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Vietnam ’
Apr 28th, 2020 |
By The Editor
For the time being, people around the world are going to have to settle on tourism near to where they live. Then might come domestic tourism in another month or so.
Posted in Travel destinations |
Comments Off on Winning the battle?
Tags: coronavirus, Hokkaido, New Zealand, unlocking domestic tourism, Vietnam
Aug 24th, 2019 |
By Kaye Holland
Mel Stephens, founder of Travel Queen – a UK based group tour operator specialising in adventures with style for women aged 25 to 60 – shares her travel experiences and insights with JAT readers
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
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Tags: Asia, Cuba, experts, Hvar, Manchester, Thailand, Travel, travel tips, travelling, Vietnam
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
Sep 29th, 2018 |
By Adrian Lawes
The three W’s, Dublin, World Tourism Day and England’s bumper holiday season attract Adrian’s attention this week.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 29th of September 2018
Tags: Dublin, England, Eurochocolate, Glenfinnan Viaduct, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Perugia, Tanzania, V&A Dundee, Vietnam
Aug 30th, 2018 |
By Kaye Holland
Travel and food writer, Amy Everett, shares her travel highs and lows with Just About Readers
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on Where the experts holiday: Amy Everett, travel writer
Tags: Ancona, Caribbean, Cayman Islands, Galapagos Islands, guidebooks, Italy, Jamaica, London, New York City, Vietnam
Apr 18th, 2018 |
By Patricia Cleveland-Peck
Patricia completes her river journey in Vietnam by cruising along the Red River
Posted in Travel destinations |
Comments Off on On the Red River
Tags: Bat Tang, Duong Lam, Hang Lo Temple, Hanoi, Pandaw Cruise Company, Phat Diem, Red River, Sai Son, Vietnam
Apr 15th, 2018 |
By Patricia Cleveland-Peck
Patricia continues her river journey in Vietnam by travelling from Halong Bay to the Red River in the north by way of five smaller rivers.
Posted in Travel destinations |
Comments Off on Vietnam – six rivers of the north
Tags: Dien Xa, Halong Bay, Halong Island, Pandaw, Red River, Tam Coc, Thanh Ha, Vietnam
Apr 12th, 2018 |
By Patricia Cleveland-Peck
Patricia begins her three part tour of cruising Vietnam on a riverboat by crusing in one of the country’s top destinations – Halong Bay
Posted in Travel destinations |
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Tags: Cat Ba National Park, Halong Bay, Pandaw Cruise Company, Vietnam
Mar 28th, 2018 |
By Kaye Holland
Phu Quoc (pronounced “foo kwok”), an island off the southwest coast of Vietnam, is one of South East Asia’s best kept secrets.
Here are eight great reasons to book your flight to this island paradise – before everyone else does
Posted in Travel destinations |
Comments Off on Say ‘xin chào’ to Phu Quoc
Tags: Asia, Gatwick, Ho Chi Minh, JW Marriott Phu Quoc, Phu Quoc, Saigon, South East Asia, TUI, Vietnam
Feb 1st, 2018 |
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: America, Asia, Bill Bensley, Christian Ronaldo, circus, Costa Brava, Flying, Janis Joplin, JW Marriott, Madeira, Malta, Northern Peru, Peru, Phu Quoc, Real Madrid, San Francisco, Seattle, Space Needle, Sri Lanka, Staffordshire, Travel, Vietnam
May 7th, 2017 |
By Kaye Holland
Pals Josh Hall and Matt Earle recently rollerbladed the length of New Zealand, filming their adventure for a new travel TV series. Here the skating pair share their travel highs and lows with Just About Travel readers
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on Where the experts holiday: Matt Earle and Josh Hall, stars of Blade NZ
Tags: adventure travel, Blaze New Zealand, India, Mexico, Morocco, New Zealand, roller blade, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Taj Mahal, Tangier, The Travel Channel, USA, Vietnam
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 |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: May 6th 2017
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
Mar 25th, 2017 |
By Adrian Lawes
Next week, Alaska celebrates 150 years as being part of the US. India and Vietnam celebrate more British visitors and Glaswegians celebrate a new way to pay for their travel tickets!
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: March 25th 2017
Tags: Alaska, Arizona Peace Trail, British Library, Cosmos, Cosmos Holidays, Cosmos Tours & Cruises, Glasgow, Harry Potter: A History of Magic, Heathrow, India, Japan, Kagoshima, Monarch Holidays, Skytrax, Vietnam, Vietnamese Airlines
Nov 14th, 2016 |
By Kaye Holland
Start planning that trip of a lifetime…
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on Tomorrow, the world
Tags: Accommodation, America, backpack, Canada, Flights, Flying, Gap year, Ghandi, hostel, hotel, India, language, Laos, Lhasa, Mexico, passport, rickshaw, Russia, Travel, travel insurance, UAE, Vietnam, Visa
Aug 18th, 2016 |
By Kaye Holland
Brian Luckhurst, founder of Home Exchange 50plus, talks travel
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
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Tags: Asia, Brian Luckhurst, Brittany, Budapest, Cambodia, France, Ho Chi Minh City, Home Exchange 50plus, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, South Africa, South America, Venice, Vietnam
Jul 9th, 2016 |
By Adrian Lawes
What do elephants, Beatrix Potter, Durham Cathedral and Elizabethan theatre in France have in common? They are all in Adrian’s column this week
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 9th of July 2016
Tags: Beatrix Potter, Brexit, car hire, Competition and Markets Authority, Cumbria, dog friendly, Durham Cathedral, Entente Cordiale Cultural Centre, Euromonitor, holidaymakers who lie, jordan, Malawi, Melford Hall, Miami, Miami Spa Month, Nkhotakota Wildlife Reserve, Suffolk, sunshine.co.uk, USA, Vietnam, YHA
Mar 16th, 2016 |
By Kaye Holland
Gavin Stone, a former ‘intelligence operative’, has written a book revealing the tips and tricks of travelling “next to nothing”. Result! Here the Wolverhampton-born author, who has stayed in super yachts and castles, shares some of his experiences with Just About Travel readers
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
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Tags: Africa, America, Asia, Belgium, Berlin, Czech Republic, Europe, Florida, France, Gavin Stone, New York, passport, spain, Tenerife, Travel, travel tips, USA, Vietnam, yachts
Jan 9th, 2016 |
By Adrian Lawes
Adrian takes a first look at some of the smaller travel stories of 2016.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 9th January 2016
Tags: Adele, Camping Travel Club, credit card surcharges, Dawson and Sanderson, Europa Park, Finnair, Flybe, Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Heathrwo, Jet 2, Jet 2 Holidays, Miami-Dade Art, Ryanair, Sainsbury's, Stephen Fry, Vietnam, Vinpearl Safari Phu Quoc, Visit Britain
Jan 3rd, 2016 |
By Natasha Blair
Natasha says that Vietnam offers great value to British people looking for somewhere exotic, comparatively safe and out of the ordinary.
Posted in Travel destinations |
Comments Off on Affordable and exotic Vietnam
Tags: Halong Bay, Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, Temple of Literature, Vietnam, Vietnam Airlines
Dec 29th, 2015 |
By The Editor
In summary, then, in alphabetical order, here are our top tips for 2016: Anguilla, Cardigan Bay, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Germany, Hull, Peru, South Korea, Uruguay, Uzbekistan and Vietnam.
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on Our tips for 2016
Tags: Anguilla, Cardigan Bay, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Germany, Hull, Iran, Peru, South Korea, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vietnam
Nov 15th, 2015 |
By Kaye Holland
Our essential annual hot-list of where in the world to go for wallet-friendly wandering, whether you’re hunting for a bargain or in search of old-school cheapness. Splurgers, look elsewhere.
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on Best value destinations
Tags: Best value destination, Canada, Caribbean, Costa Rica, East Africa, Estonia, Hanoi, Helsinki, Ho Chi Minh City, New Mexico, New Year, North America, Quebec City, USA, Vietnam
Aug 22nd, 2015 |
By Adrian Lawes
Adrian welcomes cultural displays from Ukraine and Vietnam but only into London, ponders whether to become an engine drive and wonders how Thailand and Tunisia will fare over the winter season.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: August 22nd 2015
Tags: Alice Springs, Banksy, Dismaland, Gatwick Airport, HMS M.33, Lesya Ukrainka, Mall of America, Nickelodeon Universe®, Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, Sir Howard Davies, St James Theatre, Stewart Wingate, Talyllyn Railway, Thomas Cook, Tunisia, Vietnam
Jun 27th, 2015 |
By Adrian Lawes
It’s Armed Forces Day today and Glastonbury and the Festival of Speed are on as well. Adrian avoids all of these to discuss the smaller stories of the week!
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday Snippets: 27th June 2015
Tags: Cool Camping, Croatia, Duck Dynasty, Europcar, Greece, Homestay.com, Hong Kong, Kuoni, Matterhorn, Napa Valley, Obonjan, Philadelphia, REWE Group, Shrek's Adventure! London, Sound Channel, Vietnam, Zermatt
Jun 21st, 2015 |
By Kaye Holland
Sean Fulton – founder of the blog Around the world in 196 tables – suggests how you can eat your way around the world, without leaving the M25
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on Eat your way around the world without leaving London
Tags: Brixton, East Anglia, Finland, Hawaii, Hungary, Kua ‘Aina, London, M25, Negril, Olympics, The Gay Hussar, Tony Blair, Vietnam
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 |
Comments Off on What’s hot: February 2015
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 |
Comments Off on Memorable mid winter getaways
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 15th, 2014 |
By The Editor
Everybody gets in the act these days of forecasting where we might holiday, where the “hot-spots” will be, what’s up-and-coming and where will be the most popular.
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on The hot-spots in 2015
Tags: ABTA, Cox & Kings, Croatia, First Choice, Jet2, spain, Sri Lanka, The Travel Corporation, Thomson, TUI, Vietnam
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