Go to Athens and there is every chance that you will visit the Parthenon, certainly one of the greatest survivors from the golden age of ancient Greece.
Posted in Travel destinations |
Comments Off on Restoration at the Parthenon
Tags: Athens, Greece, Parthenon
Apr 30th, 2019 |
By The Editor
It is non-EU countries like Turkey and Tunisia which are proving popular, along with all-inclusive deals as customers “lock-in” costs
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on Holidays outside the eurozone
Tags: All-Inclusive Holidays, Cyprus., Greece, spain, Thomas Cook, Thomas Cook Holiday Report 2019, Turkey, USA
Mar 6th, 2019 |
By The Editor
Greece has a special website with a question and answer format to allay doubts and to demonstrate that visiting the country will remain pretty easy.
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on Greece prepares for Brexit
Tags: Brexit, EU, Greece
Jan 26th, 2019 |
By The Editor
An event on a train eads Adrian’s summing up of the work. Thanks should go the Train Manager who helped make the day for school children
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 26th of January
Tags: Bali, Cyprus., Dubai, France, Greece, Israel, Japan, Los Angeles, The Lightbox - Woking
Dec 8th, 2018 |
By Adrian Lawes
Lapland doesn’t exist according to some people. On the other hand Hogwarts and Gotham City do. One report says that we will also spend less on Christmas this year. Adrian asks if this is humbug!
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 8th of December 2018
Tags: Aer Lingus, Christmas spend, El AL, Greece, Japan, Japanese departure tax, Lapland, Loganair, London Southend Airport, Norwegian, Paris, Ryanair, WOW air, Wrexham