The most important thing to take with you on your travels is a happy-go-lucky attitude and a GSOH. There will be times on the road when everything that can go wrong will go wrong – you will lose your luggage, you probably will have your passport stolen when you’ve drunk too much at a full moon party and yes, your important connecting flight will be cancelled. You can either laugh Read More ...
If you travel frequently and are used to standing in an airport waiting for your luggage to arrive, you will probably have at some time, to pass the time away, played the luggage game. If you haven’t, the rules are very simple, you look at the baggage and try and match it with its owner. It is as this point you also notice how tatty some of the baggage is, Read More ...
An Advertising Feature For those interested in camping it may, or may not, come as a surprise that the amount of tents on offer is surprisingly large. With everything from festival tents to family and mountaineering tents there is something suitable for all needs. So what are the features of different tents and what do they offer campers? With such a wide selection of tents it can be hard for Read More ...
An Advertising Feature Bringing your memories to life is one of the most compelling arguments for owning a camcorder. Capturing momentous holidays or even just recording everyday family fun means you can relive great memories again and again. Camcorders come in two main types – standard and high definition. You might think that standard definition, or SD, camcorders are an outdated version of their more advanced high definition (HD) cousins. Read More ...
We have long turned to science to for information about the Earth, the Cosmos and what the latest news is from the ‘Quantum’ level. now, apparently, it can also tell us which holiday destinations will make us the happiest. This news come courtesy of a new infographic from Fly Thomas Cook. This infographic has tapped in to findings made by the World Happiness database. This does a cross reference between Read More ...
The Travel Miles, is Samsonite’s first travel app and is a one-stop shop for the on the go travellers of today. It helps them update friends and family as to their location, where they have been and even how to avoid excess baggage charges. This unique to the market app is a free download, practical and user friendly. And with the potential to save the traveler money it is the Read More ...
Rough Guides have just published the second edition of Make the Most of Your Time on Earth: 1000 Ultimate Travel Experiences. Here is a list of 5 crime themed travel destinations put together by the authors. Behind Bars in Liepaja, Latvia The best place to book yourself in for a bit of rough treatment is the former naval prison in Karosta. Formerly used as a punishment block for unruly sailors, Read More ...
Tenerife has dropped its hat into the ring of social media by launching a UK YouTube channel that will promote the location as a holiday choose via concerts that exist alongside the island’s profiles on many major social media websites. The launch of the YouTube channel is just one effort out of many designed to prove that there is much to do in Tenerife than simply surf and get a Read More ...
Making long distance mobile phone calls from outside of the UK to back home while on holiday or on a business trip can be expensive enough to make you wish that you had not kept in touch with people back home. This is due to the fact that many mobile companies charge huge roaming fees that are tacked onto any phone call that is made outside of the UK. Although Read More ...
If your Facebook profile was a holiday destination, what would it be? If you have ever been strolling along at a holidays resort on a balmy summer’s evening and stopped to have one of those cartoons drawn of a strange twisted view of how you look as a cartoon character, riding a surfboard while sipping on a cocktail, then you may appreciate a new and slightly off the wall Facebook Read More ...
A new service is being launched which will allow individuals to obtain an official passport photo that meets all UK requirements without leaving the house. At www.yourpassportphoto.co.uk, customers can create their own passport photos for passport, driver’s license, student card, sport pass, or railway card applications. With the patented three-click method, customers can create their passport photos easily and quickly without going to the photographer or photo booth. The complex Read More ...
Kuoni has launched its first gift card, to make the ideal present for friends and loved ones wanting to take time out to travel. Designed to make gifting easy, fun and rewarding it steers away from fripperies and gifts that no one really wants and contributes towards a wonderful travel experience that will ultimately become a remarkable family memory. Starting from as little as UK £5, money can be placed Read More ...
Lavera natural cosmetics, one of the founding pioneers of natural and organic skincare, launches a travel-sized introductory set of their best-selling Faces Organic Wild Rose facial care line for dry, mature skin in time for the holiday season. Presented in FSC-certified packaging in keeping with lavera’s eco-conscious principles, the set is perfect for weekend breaks, summer festivals, or simply as a cost-effective introduction to the skin-loving benefits of genuinely natural Read More ...
When hitting the slopes this winter how much thought will be given to sun safety? With many people unaware of the dangers of the sun when on the snow, sunburn can be a painful way to end a wonderful holiday. To resolve this problem GreenPeople have a wide range of Organic sun lotions offering protection to not only the UVB rays but also the more dangerous UVA rays. The risk Read More ...
