Travel

River cruises are fast becoming the holiday of choice for travellers throughout the globe. Want to experience luscious inland scenery from the comfort of your luxury cabin? If so, then a cruise through one of the world's many waterways might make the ideal holiday for you, and you don't have to commit to just one destination either! Take a River Cruise Through Europe Many holidaymakers are put off oceanic cruises after hearing tales of long days without seeing land. When...

The January blues don’t have to be endured. Plan well, and it’s an option that can be smartly avoided with a quick trip – even if it’s not a case of chasing the sun around the world, a mini staycation can be a restorative break from the norm. So just a week after the mass return to work, I went on a wee overnighter to the countryside, in an attempt to to rebalance myself after a tough week (well, a...

New Year's resolutions tend to come and go, but there are a certain few that make the distance. This year more people than ever will be eschewing age-old (and ultimately futile) resolutions such as spending less time on social media, getting better sleep and eating more healthily and exchanging them for a more adventurous outlook. Exploring the world is now the main focus for millions of Brits, new research has found, with Italy emerging as the number-one dream destination this year....

Lee Thompson has spent the last three months travelling around the world shooting incredible pictures, but rather than use the familiar "selfie" he believes the "surroundie" is the next big thing. He has so far taken shots in Bolivia, Peru, India, Finland, and Sri Lanka as part of a marketing campaign for his company, Flash Pack.  But the travel boss has his own wish list with top spot being taking a surroundie on top of the iconic Christ The Redeemer...

As thoughts return to the mass return to work, there’s only one surefire way to get rid of the January blues: to book yourself a holiday. We’re already spoilt for choice, and in 2017, the thriving and ever-changing tourism market sees another shift as a slew of new offerings tempt us to visit new places. To help your decision, we’ve picked out just some of the new hotels and attractions on offer around the globe. Expansion at Universal Orlando Thanks...

Bill Passman only got his first passport at the age of 51. This year, after quitting his job as a lawyer to travel the world in 2006, he visited his 100th country in ten years. It was in a hostel in Seville when I first came across Bill. He was sat in the reception area fiddling with his iPad. At 61-years-old, he was probably 30-40 years older than most of the other guests, but seemed perfectly comfortable in his surroundings...

London to New York is the world's busiest intercontinental route and, given that it is peppered with business travellers, probably one of the most lucrative. But flying Transatlantic on a budget is a market that hasn't yet been fully realised. Back in 2014 one low-cost carrier came up with a solution. Rather than fly direct to America Iceland's only low-cost airline, WOW air, decided the best way was to tackle the eight hour journey in two short-haul segments, launching flights from London...

Professional photographer Gareth Iwan Jones may have just taken the 'ultimate selfie'. The well known snapper posted this short clip to his social media account, which takes the boring old selfie to the next level. Instead of a still image, the photographer took stunning drone footage showing him and his wife laying on the deserted Cofete Beach on the Spanish island of Fuerteventura. The drone camera then pans out over a seemingly endless beach at the foot of the 800m high mountains of Jandia. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNkdb6VZ0Y0 The...

We take a girlie break at the DoubleTree by Hilton London – Tower of London. With Christmas in the air and a family feeling dominating, I decided it would be apt to whisk my older and lovelier sis away for a night for some quality girlie time. Our destination was all of 30 minutes away: the DoubleTree by Hilton London – Tower of London, which was perfect for our plan of a post-work evening out, followed by a reviving walk...